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The Institute for Racial Equity in Literacy
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How Boarding Schools Tried to ‘Kill the Indian’ Through Assimilation
To understand structural racism, look to our schools
We can draw school zones to make classrooms less segregated. This is how well your district does.
You are out of your mind if you think I'm ever going back to school
4 Ways Racial Inequity Harms American Schoolchildren
How social media is helping students of color speak out about racism on campus
Ending Curriculum Violence
How 'Nice White Parents' Become Obstacles In Integrated Schools
Modern-Day Segregation in Public Schools
26 simple charts to show friends and family who aren't convinced racism is still a problem in America
America’s gun obsession is rooted in slavery
A Call For Reparations: How America Might Narrow The Racial Wealth Gap
THE CASE FOR REPARATIONS
Decolonization is not a metaphor
Discussing Race and Disability with ChrisTiana ObeySumner
Asian Americans Are Still Caught in the Trap of the ‘Model Minority’ Stereotype. And It Creates Inequality for All
Native Americans decry unmarked graves, untold history of boarding schools
NEW ANALYSIS SHOWS STARTLING LEVELS OF DISCRIMINATION AGAINST BLACK TRANSGENDER PEOPLE
WHY CONFEDERATE LIES LIVE ON
Additional Resources
BARWE Building Antiracist Educators
Housing and Land
The Disturbing History of the Suburbs | Adam Ruins Everything
How 1800s racism birthed Chinatown, Japantown and other ethnic enclaves
A beach town seized a Black couple’s land in the 1920s. Now their family could get it back
How Property Law Is Used to Appropriate Black Land
A VERY BRIEF HISTORY OF HOUSING POLICY AND RACIAL DISCRIMINATION
The invasion of America
The Jim Crow South? No, Long Island Today
VIDEO: Housing Segregation In Everything
Sports & Entertainment
A Swim Cap Made For Black Hair Will Get A Second Look From Swimming's Governing Body
Black Olympians Are Set Up to Fail
Gymnastics Doesn't Know What to Do with Simone Biles's Dominance
My Identity is a superpower-not an obstacle
How To Fix Racism in the Music Industry, By People in the Music Industry
The Importance of Authentic Asian American Representation in Hollywood
What “Redskins” Really Means: An Origin of Violence and Genocide
Jean Yoon of 'Kim's Convenience' on behind-the-scenes struggles with racism, representation
Actor Riz Ahmed leads bid to change way Muslims seen in movies
Should Board Gamers Play the Roles of Racists, Slavers and Nazis?
Health & Science
Stark racial disparities emerge as families struggle to get enough food
You Belong to the Land: A Conversation with Karen Washington and Leah Penniman
Native Growers Decolonize Regenerative Agriculture
How structural racism is magnifying the public health crisis
Trying To Avoid Racist Health Care, Black Women Seek Out Black Obstetricians
What Serena Williams’s scary childbirth story says about medical treatment of black women
Stop Blaming Black People for Dying of Coronavirus
How Families Are Fighting Racism and Disability Discrimination
Black trans communities suffer a greater mental-health burden from discrimination and violence
Adam Serwer On White Nationalism's American Roots
Anatomy of Health Conundrum:The Racial Gap in Vaccinations
Climate & Environment
YES, ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IS REAL AND IT IS DEVASTATING
Toxic Neighbors: Taking Action to Solve the Climate Crisis
Researcher describes environmental racism in Flint in Klau Center lecture
'I live with Standing Rock in my heart': Massive pipeline protest resonates 5 years later
10 Examples of Environmental Racism and How it Works
Environmental Justice, fossil fuels, and telecoms
Interview with Father of Environmental Justice Robert Bullard
Criminal Justice & Law
Angela Davis on Movement Building, “Defund the Police” & Where We Go from Here
10 things we know about race and policing in the U.S.
The History Of Policing And Race In The U.S. Are Deeply Intertwined
An Unjust Burden: The Disparate Treatment of Black Americans in the Criminal Justice System
We Need to Talk About an Injustice
Changing the criminal justice system on behalf of children
Understanding the Policing of Black, Disabled Bodies
What Is the History of Anti-Asian Discrimination in the United States? A Timeline
News & Media
Asian Americans in Media: “You Can’t Extricate the Humanity of Yourself From the Journalist
How the White Press Wrote Off Black America
'National Geographic' Reckons With Its Past: 'For Decades, Our Coverage Was Racist'
Racial Bias in Crime Reporting
Rewriting Racist Headlines: How Alexander Bell is Disrupting Racism in Journalism
Americans Exhibit as the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian
Immigration
The idea that Latinx people constitute an 'invasion' in the US is nothing new
You Cannot Divorce Race From Immigration, Jose Antonio Vargas Says
The racist history of US immigration policy
The Legacy of Racism within the U.S. Border Patrol
The Racist Roots of Immigration Policies
How Racial Profiling Goes Unchecked in Immigration Enforcement
