Resources

These resources are compiled by and for the GSM Community and acts as a living document for each of us to engage as individuals and as an institution to unlearn the entrenched racism inherent in ourselves, and our institutional and economic systems. 

• GSM Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plan
• GSM Statement on Diversity

Movies & TV 

• American History X (1998)
• American Violet (2008)
• 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
• Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
• Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
• Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
• King In The Wilderness  — HBO
• See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
• Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• 9 Afrogreeks discuss: What does “I can’t breathe” mean in Greece | Onassis Foundation

Books

• From Here to Equality by Dr. William Darity Jr. & A. Kirsten Mullen
• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock 
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
• by Michelle Alexander
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
• by Grace Lee Boggs
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

Articles

• OpEd: The term ‘people of color’ erases Black people. Let’s retire it. By Nadra Widatalla | LA Times (April 28, 2019)
• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)
• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
• The Combahee River Collective Statement
• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
• “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
• “Bystanders have the Power to Create Change” by Suzanne O’Brien
• “UC Davis Faculty Call Out Anti-Black Racism in Academia” by Caleb Hampton

Podcasts to subscribe to:

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Seeing White

Social Media to follow

Instagram

• @blklivesmatter
• @colorofchange
• @naacp
• @showingupforracialjustice
• @civilrightsorg
• @reclaimtheblock
• @ethelsclub
• @unitedwedream
• @rachelcargle
• @emmanuelacho

Websites

• https://guidetoallyship.com/
• https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/resources-racial-trauma
• https://www.mypronouns.org/what-and-why
• http://ncrje.org/
• https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race
• https://uncomfortableconvos.com/

Courses | Webinars | Documents | Trainings

• Yale University - Free Course on African American History
• Preparing for Difficult Conversations about Race by Kwame Christian Esq., M.A. | American Negotiation Institute
• #DotheWork 30 Day Challenge - Instagram/Facebook Rachel Cargle
• https://www.raceforward.org/trainings
• Justice for June

Resources at the UC Davis Campus

• Cross-Cultural Center
• Women's Resource and Research Center
• Student Recruitment and Retention Center
• AB540 and Undocumented Student Center
• LGBTQIA Resource Center
• Student Disability Center
• International Center

Reflective Questions to ask yourself and your organization

• What can I do to support BIPOC in my organization?
• How can I use anti-racist knowledge to change and progress conversations with friends, family, colleagues and peers?
• How impactful is individual ‘unlearning’?
• Will working within the system be enough or should we change the system? 
• If we change the system, what does the new system look like and how do we institute and keep the energy through the messy parts of change?
• What organizations are going beyond performative allyship - and making real change?