Diversity and Inclusion Resources

Welcome to the Steelman Library Guide on Diversity!

This guide is designed to provide helpful resources on diversity, equity, and inclusion. Use these links to find sources and information to help you research topics on diversity. 

• eBooks on Diversity & Inclusion

• Print Books on Diversity and Inclusion

National Disability Employment Awareness Month (October) 

• Selections from the Diversity Collection on Disabilities and Access

• Celebrate National Disability Employment Awareness Month

  National Disability Employment Awareness Month celebrates the ingenuity people with disabilities bring to America's workplaces.” Each October, NDEAM celebrates America's workers with disabilities and reminds employers of the importance of inclusive hiring practices.

• Disability Related Organizations

ISBN: 1580058825
Publication Date: 2019-09-24

ISBN: 9780310597261
Publication Date: 2019-01-22

ISBN: 0593230256
Publication Date: 2020-08-04

ISBN: 0399590595
Publication Date: 2019-09-24

ISBN: 0525509283
Publication Date: 2019-08-13

ISBN: 0802412661
Publication Date: 2015-10-06

ISBN: 0830844031
Publication Date: 2013-11-03

ISBN: 1626980055
Publication Date: 2013

• Books on Higher Education and Diversity
• Articles on Higher Education and Diversity
• Articles on Inclusive Pedagogy

Call Number: LC1099 .D584 2018
ISBN: 9783319701752
Publication Date: 2018

ISBN: 9781975500368
Publication Date: 2019-02-25

Call Number: LC4813 .N44 2017
ISBN: 9780472073702
Publication Date: 2017-11-15

ISBN: 9780891124542
Publication Date: 2017-08-01

ISBN: 9781847427984
Publication Date: 2012-01-25

Announcing the SEU Task Force on Diversity, Inclusion and Equity from Southeastern University on Vimeo.

• Multicultural Affairs Department

  Southeastern University has a variety of resources for students and faculty from all cultural backgrounds. Click on the link to explore more resources.

  

  

• SEU’s Multicultural Department

ISBN: 0525509283
Publication Date: 2019-08-13

ISBN: 9798656695466
Publication Date: 2020-06-24

ISBN: 9780711245211

Books on Anti-Racism

• Understanding Racism (American Psychological Association)

  Race has a long and complicated history in the United States. According to research by psychologists and others, prejudice and discrimination are still problems in American society. Even people who think they’re not racist may have unconscious thoughts that lead to subtle discriminatory behaviors. Fortunately, the research also shows that contact between people of different racial and ethnic backgrounds can reduce stereotyping and prejudice.

• A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources

  Book, movie recommendations, and more

• What it really means to be an anti-racist, and why it's not the same as being an ally (Business Insider)

  Today, anti-racism is perhaps most closely associated with Ibram X. Kendi, the founding director of American University's anti-racist research center (who is now moving to Boston University to open an anti-racist center there), who popularized the concept with his 2019 book "How to be an Anti-Racist." In it, he wrote: "The only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it — and then dismantle it."

• Talking About Race (Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture)

  Talking about race, although hard, is necessary. We are here to provide tools and guidance to empower your journey and inspire conversation.

• 158 RESOURCES TO UNDERSTAND RACISM IN AMERICA (Smithsonian Magazine)

  These articles, videos, podcasts and websites from the Smithsonian chronicle the history of anti-black violence and inequality in the United States

• Microaggression Resources

• Examples of Microaggression

• The Dallas Morning News - Tony Evans: America’s racial crisis is a result of the failure of the church to deal with racism, June 15, 2020

  We are in the middle of multiple, simultaneous pandemics. COVID-19 has created a medical pandemic, while recent racially motivated violence has kick-started a cultural pandemic and the devolution of our society. But amid all of this, it is obvious we are in a spiritual pandemic.

• Christianity Today- The Gospel Has Never Been Colorblind, August 7, 2020

  With eyes wide open to the colorfulness of distinction, we can see the full beauty of humanity.

• NPR - Evangelical Christians Grapple With Racism As Sin, June 6, 2020

  Christians the world over have been united in their revulsion over the killing of George Floyd by a white Minneapolis police officer, and faith leaders from across the theological spectrum have spoken out about the lessons they think Christians should draw from the incident.

• Harvard Business School- Minorities Who “Whiten” Job Resumes Get More Interviews (Harvard Study)

  African American and Asian job applicants who mask their race on resumes seem to have better success getting job interviews, according to research by Katherine DeCelles and colleagues.

• The Color of Money: how mortgage lending practices discriminate against blacks.

  This page links to the text of "The Color of Money," a series of articles on lenders avoiding middle-income black neighborhoods. Bill Dedman received the Pulitzer Prize in investigative reporting in 1989 for researching and writing these articles. The first series, published May 1-4, 1988, disclosed that Atlanta's banks and savings and loan institutions, although they had made loans for years in even the poorest white neighborhoods of Atlanta, did not lend in middle-class or more affluent black neighborhoods. The focus moved to lenders across the nation with the January 1989 article, "Blacks turned down for home loans from S&Ls twice as often as whites."

