Antiracism

When the son of a Civil Rights Hero dives into the 400 year history of racism in America, he is confronted with the shocking reality that his family was involved from the very beginning. A comprehensive and insightful exploration of the origins and history of racism in America -- from slavery to Jim Crow era, from lynchings to protests -- told through a very personal and honest story. SNHU Login Required.

In a stunning reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy and claims that we've entered a post-racial society, Wise offers a fascinating look back at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class, and argues that our failure as a society to come to terms with this legacy of white privilege continues to perpetuate racial inequality and race-driven political resentments today. SNHU Login Required.

Distinguished historian John H. Bracey Jr. offers a provocative analysis of the devastating economic, political, and social effects of racism on white Americans. In a departure from analyses of racism that have focused primarily on white power and privilege, Bracey trains his focus on the high price that white people, especially working class whites, have paid for more than two centuries of divisive race-based policies and attitudes. SNHU Login Required.

The Difference Between Us examines the contemporary science - including genetics - that challenges our common sense assumptions that human beings can be bundled into three or four fundamentally different groups according to their physical traits. SNHU Login Required.

In this spellbinding lecture, the author of White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son offers a unique, inside-out view of race and racism in America. Expertly overcoming the defensiveness that often surrounds these issues, Wise provides a non-confrontational explanation of white privilege and the damage it does not only to people of colour, but to white people as well. SNHU Login Required.

Focusing on ground-breaking research and personal accounts of scientists around the world, this documentary reveals that the evolution of skin colour is solely an adaptation to the environment. It drives home a powerful message: judging people on the basis of colour is not only morally unacceptable, it is scientifically wrong.
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Students learn about racial tension and how it can lead to problems in every aspect of high school life. Suggestions and techniques for diffusing racial tension are presented in a practical and useful style. Students learn how to open up their mind to the differences between races on campus, along with the common occurrence of racial cliques and why they can lead to racism. SNHU Login Required.

From passionate pleas for reform to poetic turns of phrase, these talks take an honest look at everyday realities of Black Americans and illuminate the way forward.

There is no such thing as being "not racist," says author and historian Ibram X. Kendi. In this vital conversation, he defines the transformative concept of antiracism to help us more clearly recognize, take responsibility for and reject prejudices in our public policies, workplaces and personal beliefs.

Want to join the fight for equality? A starter pack of TED Talks for those looking to understand the basics of social justice.

The Hate U Give is a fictional film about a young Black woman, Starr, coping with the loss of a childhood friend murdered by police. Starr must also juggle her life as a Black person attending a predominantly white, upper-class school and the social struggles this brings. This film tells a compelling story of Starr overcoming her struggles to ultimately become an activist on behalf of her late friend and embracing her identity. SNHU Login Required.

A biracial college student hosts a controversial radio show that sparks an epic media frenzy at a predominately white university. Later elected president of an all-black residential hall, she becomes the subject of a racially charged reality program. SNHU Login Required.

Racial tensions grow in a Brooklyn neighborhood on the hottest day of the summer. SNHU Login Required.

Drama centered on the tragic shooting of Oscar Grant, a 22-year-old Bay Area father who was gunned down by a BART subway officer on New Year's Day in 2009, and whose murder shocked the nation after being captured on camera by his fellow passengers.
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