Socio-Historical Understanding
Read, Watch, Listen + Tools
Learners will develop a socio-historical understanding of inequities and underrepresentation.
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Race and Racial Identity are Social Constructs
September 6, 2016
Queen Muse
The New York Times
Article Overview: Race is not a proven concept, but instead a social construct. Author, Queen Muse, acknowledges the truth of race, as a language defined by our shared social constructs, geographic boundaries, economic categories and political affiliations. Muse's article gives a brief, but powerful, introduction to the barriers and brutalities of racial inequities.
Racial Identity Development - Key to Building Relationship of Understanding
January 29, 2015
Tracie Abram
Michigan State university
Article Overview: This article encourages us to "gain more than tolerance." The article explains that conversations about racial inequalities are often challenging and emotionally connected. It is highly important to develop respect within these conversation by preparing with research and enhancing education.
Racial Equity
January 29, 2015
Tracie Abram
Michigan State University
Article Overview: This article encourages us to "gain more than tolerance." The article explains that conversations about racial inequalities are often challenging and emotionally connected. It is highly important to develop respect within these conversation by preparing with research and enhancing education.
States are Calling Racism a Public Health Crisis. Here's what that Means
June 15, 2020
N'dea Yancey-Bragg
USA Today
Article Overview: This article summarizes how and why local and state governments are declaring racism a public health crisis, and what those declarations do and don't entail.
How I become Comfortable Talking about Race PAGE NOT FOUND
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Ali Haigh
United Way
Article Overview: Ali Haigh, Executive Director of United Way of Racism County shares her journey to becoming comfortable with conversations about race - and why it is so important for individuals and communities to participate in this conversation.
What is Systemic Racism? Here's What it Means and How You Can Help Dismantle It.
June 15, 2020
N'dea Yancey-Bragg
USA Today
Article Overview: This brief article includes a brief overview of systemic racism and its effect on people of color in the United States. It includes a brief (3-minute) video highlighting key concepts.
Systemic Racism Explained: Four dimensions of Racism and How to be Part of the Solution
August 7, 2020
Brittany Falkers
KGW8
Article Overview: You've likely heard the term "systemic racism," but do you know what it means? In this article, experts break it down and share tools to address it. This link includes a written article, as well as a (7-minute) video.
Ten Signs of Institutional Racism
May29, 2014
Robin Hughes
Diverse Daily
Article Overview: This article explains the subtle formation of institutional racism, and some questions to assess if and how racism may be showing up and perpetuated in your institution.
WATCH
Race: The Power of an Illusion
2003
UC Berkeley
California NewsReel
Video Overview: RACE–The Power of an Illusion asks a question so basic it's rarely raised: what is this thing we call race? Since its release in 2003, the series has become one of the most widely used documentaries ever in formal and non-formal education in the US. Millions of people have used the film to scrutinize their own deep-seated beliefs about race and explore how our social divisions are not natural or inevitable, but made. Now, in 2021, the series remains salient and timely.
Refreaming Racial Identity
May 17, 2015
Abbi Van Hook Dragseth
TEDx North Central College
Episode Overview: Watch this video to see an alternative way of looking at racial identity based on varying cultures.
How Racism Makes Us Sick
November 2016
David R. Williams
TED
Video Overview: Why does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond traditional measures like income and education to reveal how factors like implicit bias, residential segregation, and negative stereotypes create and sustain inequality. Dr. Williams presents evidence for how racism is producing a rigged system -- and offers hopeful examples of programs across the U.S. that are working to dismantle discrimination.
Three Myths About Racism
February 25, 2020
Candis Watts Smith
TEDxPSU
Video Overview: While many of us like to believe that we’re closer than ever to reaching a post-racial society, the research of Dr. Candis Watts Smith paints a different picture. In her talk, Dr. Watts Smith dispels what we think we know about racism, and she explores what we can do to work toward anti-racism.
A Conversation on Race
2017
Multiple Contributors
The New York Times
Video Overview: Available here is a video series depicting experiences surrounding race for people of multiple different backgrounds.
The Affect in Policy of Red Lining and Afro American Families
November 2016
David R. Williams
TED
Video Overview: A short video that provides historical context on the housing policy of redlining and the long-term implications.
Systemic Racism Explained
April 16, 2019
Multiple Contributors
ActTV
Video Overview: Systemic racism affects every area of life in the United Sates - from incarceration rates to predatory loans. Trying to solve these problems requires changes in major parts of our system. This video offers a closer look at what systemic racism is, and how we can solve it.
Angela's Journey and Why Race Matters in Wisconsin
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Angela Fitzgerald
PBS Wisconsin
Video Overview: Host and producer Angela Fitzgerald introduces us to the motivation behind the series Why Race Matters, and the call to action she felt after the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. She shares her own story of moving to Wisconsin and her struggles adjusting to life in a predominately white community.
Are We Automating Racism?
March 31, 2021
Multiple Contributors
Vox
Video Overview: Many of us assume that tech is neutral, and we have turned to tech as a way to root out racism, sexism, or other “isms” plaguing human decision-making. But as data-driven systems become a bigger and bigger part of our lives, we also notice more and more when they fail, and, more importantly, that they don’t fail on everyone equally. Glad You Asked host Joss Fong wants to know: Why do we think tech is neutral? How do algorithms become biased? And how can we fix these algorithms before they cause harm?
LISTEN
Black Oxygen: Gabe Doyle
December 7, 2020
Angela Russell
Madison365
Podcast Overview: Listen to United Way of Dane County Community Impact Health Director, Gabe Doyle, on a recent episode of Black Oxygen, a Wisconsin-based podcast lifting up Black voices. This episode discusses vicarious trauma, family, what it means to have a sense of belonging as a bi-racial Black man when you have two white parents, and the systemic changes that are needed for Black people to thrive throughout Wisconsin. Visit Madison365.com or subscribe to Black Oxygen through your favorite podcast app.
By Every Measure: Systemic Racism
2024
Reggie Jackson & Tarik Moody
Radio Milwaukee: By Every Measure
Podcast Overview: Hosts of podcast By Every Measure Reggie Jackson and Tarik Moody detail how racism was declared a public health crisis in Milwaukee and explain the distinction between racism and systemic racism.
Native Americans Feel Invisible in the US Health Care System
December 12, 2017
Eric Whitney
NPR: Morning Edition
Podcast Overview: About a quarter of Native Americans report experiencing discrimination in healthcare, according to a poll by NPR. Listen to Native Americans share about their experience with health care in this brief radio interview.
Health Equity Advocate on Black Doctor's Video for Her Treatment for COVID-19
December 30, 2020
Mary Louise Kelly
NPR: All Things Considered
Podcast Overview: NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks with health equity advocate Joia Crear-Perry about a video in which the late Dr. Susan Moore said her treatment for COVID-19 suffered because she was Black.
TOOLS
American Anthropological Association's Understanding Race
2024
Understanding Race
United Way: Equity Challenge
Overview: Resources gathered by Faculty Fellows from a variety of sources including United Way's Equity Challenge.
