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Anti-Racist Pedagogy Toolkit: How Racism Shapes Our Lives

"One of the ways in which my life has been shaped by my race is that my race is held up as the norm for humanity. Whites are "just people" – our race is rarely if ever named. Think about how often white people mention the race of a person if they are not white; my black friend, the Asian woman. I, on the other hand, am just a woman, a teacher, a friend."

Robin DiAngelo, "How Race Shapes the Lives of White People" (2012).

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Do You Know What It’s Like by David Harris, Inside Higher Ed, June 8, 2020

David Harris gives his perspective as a college president and a black man on the events of recent weeks in Minnesota, Central Park and elsewhere.

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"Let's Get to the Root of Racial Injustice" - Megan Ming Francis, TEDxRainier, May 21, 2016 (19 min)

In this inspiring and powerful talk, Megan Francis traces the root causes of our current racial climate to their core causes, debunking common misconceptions and calling out "fix-all" cures to a complex social problem

"Hair" Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, May 10, 2021

John Oliver discusses the importance of Black hair, the ways it can be a target of discrimination, and some ideas to address that.

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