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Last updated: May 20, 2021
Podcasts
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TOPIC
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RESOURCE
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AUTHOR
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AUTHOR'S IDENTITY
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DATE OF PUBLICATION
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Whiteness in the US
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John Biewen, Scene On
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White Cis Man
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2017
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Slavery
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Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times
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Black Cis Woman
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2019
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Intersectionality
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Kimberlé Crenshaw, The African American Policy Forum
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Black Cis Woman
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2018-current
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Racism in the US
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Shereen Marisol Meraji & Gene Demby
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POC woman & Black man
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2016-current
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School to prison pipeline/ chicago
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This American Life
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Prison System
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NPR: Hansi Lo Wang & Kumari Devarajan
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POC Man & Black Woman
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2019
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Racial (In)Equity
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NPR: Karen Grigsby Bates
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Black Woman
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2019
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Diversity and Inclusion
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Olanike Ayomide-Mensah
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Black Cis Woman
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2020
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Latino Immigration and American Democracy
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Guest: A.K. Sandoval-Strauss
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Cis Man
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2020
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Equity at school
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Dr. Sheldon Eakins
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Black cis man
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White supremacy movement
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Frank Main
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2020
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Books
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TITLE
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AUTHOR
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AUTHOR'S IDENTITY
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DATE OF PUBLICATION
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Parable of the Sower
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Octavia Butler
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Black woman
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1993
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Parable of the Talents (sequel to ^)
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Octavia Butler
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Black woman
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Binti
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Nnedi Okorafor
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Black woman
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2015
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The Souls of Black Folk
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W.E.B. Du Bois
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Black man
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1903
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Dreams from My Father
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Barack Obama
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Black man
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1995
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Another Country
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James Baldwin
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Black man
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1962
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Black Girl Magic
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Anthology
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Black women
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2018
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White Privilege
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Anthology
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Various
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2005
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When We Are Bold
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Anthology
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Various
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2016
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From Sweetback to Super Fly: Race and Film Audiences in Chicago's Loop
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Gerald Butters
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White man
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2015
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Feminism and Race
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Anthology
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Various
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2001
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Me and White Supremacy
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Layla F. Saad
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Black woman
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2019
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So You Want to Talk About Race
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Ijeoma Oluo
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Black woman
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2019
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How to Be An Anti-Racist
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Ibram X. Kendi
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Black man
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2019
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The New Jim Crow
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Michelle Alexander
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Black woman
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2010
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The Bluest Eye
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Toni Morrison
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Black woman
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1970
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
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Beverly Daniel Tatum
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Black woman
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2017
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How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide
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Crystal Fleming
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Black woman
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2018
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BREATHE: A Letter to My Sons
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Imani Perry
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Black woman
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2019
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White Fragility
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Robin DiAngelo
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White straight cis woman
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2018
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Citizen
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Claudia Rankine
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Black Woman
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2014
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For White Folks Who Teach In The Hood
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Christopher Emdin
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Black Man
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2016
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Gentrifier
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John Joe Schlichtman, Jason Patch, and Marc Lamont
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3 white men
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2017
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There Goes the 'Hood (about gentrification)
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Lance Freeman
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Black Man
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2007
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Barrio America
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A.K. Sandoval-Strauss
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Cis Man
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2019
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Rac(e)ing to Class: Confronting Poverty and Race in Schools and Classrooms
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H. Richard Milner IV
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Black man
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2015
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Just Mercy
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Bryan Stevenson
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Black man
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2014
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Murder at the Sleepy Lagoon
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Eduardo Obregón Pagán
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Brown man
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2003
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Interrupting Racism: Equity & Social Justice in School Counseling
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Alicia Oglesby & Rebecca Atkins
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Black woman & White woman
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2018
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Guides/Toolkits
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TOPIC
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RESOURCE
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AUTHOR
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AUTHOR'S IDENTITY
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DATE OF PUBLICATION
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Anti-Racism
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Victoria Alexander
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Black woman
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June 2020
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White identity/privilege
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Encompass Staff
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Encompass is led by POC
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March 27, 2020
