Session 3: Interrupting White Supremacy with Anti-Racist Action
January 14, 11:00am-1:00pm
This session will focus on how to build a better, more inclusive future. Participants will walk away with actions plans to promote change on an individual, institutional, and professional level.
Required Reading
Berry, J. D. (2004, June). White privilege in library land. Versed: Bulletin of the Office for Diversity, 1, 12. American Library Association.
Espinal, I., Sutherland, T., & Roh, C. (2018). A holistic approach for inclusive librarianship: Decentering whiteness in our profession. Library Trends, 67(1), 147--162. https://doi.org/10.1353/lib.2018.0030
National Museum of African American History & Culture. (n.d.). Being antiracist. https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race/topics/being-antiracist
Winston, R. E. (2021). Praxis for the People: Critical Race Theory and Archival Practice. In S. Y. Leung & J. R. López-McKnight (Eds.), Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory. The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11969.003.0020
Session Materials
Anti Racism Action Plan Worksheet (odt - also opens in Word)
Further Reading & Resources
Brown, A. (2020, August 26). How labeling books as “diverse” reinforces white supremacy. The Open Book Blog. https://blog.leeandlow.com/2020/08/26/how-labeling-books-as-diverse-reinforces-white-supremacy/
Ferretti, J. A. (2020). Building a critical culture: How critical librarianship falls short in the workplace. Communications in Information Literacy, 14(1), https://doi.org/10.15760/comminfolit.2020.14.1.10
Quiñonez, T., Nataraj, L., & Olivas, A. (2021). The Praxis of Relation, Validation, and Motivation: Articulating LIS Collegiality through a CRT Lens. In S. Y. Leung & J. R. López-McKnight (Eds.), Knowledge Justice: Disrupting Library and Information Studies through Critical Race Theory. The MIT Press. https://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/11969.003.0018
University of Washington-Bothell & Cascadia College Campus Library. (2021, January 13). Social Justice Team: Welcome! https://guides.lib.uw.edu/bothell/sjt
Explore this LibGuide showing the work done by the current Social Justice Team and the previous Equity, Diversity, and Social Justice Team