Pick one of the Watch/Read/Listen resources listed below every day for 7 days. Diversify your understanding by selecting from resources in each category

Less than 10 minutes

• Watch one video , or a few if you'd like, from the collection "A Conversation on Race: a series of short films about identity in America" put together by the New York Times, including community submitted videos

• Watch this video on how implicit bias affects children of color, even in preschool

• Watch this quick video touching on the difference between being non-racist vs. anti-racist

• Read this short article which provides an overview of the concept of being anti-racist from the Alberta Civil Liberties Research Centre.

• Watch this quick video from Race Forward, which provides a great overview of the levels of racism and how we often times focus on individuals rather than systems when addressing racism in the media

• Review this graphic which gives a basic overview of privilege, its forms, and how we can prevent privilege blindness through conscious and active practice

• Read this short article from Oprah Magazine featuring a list of some of the best books for discussing racism with children of various ages, and consider buying one for a child in your life

• 21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear on a Daily Basis, Using a series of photographs by photographer Kiyum Kim, Heben Nigatu, elaborates on the term “microaggression.” Note that Ibram X. Kendi, in his recent book How To Be An Anti Racist, calls us to consider using the term “racist abuse” as a more descriptive alternative.

• Read "Making America White Again" by Toni Morrison

10 to 20 minutes

• Review this document "Let's Talk About Race: Racial Identity Development" detailing how ethnic groups develop identity from the National Museum of African American History and Culture

• Take Project Implicit's Hidden Bias tests , created by psychologists at top universities, to uncover some of your own unconscious biases. You can access the test as guest.

• Read this article from PBS to learn more about implicit bias

• Watch this TEDx Talk by Dr. Amanda Kemp, in which she discusses her process for seeking to understand others and dialogue on discussions about race and other sensitive issues

• Listen to this episode of NPR's "Parenting: Difficult Conversations" focusing on how parents can talk about race effectively and constructively with their children when the opportunity arises.

• Read "The Injustice of This Moment Is not an ‘Aberration," Michelle Alexander contextualizes the US’s 2020 state of racism/white supremacy as an inevitable outcome of a collective narrative steeped in denial.

• Watch "Holy Post - Race in America", Phil Vischer (creator of Veggie Tales, a Christian children’s video series) gives us a crisp, quick historical survey of racism in the US. Great place to start the 21 Day Racial Equity Challenge

• Read "What I Said When My White Friend Asked for My Black Opinion on White Privilege" Lori Lakin Hutcherson

More Than 20 Minutes

• Deep dive into this collection of resources from the National Museum of African American History and Culture as an excellent overview of racial identity as a social construction rather than biological.

• Listen to the episode "Hidden Brain: The Mind of the Village" by NPR to gain a better understanding of how implicit bias plays out in real life and the damaging effects it can have. This episode begins with the sound of a police shooting and may not be suitable for all listeners.

• Listen to the podcast "Unlocking Us with Brené Brown" featuring Ibram X. Kendi, which discusses racial disparities, policy, equality, and his approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality from his book How to Be an Antiracist.

• Read "My President Was Black", by Ta-Nehisi Coates, article is also available as audio with author reading

• Check out this TEDx Talk by Dr. Camara Jones, in which she share four allegories on “race” and racism

• Listen to the podcast episodes The Land of Our Fathers, Part 1 and The Land of Our Fathers, Part 2 which are part of the New York Times podcast ' 1619 ', for insight into how systemic racism has taken shape.

• Read the article "The Origins of 'Privilege'" from The New Yorker, featuring an interview with Peggy McIntosh, and read more about her work from the National Seed Project.

• Watch this video from Teaching Tolerance with Robin DiAngelo, author of "White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism.