Education & Training

Implicit Association Test (Harvard University, Project Implicit) – Test to determine hidden biases. To access the test, click “Take a Test” at the bottom of the page and follow the instructions.

Open Mind – An interactive platform that equips people with a set of practical tools to think clearly and communicate constructively across differences. To access the program go to the “Get Started” tab and click on “Individual User” to sign up.

Associated Readings / Resources:

• 3 Keys to Defeating Unconscious Bias: Watch, Think, Act Paperback (2015) by Sondra Thiederman
• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People (2013) by Mahzarin R. Banaji, Anthony G. Greenwald
• Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives (2014) by Howard J. Ross
• Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do (2011) by Claude M. Steele 

Relevant Resources:

• Facebook Managing Bias video modules
• UCSF Office of Diversity & Outreach unconscious bias

U-M Research and News

• University of Michigan Library Reasearch Guides (under Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility)
• Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion News & Feautures

Online News / Journals (Higher Education)

• Diverse Issues in Higher Education
• Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
• Inside Higher Ed
• Insight Into Diversity
• Journal of Blacks in Higher Education
• Journal of Hispanic Higher Education
• Journal of Research in Rural Education
• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education

Online News / Journals (Health Care)

• LGBT Health

Magazines

• Black EOE Journal
• DIVERSEability
• Diversity in STEAM
• Hispanic Network
• US Veterans Magazine
• Winds of Change

Web Resources / Organizations

• Association on Higher Education Disability
• Disability Compliance for Higher Education
• Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education
• Trans Student Educational Resources

Book Recommendations

• Black Fatigue: How Racism Erodes the Mind, Body, and Spirit (2020) by Mary-Frances Winters
• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People (2016) by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
• Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005) by Malcolm Gladwell
• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020) by Isabel Wilkerson
• How To Be An Antiracist (2019) by Ibram X. Kendi
• Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (1984) by Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race (2019) by Ijeoma Oluo
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (2020) by Ibram X. Kendi
• The New Jim Crow (2020, originally published in 2010) by Michelle Alexander
• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration (2010) by Isabel Wilkerson
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race (2017, originally published in 2003) by Beverly Daniel Tatum

Documentaries and Films – If you would like to learn more about how we have arrived at this state in society, we recommend exploring the documentaries below. Additionally, Kanopy (available to the U-M community) offers a variety of documentary and feature films from an array of producers and distributors.

• 4 Little Girls (1997)
• 13th (2016)
• Exterminate All the Brutes (2021)
• John Lewis: Good Trouble (2020)
• Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992 (2017)
• “Racism’s Corrosive Impact on the Health of Black Americans” (2021, 60 Minutes episode)
• Segregated by Design (2019)
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
• The Central Park Five (2012)
• The Green Book (2019)
• The Murder of Fred Hampton (1971)
• Kanopy’s ‘Race and Class Studies’ playlist includes additional documentaries and films.

Podcasts

• Pass the Mic by The Witness Podcast Radio
• Seeing White by Scene on Radio
• The 1619 Project by the New York Times
• Uncivil by Gimlet Media
• White Lies by NPR

TED Talks

• Don’t Be A Savior, Be An Ally (2019) by Rayna Gordon
• Racism Has A Cost for Everyone (2019) by Heather McGhee
• The Trauma of Systemic Racism is Killing Black Women (2017) by T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison
• We Need To Talk About An Injustice (2012) by Bryan Stevenson

U-M Videos

• In the Interim: Networking with Dr. Miriam Mobley Smith, BSPharm’78
• Toward an Anti-Ableist Academy - October 2021 Conference Videos
• Widening the Lens: Teaching for Equity at U-M by CR

What is Race?

• “Race - The Power of an Illusion,” Episode Three (The House We Live In)
• “A Class Divided” – The Jane Elliott “Brown Eyes/Blue Eyes” experiment with an elementary school class.

Anti-Racism Resources

• Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) – Resources for Learning and Teaching about Racism (working list)
• Office for Health Equity & Inclusion – Anti-Racism Support and Tools
• Organizational Learning – New Anti-Racism Primer: What Can I Do?
• Rackham Graduate School – Anti-Racism Resources
• U-M Library – Anti-Racist Reading List, Books for Social Justice

Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Resources

• U-M Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) Task Force – Resources and information
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ) – COVID-19 Resources to Stand Against Racism
• Asian American Documentary Network
• Asian Americans – A PBS five-episode saga of the fastest-growing racial/ethnic group in American history.
• The Making of Asian America (2015) by Erika Lee
• Stop AAPI Hate
• When Xenophobia Spreads Like a Virus

Gender and Sexual Identity

• Designated Pronouns
• LGBTQ+ Affirming Faith Spaces
• QTBIPOC Resources
• Trans@UM
• Supporting Trans, Gender Non-Conforming, and Intersex Communities
• Coursera course: What Does it Mean to Identify as Transgender or Gender Non-Conforming (TGNC)?
• Understanding Transgender People: The Basics
• Understanding Non-Binary People: How to Be Respectful and Supportive
• Online LGBTQ+ Learning Opportunities

Gender Inclusive Housing

• Options for Undergraduate and Graduate Students
• FAQ about Gender-Inclusive Housing

Gender Inclusive Restrooms

• University of Michigan Campus
• Michigan Medicine Campus
• Campus Housing
• Transgender People and Bathroom Access