Black Lives Matter Resources
Toolkits, resources, and reports created by Black Lives Matter. Access the source.
Level 1 – Diversity Awareness
Book: “The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America” by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
About: Lynch mobs, chain gangs, and popular views of black southern criminals that defined the Jim Crow South are well known. We know less about the role of the urban North in shaping views of race and crime in American… Read More
Book: “Black Marxism: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition” by Cedric J. Robinson
About: In this ambitious work, first published in 1983, Cedric Robinson demonstrates that efforts to understand black people’s history of resistance solely through the prism of Marxist theory are incomplete and inaccurate. Marxist analyses tend to presuppose European models of… Read More
Talking About Race
Tools and resources for talking about race created by the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture Access the source.
Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Race
Facts about race put together by RACE – The Power of an Illusion, a three-part series broadcast that aired on PBS. Access the source.
Video: “Race – the Power of an Illusion”
An eye-opening three-part series confronting our myths and misconceptions about race through the distinct lenses of science, history and social institutions. To learn more visit here. Watch the entire documentary, to read background information and to order DVDs, here. Access… Read More
Implicit Bias and Structural Racialization
An article by Kathleen Osta and Hugh Vasquez, written to explain implicit biases. Access the source.
UWM #BlackLivesMatter Resources Page
A page created by UWM’s Office of Student Involvement for with resources designed primarily for White and non-Black allies to educate oneself on issues of racism and oppression. There are also opportunities for folks to take action. Access the source.
Book: “Waking Up White” by Debby Irving
Waking Up White by Debby Irving is an awareness book for those who are just beginning their awakening journey in racial awareness. This book is the non-fiction story of a White author’s experience waking up in a racially divided America…. Read More
Racial Implicit Association Test
The Racial Implicit Association Test helps those beginning in their awakening journey identify and understand what their biases might be, and helps those farther along in their journey re-evaluate their biases. Access the source.