Anti-Racism Resources

• "@Ferguson: Still Here in the Afterlives of Black Death & Defiance," a special issue from American Ethnologist.
  
  
• "Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others" from Pepperdine University's online Master of Psychology program educates readers on the prevalence of prejudice and implicit bias in society, including statistical data on which demographics are most likely to be harmed by prejudice.

• #CiteBlackWomen is a 2020 Twitter thread from Christen A. Smith offering resources that support the struggle to preserve and protect black life.
  
  
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
  
  
• A collection of citations for articles published in Eighteenth-Century Studies and Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture that examine racism, the concept of race, and African identity under strained race relations.
  
  
• ‘1619,’ a Podcast from The New York Times, discusses how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling. 
  
  
• "Becoming Anti-Racist: Being a better advisor, lab mate, and friend to Black colleagues" is the work of graduate students Angeline Dukes and Elena Dominguez alongside faculty member, Dr. Autumn Ivy. 
  
  
• The American Association of Physical Anthropologists Statement on Race & Racism

• Teaching Sociology - Race and Ethnicity Resources from the American Sociological Association.
    
  
• Looking through the eyes of history, science and lived experience, the groundbreaking RACE Project explains differences among people and reveals the reality - and unreality - of race. This comprehensive website includes resources for teachers, researchers, and families. 
  
  
• The National Museum of African-American History & Culture website, Talking Race, provides tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation. 
  
  
• How do you talk to kids about race? A Family Guide to Talking About Race is designed to help parents and caregivers talk to kids, ages 3 -10, about race and racism. 
  
  
• Lived Experienced, from the RACE Project, challenges what you think you already know about race. 
  
  
• Human variation exists on a spectrum that can’t be easily divided into races; we are more alike than we are different. "Race" is not a scientific, biological fact, but as expert Yolanda Moses says, "this doesn't mean race isn't real. Politically and culturally, race is a very real fact." Read the full American Anthropological Association statement on race.
  
  
• Race, Racism, and Protesting Anthropology is an open-access collection of articles that examine work by scholars applying anthropology to contemporary protests. This issue of Open Anthropology from 2015 includes articles that address Ferguson, the contributions made by anthropologists of color, and the nature of white supremacy in the US.

• The UN Network on Racial Discrimination and Protection of Minorities
  
  
• The Irma McClaurin Black Feminist Archive
  
  
• Public Health Resources for Understanding Environmental Racism
  
  

• RISE: Research in Support of Equity from Wiley Online Library is a collection of open access articles and book chapters on how racism influences policy, education, public health and safety, and more.

• Sunshine Behavioral Health lists free or low-cost sources for mental health treatment in the Black Community.
  
• A special virtual issue of the journal, City and Society, that focuses on racism, policing, and protests. 
  
  
• "Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue" 
  
  
• “The story from 1931 we still need to hear on Juneteenth,” a 2018 article from CNN discussing Zora Neale Hurston's Barracoon.
   
• A reading list — plus a few films — from MIT Libraries on issues regarding racial justice and policing, foundations on racism in the U.S., racial justice activism, anti-racism, and whiteness
  
  
• Corporate and private philanthropies wield considerable social and economic power in the U.S. Consider leveraging the resources of the STEM Funders Network to help achieve racial equality in our country.
• John jay College of Criminal Justice, “Teaching Resources for Difficult Times.” 
  
  
• A working document complied of anti-racism resources to facilitate growth for non-POC to become allies in anti-racist work.
  
  
• College Consensus offers 135 Racial Equity Resources For Education, Professional & Community Development, Health, And Civil Rights

• Syracuse University's "Guidance for Reporting and Writing About Racism," provides guidance for writers reporting about race and how they can produce a more inclusive report.

Statement from AAA - A Rush to Judgment Rather Than Justice

Statements from AAA Sections: 

• Association of Black Anthropologists - ABA Statement Against Police violence and anti-Black Racism 
• American Ethnological Society -  AES Statement in Support of Black Lives Matter Globally 
• The Society for Urban, National and transnational Anthropology - Statement of Solidarity 
• The Society for American Archaeology - SAA Calls on Archaeologists to Confront Racial Injustice
• The American Association of Physical Anthropologists - An Open Letter and Call to Action
• The Society for Visual Anthropology - Statement on Solidarity with Black Lives Matter movement
• The Association for Political and Legal Anthropology - APLA Statement of the Solidarity and Resources
• The Association for the Anthropology of Policy - ASAP Statement on Systemic Racism 
• Association of Latina/o & Latinx Anthropologists Statement Against Anti-Black Racism - Statement Against Anti-Black Racism
• Anthropology and Environment Society - Statement on Black Lives Matters and Environmental Racism  
• National Association for the Practice of Anthropology - NAPA’s Black Lives Matter Statement 
  
• Society for Economic Anthropology - Statement of Solidarity: Juneteenth

Statements from Consortium of Social Science Associations 

• The Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences  – Statement on Injustices Against Communities of Color (PDF)
• American Educational Research Association – Presidential Statement on Police Killings of Black People; Inside Higher Ed op-ed
• The American Psychological Association – We Are Living in a Racism Pandemic
• American Sociological Association - ASA Condemns Systemic Racism in the Criminal Justice System
• National Communication Association – Officer Letter to Members in Solidarity and Sympathy
• The American Psychological Association– Statement Against Racism
• Society for Research in Child Development – Letter to SRCD Members in this Crisis Moment
• American Political Science Association - Statement from the American Political Science Association
• American Association of Geographers - Statement on Racism and the Death of George Floyd
• American Association for Public Opinion Research - AAPOR Statement on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• American Society of Criminology - Statement of the American Society of Criminology Executive Board regarding the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery
• The National Council on Family Relations - A Response to the Death of George Floyd and a Call to Action from the NCFR Board of Directors
• Linginstic Society of America - LSA Issues Statement on Racial Justice
• Scholars for Social Justice - Statement in Response to Racial Justice Uprisings of 2020