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  1. Still Processing on Kaepernick
  2. White Lies
  3. Jim Crow of The North
  4. James Baldwin Debates William Buckley (1965)
  5. Snapshot of #BlackLivesMatter Movement History
  6. Let's Get To The Root of Racial Injustice
  7. Microaggressions - ej4 Diversity and Inclusion Training Video (1,921 views Feb 16, 2021)
  8. White Men: Time to Discover Your Cultural Blind Spots | Michael Welp | TEDxBend ( Jul 6, 2017)
  9. "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion": Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools
  • Birth of Nation (Available to Rent)
  • Harriet (Available to Rent)
  • American Violet (Available to Rent)
  • Hidden Figures (Available to Rent)
  • Higher Learning (Available to Rent)
  • Free State of Jones (Available to Rent)
  • LA 92 (Netflix)
  • 13th (Netflix)
  • American Son (Netflix)
  • Dear White People (Netflix)
  • When They See Us (Netflix)
  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
  • So You Want Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
  • Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
  • Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
  • Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
  • Why I No Longer Talk to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Loge
  • The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
  • How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram Kendi
  • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
  • Increase your knowledge of the inequalities, anti-racism, critical race theory, culturally
  • responsive teaching and inclusive pedagogy, which impact the BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) community
  • Listen more; Talk less to promote the opportunity of gaining perspective and brave
  • Space
  • Try to resist the need to respond with a better or different insight about something
  • you’ve read or listened to as it relates to a shared opinion or experience of a BIPOC
  • person
  • Know the difference between an ally and wanting to not be a racist
  • An ally works to dismantle systems of oppression
  • Please refrain from making remarks as if these occurrences are new
  • “I can’t believe this happens in this day in age”
  • Remember that colorblindness is not a good thing “I don’t see color when I look at people”
  • Be mindful of opening up meetings and interactions with questions like “How are you”
  • or “How was your weekend” during these times, it can be re-triggering
  • Diversify your social media
  • Acknowledge what is happening and share your empathy
  • Don’t stay silent during injustice
  • Be aware of gas lighting language “BIPOC are too sensitive.” “I’m sorry you think that I hurt you.”
  • Do ask BIPOC colleagues if they would like to make space to discuss BEFORE making
  • space
  • -If yes, be sure to listen, don’t over apologize, don’t ask to be educated, don’t ask
  • if you’ve been racist, and don’t force a BIPOC person to share
  • Ask for BIPOC input before speaking on or toward the community
  1. Why I chose my LGBTQ daughter over the Evangelical Church | Susan Cottrell | TEDxMileHigh https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rP01bH9Ljf4
  2. Tomorrow Will Be Different: Love, Loss, and the Fight for Trans Equality by Sarah McBride
  3. Transgender History by Susan Stryker
  4. The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States America by Eric Cervini 
  5. A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
  6. Time to Blossom: Accepting My Transgender Daughter | Elizabeth August | TEDxPasadenaWomen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LTaBGDrw4M
  7. The Trevor Project: National Survey on LGBTQ Youth Mental Health 2021 https://www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/
  8. LGBTQ Mental Health: International Perspectives and Experiences edited by Nadine Nakamura and Carmen H. Logie
  9. Transgender People, Gender Identity and Gender Expression https://www.apa.org/topics/lgbtq/transgender
  10. Pray Away available on Netflix 
  11. Paris is Burning 
  12. The Queen
  13. The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
  14. The Human Rights Campaign Resources https://www.hrc.org/resources