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Here are some more resources for your own personal learning. These are sorted by topic, though some of them may belong to multiple topics, and include peer-reviewed articles, blog posts, news articles, and book chapters.

“Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.” ~Dorothy Allison

Race & inequality

Black Lives Matter Herstory (website)
Racism, empathy, and the power of symbols (article)
Racial and ethnic formation (article)
Why Chaucer said 'ax' instead of 'ask,' and why some still do (article & video)
Why I don't want to talk about race (article)
Straight white male: The lowest difficulty setting there is (article)
Three ways to fight racism in 2014 (article)
The roots of colorism (article)
Will the real welfare queens please stand up? (2 minute video)
Eliminating racial and ethnic disparities in the criminal justice system - Professor Cynthia Jones P (7.5 minute video)
Michelle Alexander on "The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness" (11 minute video)
Excerpts from "The Awkward Thoughts of W Kamau Bell" (book chapters)
Dear white people/queridos gringos: You want our culture but you don’t want us – stop colonizing the Day of the Dead (article)
Striking Photos Challenge The Way We See Blackness (article)
The public identities of the black middle classes: Managing race in public spaces (article)

Gender & sexual orientation

Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being: a theory of gender and health (article)
The funniest things strangers said to us after we adopted our dude (list)
Under the red dress (article - warning: nudity)
Healing (disorderly) desire: Medical-therapeutic regulation of sexuality (article)
Black gay dads shock the Internet by being normal (article)
100 black lesbian bisexual queer and transgender women you should know (list)
Gay parenthood and the decline of paternity as we knew it (article)
Bisexual: a label with layers (article)
Men are stuck' in gender roles, data suggest (article)
One month later: how California's transgender student law is affecting public schools (article)
The top 10 arguments against gay marriage: all receive failing grades! (list)
Constructions of masculinity and their influence on men's well-being: a theory of gender and health (article)

Class, disability, and careers

An Open Letter to Ann Coulter (article)

It Is Expensive to Be Poor (article)

Courtesy Stigma and the Consequences of Deviance (article)

Person-First & Identity-First Language: Supporting Students with Disabilities on Campus (article)

Crossing the line exercise (exercise)

10 Ways to Show Love to Someone With Depression (list)

Knowledge of the Hidden Rules of Social Class: A Questionnaire (exercise)

Making class invisible (article)

What drives success? (article)

Does Stymied Educational Attainment Lead to Depression? (article)

What It's Like to Be the First Person in Your Family to Go to College (article)

The Myth Behind Public School Failure (article)

10 worst mistakes faculty make (list)

How Successful People Handle Toxic People (article)

The Why’s and How’s of Mentorship (article)

Classic invisibility (article)

40 Must-See Photos From The Past (list)

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