We've developed a collection of resources for anyone who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of historical and modern manifestations of racism, so we can work collectively as a community to deepen our work in anti-racism.
This page will constantly be a work-in-progress, as there is an abundance of content online, and more research is being conducted every day as our society continues to shift. We will regularly update content as we discover it.
Georgia Tech Resources & Anti-Racism Campus Responses
- Archie Ervin: Commitment to Drive Change
- Àngel Cabrera: Statement on George Floyd
- Race at Georgia Tech: A Call to Action - July 16, 2020 panel discussion (video)
- Charles Isbell, College of Computing: From the Dean's Desk - June 1, 2020
- James and George
- Institute Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- Campus Resources for Students
- Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion: Student Organizations
- Georgia Tech Society of Black Engineers
- Student Diversity Programs
- Georgia Tech National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE)
- Student Government Association: Resources
- Manu Platt: BMES Diversity Award Lecture
- Crystal Bell: The Importance of Representation
- Lewis Wheaton: How to Promote Diversity Daily
- Alonzo Whyte: Letting Diversity Shine
- Resources for Anti-racism in Business, Leadership, and the Community (Scheller College of Business)
- Resources to Support Social Justice (College of Engineering)
- Our Commitment to Justice and Inclusive Communities (School of City & Regional Planning)
- Statement of Solidarity with the Black Community: We Stand for Equity and Justice (College of Sciences)
Books
- How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
- A Spectacular Secret: Lynching in American Life and Literature by Jacqueline Goldsby
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- Biased by Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt
- Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children In A Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
- Waking Up White by Debby Irving
- Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
- Brutal Imagination by Cornelius Eady
- Race Against Time: A Reporter Reopens The Unsolved Murder Cases of the Civil Rights Era by Jerry Mitchell
- They Were Her Property by Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- Uprooting Racism by Paul Kivel
- The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice by Fania Davis
- Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality by Thomas M. Shapiro
- Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann Woodward
- Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond by Marc Lamont Hill
- Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
- When Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
- Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing by Anneliese Singh
TED Talks
- Bryan Stevenson Founder of the Equal Justice Initiative and author New York Times bestselling true story of “Just Mercy” - “We need to talk about an injustice”
- Baratunde Thurston speaks about people calling the police on black people while eating, walking or doing other basic tasks in “How to Deconstruct Racism”
- Melody Hobson, President and CEO of Ariel Investments talks about the danger of a color blind perspective and provides action steps to promote diversity in the work place in “Color blind or color brave?”
- Unconscious bias in hiring practices TED Talk
- How to outsmart your own unconscious bias TED Talk
Resources For Parents
- How white parents can talk to their kids about race, an NPR Podcast
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and teens
- Guide for selecting anti-bias children’s books
- Books to teach children and teens about racism
- Fare of the Free Child podcast that centers the experiences of BIPOC children
- Raising white kids in a racially unjust America by Jennifer Harvey, on Integrated Schools Project
- Your kids aren’t too young to talk about race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
- P&G video on “The Talk” that parents have with black children
Resources for Traumatized Groups
- Community Healing Network for black people dealing with race-based trauma
- Family, Community and Self Care toolkit: Healing in the face of cultural trauma
- Professionalism in the age of black death is…a lot
- The road to resilience-American Psychological Association
- Nine online therapy programs
- Gratitude journal templates
- Mindfulness tips
Privilege
- How to recognize white privilege and use it to fight injustice TED Talk by Peggy McIntosh
- The Power of Privilege TED Talk by Tiffany Jana
- What is white privilege really?
- Overview of White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- White Out: Understanding White Privilege and Dominance in the Modern Age New edition by Christopher S. Collins