DEI Resources
These resources have been regarded as tools to increase awareness regarding issues affecting African Americans. The views in the resources may not reflect the views of The Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology.
Web Resources
- Anti-racism resources for white people
- Justice in June
- Black Lives Matter and Neuroscience: Why This Moment Matters
From SfN Black Lives Matter Panel
- Lisa Leslie, Dear America
- Ta-Nehisi Coates, Letter to my son
(excerpt from Between the World and Me)
- Ibram X. Kendi, Who Gets to be Afraid in America
- Tre Johnson, When Black people are in pain, White people just join book clubs
- Nell Irvin Painter, What is Whiteness
- Jen Graves, Deeply embarrassed white people talk awkwardly about race
- Suzanne Plihcik, Getting white people to talk about racism
(scroll down to 14:51 interview)
- Robin Di Angelo, White Fragility Book Talk
(about an hour)
- Adam Serwer, America’s Racial Contract is Showing
- Robert M. Sellers, How long must we wait?
- Rose Hackman, We need Co-conspirators, not allies.
- Charles M. Blow, Allies, Don’t Fail Us Again
- Twitter conversation: #BlackintheIvory
- Jasmine Roberts, White Academia: Do Better
- Scott Carlson and Michael M. Sorrell, Higher Ed’s Reckoning with Race
- Jason England and Richard Purcell, Higher Ed’s Toothless Response to the Killing of George Floyd
- Alternatives to Calling the Police
- National Black Police Association
Statement: “The National Black Police Association Demands True Justice in the case of George Floyd”
Books
Layla Saad, Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Hardcover available at Mahogany Books
Kindle edition available from Amazon
Ibram X. Kendi, How to Be an Anti-Racist
Hardcover available at Politics and Prose
Backorder from Mahogany Books
Kindle edition available from Amazon
Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It is So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
Paperback available at Politics and Prose
Backorder from Mahogany Books
Kindle edition available from Amazon
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me
Patricia A. Matthew, Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure
Sign a petition
Get involved with local and national organizations
- Black Lives Matter (BLM)
- National Associate for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)
- American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)
If you can donate
Mental health links to support the Black community