How To Be A D&I Ally
Books
Oluo, Ijeoma. So You Want to Talk About Race. New York: Seal Press, 2018.
McKenzie, Mia. Black Girl Dangerous: On Race, Queerness, Class and Gender. Oakland: BGD Press, Inc., 2014.
Kendi, Ibram X. How to Be an Anti-Racist. New York: One World, 2019.
Galeano, Eduardo. Open veins of Latin America. New York: Monthly Review Press, 1997.
Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States. Boston: Beacon Press, 2014.
Myers, Kevin, and Wise, Tim. White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son. Berkeley: Soft Skull Press, 2008.
Wu, Frank, Yellow: Race in American Beyond Black and White. New York: Basic Books, 2002.
Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. Tenth Anniversary Edition. New York: New Press, 2010.
Bayoumi, Moustafa. How Does it Feel to be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America. New York: Penguin Books, 2008.
Cogan, Jeanine C., and Stevenson, Michael R.. Everyday Activism: A Handbook for Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual People and Their Allies. New York: Routledge, 2003.
Hall, David M.. Allies at Work: Creating a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Inclusive Work Environment. Oakland: Out & Equal Workplace Advocates, 2009.
Gainsburg, Jeannie. The Savvy Ally: A Guide for Becoming a Skilled LGBTQ+ Advocate. London: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020.
Wong, Alice. Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century. New York: Vintage Books, 2020.
Website/Blog
Quiz: What Kind of Ally Are You? – White Ally Toolkil
Learning to be an Ally for People from Diverse Groups and Backgrounds – Community Toolbox
Becoming an Ally – UNLV Anti Opression Resources
SURJ – Showing Up For Racial Justice
“Know” – UCLA Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
Anti-Oppression – Simmons University
Movies/Films/Video
I’m not your inspiration, thank you very much. Stella Young, 2014.
A Poem for My White Friends: I Didn’t Tell You. Norma J, 2013.
How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them. Verna Myers, 2014.
13th. Ava DuVernay, dir. Netflix, 2016.
Whose Streets? Sabaah Folayan, dir. Magnolia Pictures, 2017.
Before Stonewall: The Making of a Gay and Lesbian Community. Greta Schiller, dir. First Run Features, 1985.
Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution. Nicole Newnham & Jim LeBrecht, dir. Netflix, 2020.
3 ways to be a better ally in the workplace. Melinda Epley, 2018.
Implicit Bias Video Series. UCLA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, 2019.
Disclosure. Sam Feder and Amy Sholder, dir. Netflix, 2020.
Articles
Harper, Mireille Cassandra. “If You Want To Be Anti-Racist, This Non-Optical Allyship Guide Is Required Reading.” British Vogue, 7 June 2020.
Knittel, M. “Making The Transition from Ally to Co-Conspirator.” Medium, 1 June 2018.
Lester, Neal. “For White Allies in Search of a Solution to American Racism / When Folks of Color Are Exhausted.” Learning for Justice, 29 Aug. 2017.
Long, Stephanie. “Black People Need Stronger White Allies — Here’s How You Can Be One.” Refinery29, 27 May 2020.
McIntosh, Peggy. “‘White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack’ and ‘Some Notes for Facilitators.’” National SEED Project, 1989.
Melaki, Tsedale M., et al. “Be a Better Ally.” Harvard Business Review, 20 Oct. 2020.
“Show Support to LGBTQ+ Students.” DoSomething.Org, 2020.
Singh, Shambhavi Raj. “Infographic: What Is Tone Policing And Why Is It Wrong?” Feminism In India, 16 July 2020.
Stewart, Emily. “How to Be a Good White Ally during the George Floyd Protests and Always.” Vox, 2 June 2020.