Resources
Excellent Books
- A Different Mirror, Ronald Takaki
- Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher, Stephen D. Brookfield
- Crossing the Danger Water : Three Hundred Years of African-American Writing (Paperback) Deirdre Mullane
- Ethnicities, Rumbaut & Portes
- Framework for Understanding Poverty, Ruby Payne
- Multi-America, Ismael Reed
- Other Kinds of Families: Embracing Diversity in Schools, Tammy Turner-Vorbeck and Monica Miller Marsh
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed, Paulo Freire
- Reflective Practice for Educators: Professional Development to Improve Student Learning, Karen F. Osterman & Robert B. Kottkamp
- Slavery by Another Name, Douglas Blackmon
- The Nature of Prejudice, Gordon Allport
- The State of Black America 2007: Portrait of the Black Male, National Urban League
- Two Nations, Andrew Hacker
- Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, Beverly Tatum
- Workplace Diversity, Esty, Griffin and Schorr Hirsch
Websites to Visit
Movies to See
Newspapers to Read
Actions you can take
- Challenge stereotypes.
- When a racist or misogynistic joke is told, simply do not laugh.
- When someone says, all ________ are this or that, simply say, I do not know all of them.
- See the individual person, not the stereotype.
- Appreciate America’s diversity; do not fear it.
- Create a community of learners based on respect and inclusion.
- Lead by example.