Educational Resources On Racism And Inequality

Understanding the context of racism and recent events

• Video on understanding racism and the reactions to the death of George Floyd and many others

• Video on understanding the perspectives of your colleagues of color

• Article on “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”

• List of Anti-Racism resources

Understanding the context of racial inequality that impacts mental health

• APA Best Practices on working with Black patients

• APA Mental Health Facts for Black Americans (2017)

Understanding and addressing the social determinants of health that impact mental health

• Article on improving the health of Black Americans and the overdue opportunity for social justice

• Video on understanding the social determinants of health and toxic stress

• Video on the social determinants of toxic stress, specifically race and ethnic toxic stress

• APA Stress & Trauma Toolkit for treating Black Americans in a changing political and social environment

• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Page on Achieving Health Equity — Information about why health equity matters and what you can do to help give everyone a fair shot at being as healthy as they can be.

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Ways To Take Action As An Ally Or Champion For People Of Color

• Article on being a white ally through word, actions and power

• Article on being a white ally for racial justice

• Community based organizations to partner with: Color of Change, Black Lives Matter, Campaign Zero, Innocence Project

Books to Read

• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

• 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

• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson