Race & Equity Resources

Engaging in conversations around diversity, equity and justice is a vital part of a healthy, multicultural community. As a school, we are committed to fostering an environment in which these authentic conversations can take place. We hope that these resources will be helpful in navigating these topics.

Our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion team curated this list with the help of faculty and staff. Laying a foundation for these conversations begins with shared understandings of our histories, cultures and identities. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list. 

These resources represent multiple experiences and perspectives and are not intended to represent the viewpoints, experiences and perspectives of the entire Pace community or Pace as an institution. We present them in the hopes that they will be informative, educational and thought-provoking and will lead to critical thinking and important conversations around diversity, equity, inclusion, justice and belonging.

Talking to Your Children
 

• Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race 

• Beyond the Golden Rule: Teaching Tolerance

• CNN’s Sesame Street Town Hall on Racism

• Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: Books for Children and Young Adults

• Sesame Street’s Family Day

• SocialJusticeBooks.org

• Talking Race With Young Children (NPR)

Videos & Films
 

• 13th* 

• American Son* 

• Asian Americans - PBS docuseries

• Fruitvale Station* 

• Just Mercy 

• Stonewall Forever* 

• The Hate U Give* 

• When They See Us 

• * These films include sensitive language and/or content. Please use your best discretion prior to viewing them.
   

Understanding History
 

• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States: Roxanne Dunbar-Oritz

• Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America: Juan Gonzalez

• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: Bryan Stevenson

• LGBTQ+ FAQ 

• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America: Ibram X. Kendi

• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America: Richard Rothstein

• The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism: Edward E. Baptist

• The Making of Asian America: A History: Erika Lee

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness: Michelle Alexander

• The People’s History of the United States: Howard Zinn

• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration: Isabel Wilkerson

• We Are Everywhere: Protest, Power and Pride in the History of Queer Liberation

• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth or Our Racial Divide: Carol Anderson

 

Understanding Identity

ARTICLES

• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion: Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

• LGBTQ+ FAQ 

• My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant: Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)

• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine 

• The Combahee River Collective Statement

• The Intersectionality Wars: Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

• The Unbearable Grief of Black Mothers: Vox

• To the Black and White Youth, Let’s Get Real About Race 

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack: Peggy McIntosh

• Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?: Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

PODCASTS

• 1619 (New York Times)

• About Race 

• Code Switch (NPR)

• Queer America Podcast

• Seeing White

• The Rise in Anti-Asian Attacks During the COVID-19 Pandemic

BOOKS

• Between the World and Me: Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People: Anthony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji

• Breathe: A Letter to My Sons: Imani Perry

• Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations: Mira Jacob

• How to Be an Anti-Racist: Ibram X. Kendi

• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness: Austin Channing Brown 

• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption: Bryan Stevenson

• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning : Cathy Park Hong

• Mother to Son: Letters To A Black Boy On Identity And Hope: Jasmine L. Holmes

• Neurodiversity: The Birth of an Idea : Judy Singer

• Sisters Of The Yam: Black Women and Self Recovery: bell hooks

• So You Want to Talk About Race: Ijeoma Oluo

• The Fire Next Time: James Baldwin

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness: Michelle Alexander

• The Person You Mean to Be : Dolly Chugh

• The Unapologetic Guide to Black Mental Health: Navigate an Unequal System, Learn Tools for Emotional Wellness, and Get the Help You Deserve: Rheeda Walker

• Trans Kids and Teens: Pride, Joy, and Families in Transition : Elijah C. Nealy, PhD

• Unmasking Autism : Devon Price, PhD

• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism: Robin DiAngelo, PhD

• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race: Beverly Daniel Tatum

• Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White : Frank H. Wu
   

WEBSITES

• learningforjustice.org

• Talking About Race

• theconsciouskid.org
   

ORGANIZATIONS TO FOLLOW

• Anti-Defamation League (ADL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

• Autistic Self-Advocacy Network (ASAN): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

• Child Mind Institute

• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

• Human Rights Campaign: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok

• Lost-n-Found Youth: Instagram | Facebook 

• NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

• National Center for Civil and Human Rights

• The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

• The Trevor Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | TikTok