Equity and inclusion

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Reading material to work towards equity, inclusion, and diversity at SU Physics and beyond

How white academics can do better:

• https://medium.com/the-faculty/white-academia-do-better-fa96cede1fc5
• https://twitter.com/search?q=%23BlackInTheIvory&src=typed_query

This APS Team-Up Report has data regarding the percentage of Black physicists in the US:

• https://www.aip.org/sites/default/files/aipcorp/files/teamup-full-report.pdf

How to show support for Black lives:

• https://www.theodysseyonline.com/how-support-blm-non-black-person
• https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/05/opinion/whites-anti-blackness-protests.html
• https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

Anti-racist resources:

• https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/preview

Dealing with privilege and bias:

• “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.: https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html
• “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf
• “35 Dumb Things Well-Intended People Say” by Maura Cullen: http://www.mauracullen.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/35-Dumb-Things-Well-Intended-People-Say-Dr.-Maura-Cullen.pdf

The following books are discussions of racism intended for white audiences:

• “Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It” by Shelly Tochluk: https://www.amazon.com/Witnessing-Whiteness-Need-About-Second/dp/1607092573
• "Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race” by Debby Irving: https://www.amazon.com/Waking-White-Finding-Myself-Story/dp/0991331303
• “White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” by Robin DiAngelo: https://www.amazon.com/White-Fragility-People-About-Racism/dp/0807047414
• “Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People” by Banaji and Greenwald <https://www.amazon.com/Blindspot-Hidden-Biases-Good-People-ebook/dp/B004J4WJUC

Dismantling systemic racism:

• “Dismantling institutional racism: theory and action” by D. Griffith, et al.: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1007/s10464-007-9117-0

Police oversight:

• “Academic societies’ role in curbing police brutality” by Phillips and Weissman: https://science.sciencemag.org/content/368/6497/1322.1/tab-pdf
• #8cantwait is a set of eight policy changes to decrease police violence by 72%: https://8cantwait.org/