Jacksonville University 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge

By: Debby Irving

Further your understanding of power, privilege, supremacy, oppression, and equity.

What is the challenge?

For 21-days, individuals will do one action to further their understanding of power, privilege, supremacy, oppression, and equity. The resource document of different featuring materials to read, listen to or watch can be found below.

Jacksonville University Employee Suggested Resources: Download (PDF)

Articles/Books

• History of Juneteenth
• Examining the Value of Social Capital Support for Black Student-Athletes' Academic Success
• From "Brute" to "Thug:" The Demonization and Criminalization of Unarmed Black Male Victims in America by Smiley & Fakunle
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
• Disney Plus Adds Disclaimer About Racist Movie Stereotypes
• "The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. Du Bois
• "The Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison
• "Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria" by Beverly Daniel Tatum
• "Race, Sports, and Education" by John Singer
• "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
• "Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America" by Ayana Byrd
• "Their Eyes were Watching God" by Zore Neale Hurston
• "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas
• "The White Space" by Elijah Anderson
• "Professionalism in the age of Black Death is…A Lot"
• "My White Friend ask me on Facebook to explain White Privilege. I Decided to be Honest."
• Loving Day, legality of interracial marriages
• History of the start of the NAACP
• "So You Want To Talk About Race" by Ljeoma Oluo
• “Race, Work, and Leadership: New Perspectives on the Black Experience” by Laura Morgan Roberts, Anthony J. Mayo, David A. Thomas
• “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo

Watch

• Color Blind or Color Brave TEDTalk
• How to Get Serious About Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace TEDTalk
• How to Overcome our Biases? TEDTalk
• How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time TEDTalk
• We Need to Talk about Injustice
• How We're Priming Some Kids for College - and Others for Prison TEDTalk
• Netflix – “13^th” Documentary
• Netflix – “When They See Us”
• Radical Social Justice Education Through High Fives – Jen Fry TEDTalk
• The Symbols of Systemic Racism – And How To Take Away Their Power – Paul Rucker TEDTalk
• The Most Powerful Woman You’ve Never Heard Of – T. Morgan Dixon & Vanessa Garrison
• How To Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them – Verna Myers
• The Urgency of Intersectionality – Kimberle Crenshaw TEDTalk

Poems

• “I, Too” by Langston Hughes
• “Poems from Prison” by Etheridge Knight
• “Won’t You Celebrate with me” by Lucille Clifton
• “Caged Bird” by Maya Angelou
• “Riot” by Gwendolyn Brooks
• “Rwanda: Where Tears Have No Power” by Haki Madhubuti

Lists

• Race Education Resources
• Antiracist Allyship Starter Pack
• Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
• List of articles, books, and films
• "Mosaic: A Diversity and Inclusion Resource Guide" By Patrice Abner

Miscellaneous

• Yale Open Courses: African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
• Michael B. Jordan’s ‘Just Mercy’ Free to Rent As a Resource on "Systemic Racism"
• If you would like to protest here are some resources on how to do so safely
• Phrases in our everyday language that have roots in racism
• Petitions for social causes at change.org
• Register to vote at vote.org