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READ: Foundation information to read before progressing.

• Black Excellence Resolution

• TNTP Executive Report

• CRE Mindsets and Definition

Additional information to be familiar with:

• TNTP Full Report
• African American Equity Task Force Recommendations
• Bailey Report Executive Summary
• DPS’s Nondiscrimination and Equal Opportunity Statement
• DPS Statement Supporting Transgender Students
• DPS’s Board Policy In Support of Inclusive Practices
• SPED Task Force Recommendations

Resource:

• Equity Experience Engagement Guide

Digging Deeper Resource:

• Willing to be Disturbed

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Digging Deeper Resources:

• If you want to dig deeper into the dangers of color blind ideology, consider the following two sources:
• Read Chapter Three from Robin DiAngelo’s, White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism. Boston: Beacon Press, 2018.
• Bonilla-Silva, Eduardo. Racism Without Racists: Color-blind Racism And The Persistence Of Racial Inequality In The United States. Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2003.

Watch:

• Mellody Hobson Ted Talk: Color-Blind or Color-Brave

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WATCH:

• Real Talk: Mapping our Identities Through Personal Narrative | Diana Moreno | TEDxUF

READ:

• Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain, Zaretta Hammond

Digging Deeper Resource:

• The Seven Dimensions of Culture
• The Inclusion Paradox

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WATCH:

• THE LAB: DECOY | 6 Photographers 1 Man - A Portrait Photography Session With A Twist
• The danger of a single story | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Riley’s video

READ:

• Making Masculinity: Adolescence, Identity, and High School

Digging Deeper Resources:

• The Controversy over Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and trans women, explained

• Why Use Pronouns

• Intersectionality Video

• Judith Butler Interview

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WATCH:

• Blind spots - Challenge assumptions-BFcjfqmVah8.mp4

• OSU Implicit Bias (Captioned).mp4

• I’m Mexican. Does that change your assumptions about me? | Vanessa Vancour | TEDxUniversity of Nevada

READ:

• System I and System II Thinking

Digging Deeper Resource:

• Impact Not Intent

• Implicit Bias Tests

• Equity Conversations At Work

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WATCH:

• WHAT IS ABLEISM + ALLYSHIP

READ:

• So you want to talk about race?
• Anti-Racism Defined

Digging Deeper Resource:

• Getting Called Out Video

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WATCH: 

• The danger of silence | Clint Smith

READ:

• Transcript: Being nice is not going to end racism | Robin DiAngelo
• Excerpt- Race Talk and The Conspiracy of Silence

Digging Deeper - Preparing to Talk About Race 

Creating a Space to Talk About Race	Create a Welcoming School Classroom	Root Out Biases and Barriers
Encourage Self-Expression	Be Open Yourself	Engage, Don’t Avoid
Create Opportunities for Discussion	Talk About Racism and Racial Equity	Establish and Enforce Group Norms
Process is as important as Content		Model Your Values and Vision

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WATCH:

• Author Robin DiAngelo - Debunking the most common myths white people tell about race

READ:

• What is Internalized Racism.pdf
• Why Talk About Whiteness.pdf
• White Supremacy Culture Okun.pdf

Digging Deeper Resource:

• Ten Insidious Ways

• Me and White Supremacy

• What Happened When My School Started to Dismantle White Supremacy Culture

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WATCH:

• Will Jones Experience
• Dana Williams Experience
• Challenging Racial Battle Fatigue with Dr. William A. Smith

READ: 

• John Henryism and life-threatening stress
• Understanding and avoiding John Henryism

Disrupting Racial Battle Fatigue:

• Radical Self Care Plan 

• Goleman's Emotional Intelligence

• DPS Belong groups

• Discrimination Prevention and Response (DPR) Process

Digging Deeper Resources:

• Constant race-based discrimination can lead to 'racial battle fatigue' for African Americans

• Black and Latinx Males and Racial Battle Fatigue

• The Cost of Racism

• Racial Battle Fatigue

• John Henryism