Diversity Resources

• George Floyd Protests: My caste privileges in India blinded me to the reality of racism in the U.S.
• California sues Cisco alleging discrimination based on India’s caste system.
• The American Council on Education created "To the Point - Campus Inclusion and Freedom of Expression:
  Controversial Speakers," a booklet on the intersection of diversity, equity and inclusion with freedom of expression.
• Jacobin Talks: The Social Justice Industry (video) 
• Langholz, M. (2014). The management of diversity in U.S. and German higher education. Management Revue, 25(3), 207-226. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
• Umbach, P., & Kuh, G. (2006). Student Experiences with Diversity at Liberal Arts Colleges: Another Claim for Distinctiveness. The Journal of Higher Education, 77(1), 169-192. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
• Cuba, L., Jennings, N., Lovett, S., Swingle, J., Lindkvist, H., & Howard, A. (2011). Diversity from the STUDENT'S POINT OF VIEW. Change, 43(4), 32-38. Retrieved September 18, 2020.
• Goldrick-Rab, S. (2010). Challenges and Opportunities for Improving Community College Student Success. Review of Educational Research, 80(3), 437-469. Retrieved September 19, 2020.

Black Minds Matter was designed as a free, public course to draw parallels between the violence facing Black Lives in policing and the symbolic violence facing Black Minds in schools, colleges, and universities. 

Watch the videos:

•  Session 1
• Session 2 - Features special guests Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings, Dr. Ivory Toldson, and Gwen Carr (the mother of Eric Garner). 
• Session 3 
• Session 4

Books that give insight into the Black American experience and/or the struggle of people of color. All of these books are available from the DCC library.

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (eBook, Print)
• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo (eBook, Print)
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas (Currently on order for the Ritz Library in print)
• Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi (Currently on order for the Ritz Library in print) 
• Black & White: Disrupting Racism One Friendship at a Time by John Hambrick and Teesha Hadra (eBook)
• Raising White Kids: Bringing up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey and Tim Wise (eBook)
• Fear of the Other: No Fear in Love by William H. Willimon and Erin M. Hawkins (eBook)
• How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (Audiobook, Print (on reserve)
• Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela by Nelson Mandela (eBook, Print)
• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine 
• So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (eBook, Print)
• The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (eBook)
• The Underground Railroad: a novel by Colson Whitehead