Gaining perspective: The impact of close cross-race friendships on diversity training and education

Empirical study that documents the effects of cross-race friendships on diversity education and training. The third study in this publication offers a perspective taking exercise that can increase diversity voice, allyship and willingness to develop cross-race friendships.Ragins, B. R. &… Read More

Social Justice and Anti-Racism Resources for Graduate Education

The Council of Graduate Schools compiled a PDF of Social Justice and Anti-Racism Resources for Graduate Education. This list was compiled in 2021 by Barbara A. Knuth, former graduate dean at Cornell University, in her year of service as virtual-dean-in-residence… Read More

UWM African and African Diaspora Studies Library Guide

A Library Guide for African and African Diaspora Studies curated by the UWM Library. This Library Guide includes a guide to research, and links to other resources like books, scholarly sources, newspapers, film and videos, local resources, web sources, and… Read More

Book: “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum

About: The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism–now fully revised and updated Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem… Read More

Book: “How To Be An Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi

About: Ibram X. Kendi’s concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the conversation about racial justice in America–but even more fundamentally, points us toward liberating new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other. Instead of working with the policies and… Read More

Book: “How to Be Less Stupid About Race” by Crystal M. Fleming

About: “How to Be Less Stupid About Race” is your essential guide to breaking through the half-truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have thoroughly corrupted the way race is represented in the classroom, pop culture, media, and politics. Centuries after our… Read More

Book: “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander

About: The New Jim Crow is a stunning account of the rebirth of a caste-like system in the United States, one that has resulted in millions of African Americans locked behind bars and then relegated to a permanent second-class status—denied… Read More

Book: “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo

About: White people in North America live in a social environment that protects and insulates them from race-based stress. This insulated environment of racial protection builds white expectations for racial comfort while at the same time lowering the ability to… Read More

Book: “Racism: A Short History” by George M. Fredrickson

About: Are antisemitism and white supremacy manifestations of a general phenomenon? Why didn’t racism appear in Europe before the fourteenth century, and why did it flourish as never before in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries? Why did the twentieth century… Read More