Module 1: What is ABAR?

Introduction

ABAR stands for "Anti-Bias, Anti-Racist."   The goal of ABAR is to help individuals understand the often obscure ways that bigotry can manifest in our society.  It also aims to help everyone understand the harms that racism, sexism, homophobia, and other social ills causes to us all.

Articles

Web Resources 

Antiracism Video Series - This is a video series put together by the faculty of Lake Forest College detailing Ibram X. Kendi's How to be Antiracist.  

Learning For Justice - This site is produced by the Southern Poverty Law Center, provides resources to help teachers provide lessons for ABAR training.  

Implicit Biases Tests - Created by Harvard University, these are a series of tests that allow an individual to determine if they have have "implicit biases."  These tests can help to measure what biases are hidden within you, even from yourself.  

Race Forward - Race Forward has created a series of videos on Systemic Racism and its impacts on our society, and ourselves, today.  

Anti-Racism Resources - This collection of resources was put together by the American School Counselor Association, provides a whole host of resources for ABAR training.  

Lesson Plans - This is a collection of lesson plans put together by the Anti-Racist Teaching & Learning Collective,  over many different topics which are created with an ABAR lens in mind.  

Videos