Anti-Racist Pedagogy and Inclusive Classroom Resources
Online Content
- The Master's of Social Work at USC Diversity Toolkit: A Guide to Discussion Identity, Power, and PrivilegeThis toolkit is meant for anyone who feels there is a lack of productive discourse around issues of diversity and the role of identity in social relationships, both on a micro (individual) and macro (communal) level. Perhaps you are a teacher, youth group facilitator, student affairs personnel or manage a team that works with an underserved population. Training of this kind can provide historical context about the politics of identity and the dynamics of power and privilege or help build greater self-awareness.
- Teach Tolerance: Race & EthnicityCultivate positive identity formation, encourage students to confront racial and ethnic injustice, and prepare them to live and work together in a diverse world. Our resources can help you facilitate discussions about race and guide students through lessons on white privilege, economic inequality, mass incarceration, the complexities of identity and more.
- The 1619 Project CurriculumThe 1619 Project, inaugurated with a special issue of The New York Times Magazine, challenges us to reframe U.S. history by marking the year when the first enslaved Africans arrived on Virginia soil as our nation's foundational date. Here you will find reading guides, activities, and other resources to bring The 1619 Project into your classroom.
- Racial Equity ToolsRacial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities and the culture at large.
- Teaching Race: Pedagogy and PracticeSocial justice education has implications for what we teach (curriculum) and how we teach (pedagogy). Despite an increasing number of instructors bringing a critical analysis of racial in/justice to their curriculum, many report challenges in teaching this content effectively. To begin to address this need, this guide summarizes some of the common challenges instructors may encounter and offers five broad pedagogical principles for teaching racial justice, and three possible strategies for implementing each strategy in the classroom.
- MUSE in Focus: Confronting Structiural Racism“MUSE in Focus: Confronting Structural Racism” is a selection of scholarly books and articles from a wide range of publishers and perspectives about the history of racism in America, its endurance throughout society, and how the country can respond now to enact meaningful and lasting reform. It is published by Project Muse. We hope that this selection of research can help inform the necessary conversations and actions around this topic.
- Institutionalized Racism: A SyllabusContext about institutionalized racism is vital for discussions both inside and outside the classroom. The following articles, published over the course of JSTOR Daily’s five years try to provide such context. As always, the underlying scholarship is free for all readers. We have now updated this story with tagging for easier navigation to related content, will be continually updating this page with more stories, and are working to acquire a bibliographic reading list about institutionalized racism in the near future.
- American University's Summer Institute on Education, Equity, and Justice (SIEEJ)Established in 2018 to provide professional development opportunities for community members, particularly educators, who want to learn promising practices that lead to equitable educational outcomes for underserved students, families, and communities. The institute's workshops, conducted by experts in the field, focus on educational, legal, and health implications for young people of color. Sessions are designed to change both mindsets and practices (i.e. alternatives to suspension/punishment; strategies to instill a culture of engagement). The overall goal of SIEEJ is to build a community of practice singularly focused on the strengths, challenges, and opportunities in the lives of young people of color and the communities in which they live.
- Anti-Racist Pedagogy Across the Curriculum (ARPAC)The purpose of the award-winning ARPAC project at St. Cloud State is to provide intensive training for faculty committed to incorporating anti-racist pedagogy into courses across disciplines and across campus. ARPAC consists of an annual faculty development workshop and monthly follow-up sessions which support faculty in their teaching, and foster a community of educators committed to anti-racist praxis.
- Antiracist Pedagogy Collective (ARPC)The Antiracist Pedagogy Collective (ARPC) was formed by graduate students from the USC English department in 2016 after the presidential election and its attendant controversies about race and identity, which pervaded USC classroom discussions. On their web page they host teaching and learning community discussions to further the conversation and develop best practices for fostering antiracist classrooms.