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White nationalism
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Nora Flanagan, Jessica Acee, Lindsay Schubiner
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Multiple
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2019
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Racial injustice
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Multiple
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Multiple
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2020
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Collection of anti-racist books
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Multiple
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Multiple
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Ongoing
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Learning for Justice (formerly Teaching Tolerance)
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Many
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Multiple
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Ongoing
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Historical themes/current topics
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Many, inspired by the work of Howard Zinn
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Multiple
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Ongoing
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BLM at School
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Many
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Many
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Black Queer Feminist Curriculum Toolkit
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BLM Instructional Library
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Bystander Intervention Training
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Multiple
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Asian-American
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Articles
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TOPIC
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RESOURCE
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AUTHOR
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AUTHOR'S IDENTITY
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DATE OF PUBLICATION
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Action steps
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Jennifer Lenter
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White(?) woman
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June 1, 2020
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Action steps
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Aryenish Birdie
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Queer woman of color
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August 17, 2017
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Animal protection
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Corey Lee Wrenn
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White woman
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April 2016
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Animal protection
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Sue-Ellen Brown
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White(?) woman
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May 18, 2005
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Animal protection
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Breeze Harper
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Black woman
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2013
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BLM + the media
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Multiple
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Multiple
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2019
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COVID-19
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Aaron Sánchez-Guerra & Adam Wagner
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Mexican man
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April 12, 2020
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Education
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Brett Arends
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White(?) man
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October 16, 2019
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Education
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Aryenish Birdie
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Queer woman of color
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September 14, 2017
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Education
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Wendy Ashley
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Black woman
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2014
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Education
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Lorena Germán
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Domincan American
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August 11, 2020
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Environmental racism
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Brentin Mock
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Black man
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October 7, 2018
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Movement making
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Charlene Carruthers
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Black queer woman
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2018
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Policing
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Many contributors
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2017
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Policing/police brutality
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Alex S. Vitale
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White male
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October 10, 2017
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Racism/policy
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Richard Rothstein
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May 2017
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Statements
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Leah Garcés
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Latinx woman
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June 2020
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Statements
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David Coman-Hidy & THL
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White man
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June 10, 2020
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Statements
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Encompass Staff
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Encompass is led by POC
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June 1, 2020
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Statements
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Critical Design Lab
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A collective of "non-Black POC and disabled white people"
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June 2, 2020
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White supremacy
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Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun
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2001
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White nationalism
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Tess Owen
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White woman
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September 13, 2019
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White(-Passing) Privilege
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Hareer Al-Qaragolie
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White-passing Arab Muslim woman
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June 1, 2020
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White(-Passing) Privilege
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Francis E. Kendall
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White(?) woman
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2002
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Zero-Tolerance Policy
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The Institute of Leadership & Management
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Unclear; CEO is white man
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Unclear
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Racial (In)Equity
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Ravynn Stringfield
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Black Woman
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Ongoing (Blog)
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White Privilege
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Ibram X. Kendi
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Black Man
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May 12, 2020
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Racial (In)Equity
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Adam Serwer
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Man of Color (Multi-Ethnic)
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May 8, 2020
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Racial (In)Equity
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Multiple (The New York Times)
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Multiple
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2019
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Insurrection of US Capitol
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Jennifer Bradley
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2021
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Insurrection of US Capitol
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2021
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Insurrection of US Capitol
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David Cutler
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Social Accounts
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NAME
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DESCRIPTION
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INSTAGRAM
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FACEBOOK
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TWITTER
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Rachel Cargle
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Educator and activist
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Ericka Hart
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sex educator/ racial/social/gender justice
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Monique Melton
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anti-racism educator and speaker
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Noname
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rapper, who amplifies abolition and Black liberation a lot
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@noname
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kinfolkkolective
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blog specifically for black folks to discuss topics and have community. lots of community support networks and a great place for non Black POC and white folks to learn and center black women
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Adrienne Maree Brown
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Author, focuses a lot on rest/pleasure as activism
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Minaa B
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Social worker/therapist - posts various prompts and suggestions for navigating convos about race, reflecting on internalized biases, etc.
