Can We Talk? Race, Racism, and #George Floyd - Updates
Below find further resources which came out of the June 4 Explorer Cafe
Educational Resources
- ADL: Teaching about Racism, Violence, Inequity and the Criminal Justice SystemCurriculum Resources on Bias, Race and Injustice. Relevant lesson plans, related curricula and additional anti-bias resources and strategies to help you discuss this topic with young people in school and at home.
- When Perception and Reality Collide: Implicit Bias and RaceThis lesson provides an opportunity for students to learn more about implicit bias, explore two recent APA studies about perceptions of African-American boys and men and develop a piece of personal writing where they reflect on implicit bias.
- Race Talk: Engaging Young People in Conversations about Race and RacismBelow are suggestions and strategies for having classroom conversations with young people about race and racism.
- 10 Ways Youth Can Engage in ActivismBelow are ideas for bringing social activism into the classroom and outside of the school walls.
The Hate U Give by ISBN: 9780062498533Publication Date: 2017-02-28Link to Amazon. YA book. "Sixteen-year-old Starr Carter moves between two worlds: the low-income neighborhood where she lives and the elite suburban prep school she attends. The uneasy balance between these worlds is shattered when Starr witnesses the fatal shooting of her childhood best friend Khalil at the hands of a police officer. Khalil was unarmed. Soon afterward, his death is a national headline. Protesters are taking to the streets in Khalil’s name. Some cops and the local drug lord try to intimidate Starr and her family. What everyone wants to know is: what really went down that night? And the only person alive who can answer that is Starr."
Books
Racism Without Racists by Call Number: E184.A1 B597 2003, 2nd FLOORISBN: 9781442276239Publication Date: 2017-06-09Amazon link
Kindred: a Graphic Novel Adaptation by ISBN: 9781419709470Publication Date: 2017-01-10This is the graphic novel version of Kindred
Between the World and Me by Call Number: E185.615 .C6335 2015, 2nd FLOORISBN: 9780812993547Publication Date: 2015-07-14
Democracy in Black by ISBN: 9780804137430Publication Date: 2017-01-10Amazon link - see also video below
- La Salle University Digital Commons: Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American SoulA presentation from October 20, 2016. Click the Download button to view the video file of Bro. Ernest Miller and Dr. Eddie Glaude's presentations. A script of remarks by La Salle students Namar Mallory and Adriona Jenkins is listed under Additional Files.
White Fragility by Call Number: HT1521 .D486 2018, RESERVE CHECKOUT DESKISBN: 9780807047415Publication Date: 2018-06-26
Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice by Publication Date: Kindle EditionAmazon link to the Kindle Edition
In Living Color by ISBN: 9781711807829Publication Date: 2020-01-21Amazon Link. In Living Color: An Anthology of Contemporary Student Writings on Race is a compilation of recent college student perspectives from La Salle University on the contentious and deeply divisive issue of race in the United States of America. Collected between 2014-2017, the works offer a broad range of reflections on race, privilege, prejudice, and systemic racism witnessed and experienced by university students today.
