We compiled some suggestions from our Tulane faculty and staff for educational resources. We have organized them by how you might want to educate yourself. This page has resources you can read. You can click the following links for resources you can listen to or watch.
- Learn more by reading "400 Years of Inequality Since Jamestown of 1619" in the American Journal of Public Health written by Dean Thomas A. LaVeist, PhD, Mindy Fullilove, MD, MS, and Robert Fullilove, EdD.
- Levels of Racism: A Theoretic Framework and a Gardener’s Tale, by Camara Jones
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration, by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Amistad Research Center Online archive and also located at 6823 St. Charles Avenue in Tilton Memorial Hall on the campus of Tulane University.
- Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener's tale (AJPH, via PubMed)
- We Must ‘Name Racism’ As A Cause of Poor Health (Huffington Post)
- Methods for the Scientific Study of Discrimination and Health: An Ecosocial Approach (AJPH, via PubMed)
- Structural racism and myocardial infarction in the United States (Social Science & Medicine, via PubMed)
- The Case for Reparations, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Reparations as a Public Health Priority––A Strategy for Ending Black–Wite Health Disparities, by Mary Basset and Sandro Galea
- Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions, by Zinzi D Bailey, ScD, Prof Nancy Krieger, PhD, Madina Agénor, ScD, Jasmine Graves, MPH, Natalia Linos, ScD, and Dr Mary T Bassett, MD
- Tackling racism as a “wicked” public health problem: Enabling allies in anti-racism praxis, by Heather Came and Derek Griffith
- I Don't Know What to Do With Good White People
- Common racist behaviors and attitudes of white people
- Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people, by Ijeoma Oluo
- When white people are uncomfortable, Black people are silenced
- The Great Unlearn – curated by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle
- Supporting Faculty During and After COVID, by Leslie E. Gonzalez, EdD and Kimberly Ann Griffin, PhD
- Adopting an Anti-Racism Public Health Curriculum Competency: The University of Washington Experience, by Amy Hagopian, Kathleen McGlone West, India J Ornelas, Ariel N Hart, Jenn Hagedorn, Clarence Spigner
- How do we assess a racial disparity in health? Distribution, interaction, and interpretation in epidemiological studies, by Julia B. Ward, Danielle R. Gartner, Katherine M. Keyes, Mike D. Fliss, Elizabeth S. McClure, and Whitney R. Robinsona,
- Culture, Race, and Health: Implications for Racial Inequities and Population Health, by Courtney D. Cogburn
- Ready to Be an Ally for Black Academics? Here’s a Start, by Ebony O. McGee
- De-colonize your syllabus checklist, compiled by Academics for Black Survival and Wellness
- Racism has been described as a “wicked” public health problem that fuels systemic health inequities between population groups. The effects of racism on health have been studies more extensively than how to intervene when confronted with racism in public health. This paper from Social Science and Medicine presents a tool to address inequities in public health, and focus on describing an anti-racism praxis framework to inform the training and support of allies.
- Many people have struggled during the COVID-19 pandemic and academics have not been spared. This document from The National Alliance for Inclusive and Diverse STEM faculty outline various strategies universities are employing and what they could be doing to not push aside equity aside during and after the pandemic.
- Recommendations and Resources for Supporting Students Before, During, and After the Chauvin Trial
- Radical Empathy in Teaching, by Judith V. Jordan, Harriet L. Schwartz
- Resources to Help Educators, Adults Respond to Racism, Violence and Trauma, from the Minnesota Dept. of Education
- Helping Youth after Community Trauma: Tips for Educators, from The National Child Traumatic Stress Network
- With the rise in anti-Asian violence, various guidance and trainings are being offered. This story focuses on a training that uses the 5-D approach to intervene.
- Black Lives Matter: A guide to reading, from University of Buffalo
