General Resources

• OCSU: Anti-Racism Resources for Parents

This collection of resources was curated by a previous OCSU school librarian, Bridget Carbonetti, and provides resources for discussing race with children of all ages.  

• NMAAHC: Talking About Race: Being Antiracist

This website, part of the National Museum of African-American History & Culture, offers information, visuals, and activities for adults and students who are in the process of learning what antiracism is and how they can do work to support it.

• Citizenship & Social Justice: Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race & Racism

This website offers valuable links, visuals, and videos that white people in United States can use to better understand the history of racism in the country and the ways that its justification has evolved.

Whiteness

• NMAAHC: Talking About Race: Whiteness

This website, part of the National Museum of African-American History & Culture, offers information, visuals, and activities for adults and students related to how whiteness and privilege are interconnected, including discussions of white supremacy and white nationalism.

• Learning for Justice: What Is White Privilege, Really?

This article digs into the definition of white privilege, explains how it is different than racism, and explores how it has manifested itself in American society differently over time.

• Interpreter Education: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack

This article discusses the challenges that privileged groups experience when confronted with their privilege. It includes a collection of questions that are designed to help white people better understand the ways in which their race grants them social and economic privilege.

• Learning for Justice: Why Talk About Whiteness?

This article discusses the critical need to talk about whiteness as you begin to engage in conversations about race. 

White Teachers / Primarily White Schools

• Equity Literacy Institute: Avoiding Racial Equity Detours

This article, written by Equity Literacy Institute founder Paul Gorski, describes dangerous pitfalls that schools and educators can experience as they try to do the work of racial equity and cultural awareness.

• Learning for Justice: Don't Say Nothing

This article emphasizes the importance of engaging in conversations about race in classrooms, despite educators' inexperience, and the dangers of omitting these conversations, regardless of the demographics of classrooms.

• Anti-Defamation League: How Should I Talk About Race in My Mostly White Classroom?

This article offers suggestions about how to engage in conversations about race for educators who are teaching mostly white students.