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Patrisse Cullors-Brignac
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One of the founders of Black Lives Matter
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Wardell Julius Clark
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Chicago Organizer within the Arts Community
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Nicole Byer
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The host of Nailed It... posts a lot about BLM and Black bodies
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Videos
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TOPIC
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RESOURCE
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AUTHOR
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AUTHOR'S IDENTITY
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DATE OF PUBLICATION
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Police brutality/systemic racism
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Exec. Prod: George Clooney, Grant Heslov and Jeffrey Toobin
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May 1, 2020
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Mass incarceration/systemic racism
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13th (Netflix documentary)
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Ava DuVernay
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Black woman
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2016
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Systemic racism
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Dear White People (Netflix series)
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Justin Simien et al.
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Black man
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2017-2020
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Systemic racism/history
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Kimberly Jones
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Black woman
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June 1, 2020
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Systemic racism/history
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Kimberly Jones
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Black woman
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Systemic racism/history
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Origin of Everything PBS
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April 3, 2018
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Systemic racism/history
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Vox Missing Chapter
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Oct 14, 2019
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Systemic racism/history
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Splinter Racist American History
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Jan 14, 2019
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Systemic racism/history
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Fusion
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Dec 2, 2016
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Systemic racism/history
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Splinter Racist American History
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Jan 25, 2019
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Systemic racism/history
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Vox Missing Chapter
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Jul 29, 2019
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Systemic racism/history
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Ted-Ed
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Oct 1, 2019
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Systemic racism/history
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AJ+
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Jan 29, 2016
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Systemic racism
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act.tv
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Apr 16, 2019
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Mass incarceration/systemic racism
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The Atlantic
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Oct 2, 2015
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Systemic racism/History
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Jim Crow Museum
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Apr 29, 2013
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Identity/personal bias/white privilege/colorism/prejudice
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Frontline
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Jan 18, 2019
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Identity/bias/lived experience
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New York Times Op Docs
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Jul 9, 2015
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Identity/bias/lived experience
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New York Times Op Docs
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Apr 15, 2018
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Identity/bias/lived experience
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New York Times Op Docs
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Mar 7, 2016
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Identity/bias/lived experience
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New York Times Op Docs
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Dec 3, 2015
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Identity/bias/lived experience
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Soul Pancake How You See Me
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Oct 31, 2016
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Identity/bias/lived experience
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New York Times Op Docs
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May 8, 2015
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Identity/entitlement/privilege
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TEDx Talks
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Apr 12, 2019
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White exceptionalism/white guilt/shame
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NBC News
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Dec 28, 2018
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White savior trope
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Insider
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Mar 5, 2019
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Allyship
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TEDx Talks
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Mar 23, 2017
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ReThinking Race
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WYCC PBS Chicago
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Aug 21, 2012
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How to engage
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TED
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Jan 2, 2018
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How to engage
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TEDx Talks
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Nov 15, 2011
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How to engage
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TEDx Talks
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May 19, 2017
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History
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PBS
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Black man
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2019
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Media Influence on Perception/Stereotypes
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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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Nigerian Woman
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2009
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Racial (In)Equity
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Heather McGhee
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Black Woman
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2020
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Racial (In)Equity
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Megan Ming Francis
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Black Woman
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2016
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Allyship
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Vernā Myers
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Black Woman
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Miscellaneous
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TOPIC
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RESOURCE
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CREATOR
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CREATOR'S IDENTITY
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Protesting
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Anti-racism training
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Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso
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Anti-racism + design
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History of Racism and intro to Anti-Racism training
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Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso
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Facilitated by a white person; endorsed by Texas Poor People's Campaign, Brown Berets del Chuco, and the Red Handed Warrior Society,
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What is Bias? Module 2
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Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso
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Mod 3: White Privilege and Allyship
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Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso
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Works Cited
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Diversity and Resiliency Institute of El Paso
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HUGE Chicago Resource List
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Implicit Bias
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Project Implicit
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