• Redlining's legacy: Maps are gone, but the problem hasn't disappeared

  For decades, many banks in the U.S. denied mortgages to people, mostly people of color in urban areas, preventing them from buying a home in certain neighborhoods or getting a loan to renovate their house. The practice — once backed by the U.S. government — started in the 1930s and took place across the country. That includes in many of the nation's largest cities, such as Atlanta, Chicago, Detroit, Tampa and others with large minority populations.

• Explainer: what is systemic racism and institutional racism?

  “Systemic racism”, or “institutional racism”, refers to how ideas of white superiority are captured in everyday thinking at a systems-level: taking in the big picture of how society operates, rather than looking at one-on-one interactions. These systems can include laws and regulations, but also unquestioned social systems. Systemic racism can stem from education, hiring practices or access.

• The New York Times: Whites Have a Huge Wealth Gap Over Blacks (But Don’t Know It)

  Psychologists at Yale recently asked hundreds of Americans these two questions:

  For every $100 earned by an average white family, how much do you think is earned by an average black family?

  For every $100 in wealth accumulated by an average white family, how much wealth has the average black family accumulated?

• An Overview of the Funding of Public Schools

  Learn about how public schools are funded today and how the federal and local monies are allocated.

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (Unemployment rates by race and age)

  Labor Force Statistics from the Current Population Survey
• Religion News Service (June 19, 2020)

  (RNS) — Bob the Tomato wants you to care about racism.

  Earlier this week, Phil Vischer — creator of “VeggieTales” and voice of Bob the Tomato in the popular Christian animated series — posted a now viral video called “Race in America” that attempts to answer the question: “Why are people so angry?”

  Filled with graphics, photo montages, and factoids— and a few comic asides — that make the concept of systemic racism accessible for all ages, the 17-minute tutorial had garnered more than 2.8 million views by Friday (June 19).

  “The average Black household has one-tenth the wealth of the average white household,” Vischer said in the video. “This didn’t happen by accident. It happened by policy.”

• JSTOR Daily - The Devastation of Black Wall Street

  Tulsa, Oklahoma. 1921. A wave of racial violence destroys an affluent African-American community, seen as a threat to white-dominated American capitalism.

• JSTOR Daily - Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus

  How can we help students understand George Floyd’s death in the context of institutionalized racism?

• Articles on Latino and Hispanic Topics

• Print Books on Latino and Hispanic Topics

ISBN: 9780822965510
Publication Date: 2019-01-22

ISBN: 9780062662804
Publication Date: 2018-03-06

• About One-in-Four U.S. Hispanics Have Heard of Latinx, but Just 3% Use It

  Pan-ethnic labels describing the U.S. population of people tracing their roots to Latin America and Spain have been introduced over the decades, rising and falling in popularity. Today, the two dominant labels in use are Hispanic and Latino, with origins in the 1970s and 1990s respectively.

• National Hispanic Heritage Month

  September 15 to October 15 is National Hispanic American Heritage Month
  The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Hispanic Americans who have positively influenced and enriched our nation and society.

• Books on Asian American Topics

• Articles on Asian American Topics

ISBN: 9781472569356
Publication Date: 2016-11-03

ISBN: 0345803787
Publication Date: 2014-05-20

• Report Highlights Emerging Trends of Asian American Discrimination Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

  An incident database analyzing almost 700 reports of discrimination against Asian Americans reveals surprising trends in peoples' responses to the coronavirus pandemic.
  
  Cited by Congresswoman Judy Chu (D-Calif.) on MSNBC, the report, a collaborative effort between the Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council and the organization Chinese for Affirmative Action, launched a survey to document “incidents of hate.”

Members of the PAVA World Korean Traditional Marching Band
Library of Congress

• Asian American Heritage Month

  May is Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month The Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of Asian and Pacific Islanders who have enriched America's history and are instrumental in its future success.

• Books

• Articles

Indigenous in Plain Sight

• Native American Heritage Month

  November is Native American Heritage Month, or as it is commonly refered to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.

• 'Black-on-Black crime': A Loaded and Controversial Phrase often Heard Amid Calls for Police Reform, August 1, 2020

  The Bureau of Justice Statistics' 2019 crime victimization statistics report shows those who commit violent acts tend to commit them against members of the same race as the offender. Offenders were white in 62% of violent incidents committed against white victims, Black in 70% of incidents committed against Black victims and Hispanic in 45% of incidents committed against Hispanic victims, according to the BJS report. Yet, Muhammad said, it's only "Black-on-Black crime" that is put under the microscope and used as an excuse to create more aggressive policing polices and higher rates of incarceration of Black people.

• What the ‘Black-on-Black Crime’ Fallacy Misses About Race and Gun Deaths, July 8, 2020

  "... the majority of the gun deaths in the United States are not homicides but suicides..."

• What the Data Says About Gun Deaths in the U.S.

  Though they tend to get less attention than gun-related murders, suicides have long accounted for the majority of U.S. gun deaths. In 2017, six-in-ten gun-related deaths in the U.S. were suicides (23,854), while 37% were murders (14,542), according to the CDC. The remainder were unintentional (486), involved law enforcement (553) or had undetermined circumstances (338).

• From Police to Parole, Black and White Americans Differ Widely in Their Views of Criminal Justice System, MAY 21, 2019

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/08/16/what-the-data-says-about-gun-deaths-in-the-u-s/