Anti-Racism Resources

Racism is a persistent health threat. As a social determinant, racism drives differences in life opportunities, exposures, and stresses that relentlessly perpetuate and create new cycles of preventable disparities in health care delivery and outcomes.

Here is a list of resources recommended by our board and staff to help nurses, health care providers, and organizations work toward eradicating racism in health care delivery and work environments.

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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Race, Racism and Health: Examining the connections between race, racism and health in the United States https://www.rwjf.org/en/library/collections/racism-and-health.html
Harvard Business Review: A Data-Driven Approach to Addressing Racial Disparities in Health Care Outcomes, July 21, 2020 https://hbr.org/2020/07/a-data-driven-approach-to-addressing-racial-disparities-in-health-care-outcomes
HealthAffairs.org: On Racism: A New Standard For Publishing On Racial Health Inequities, July 2, 2020 https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hblog20200630.939347/full/#.Xwtt_LNJxDE.email
Jamanetwork.com: The Moral Determinants of Health, June 12, 2020 https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767353https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2767353
Nurse Educator Online: What’s Race Got to Do With It? A Close Look at the Misuse of Race in Case-Based Nursing Education, June 6, 2020 https://journals.lww.com/nurseeducatoronline/Fulltext/2020/05000/What_s_Race_Got_to_Do_With_It__A_Close_Look_at_the.6.aspx
ScienceDirect.com: The White/Black hierarchy institutionalizes White supremacy in nursing and nursing leadership in the United States, May 16, 2020 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S8755722320301113

Resource Lists

Anti-racism library curated by LeanIn.Org
https://leanin.org/article/anti-racism-resources
Brene Brown Anti-racism Resources
https://brenebrown.com/antiracism-resources/
NPR-List Of Books, Films And Podcasts About Racism Is A Start, Not A Panacea https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2020/06/06/871023438/this-list-of-books-films-and-podcasts-about-racism-is-a-start-not-a-panacea
University of North Carolina – Office of the Provost Diversity and Inclusion: Anti-Racism Resources
https://diversity.unc.edu/yourvoicematters/anti-racism-resources/
Brenda Salter McNeil, Igniting a Reconciliation Movement
https://www.saltermcneil.com/
Resource to white people and parents to deepen anti-racism work, May 2020
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABcuHtIPY*oaaffKNZzOxLgjjyw1bm5g

Toolkits

Journal of Accountancy: Together, we can make a difference: A 12-step plan to address racism and unconscious bias, June 9, 2020
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2020/jun/kimberly-ellison-taylor-plan-to-address-racism-and-unconscious-bias.html
USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work: The MSW@USC Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege
https://msw.usc.edu/mswusc-blog/diversity-workshop-guide-to-discussing-identity-power-and-privilege/

Videos

The Seattle Channel: City Council Brownbag: Cultural Competency, May 17, 2012
Dr. Edwin Nichols joins Seattle City Councilmembers Bruce Harrell and Mike O`Brien for a brown bag discussion on Cultural Competency and Bias. Nichols is a psychologist specializing in the philosophical aspects of cultural difference.
http://www.seattlechannel.org/misc-video?videoid=x23325
Race: The Power of Illusion
RACE–The Power of an Illusion asks a question so basic it’s rarely raised: what is this thing we call race? Since its release in 2003, the series has become one of the most widely used documentaries ever in formal and non-formal education in the US. Millions of people have used the film to scrutinize their own deep-seated beliefs about race and explore how our social divisions are not natural or inevitable, but made. Now, in 2019, the series remains salient and timely.
https://www.racepowerofanillusion.org/

Articles

National Council of Nonprofits: Why Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Matter for Nonprofits
https://hbr.org/2020/06/do-your-employees-know-why-you-believe-in-racial-equity
HBR: How to Call Out Racial Injustice at Work, July 16, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/07/how-to-call-out-racial-injustice-at-work
HBR: Update Your DE&I Playbook, July 15, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/07/update-your-dei-playbook
HBR: Use Your Social Network as a Tool for Social Justice, July 13, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/07/use-your-social-network-as-a-tool-for-social-justice
HBR: When and How to Respond to Microaggressions, July 3, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/07/when-and-how-to-respond-to-microaggressions
HBR: We Built a Diverse Academic Department in 5 Years. Here’s How, July 1, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/07/we-built-a-diverse-academic-department-in-5-years-heres-how
HBR: Do Your Employees Know Why You Believe in Racial Equity? June 30, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/06/do-your-employees-know-why-you-believe-in-racial-equity
HBR: Is Your Company Actually Fighting Racism, or Just Talking About It? June 11, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/06/is-your-company-actually-fighting-racism-or-just-talking-about-it
HBR: Diversity and Inclusion Efforts That Really Work, May 12, 2020
https://hbr.org/2020/05/diversity-and-inclusion-efforts-that-really-work
HBR: TOWARD A RACIALLY JUST WORKPLACE, Diversity efforts are failing black employees. Here’s a better approach.
https://hbr.org/cover-story/2019/11/toward-a-racially-just-workplace

Additional Resources

Book – Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society
Becoming Anti-Racist – Graphic Model
https://twitter.com/andrewmibrahim/status/1269423199273525250?lang=en

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