RACE AND ETHNICITY

Read it

Race, ethnicity and discrimination are topics that are hard to understand and hard to talk about, particularly if you don’t experience it on a day-to-day basis. However, reading and learning about racism, through articles and books are a way we can take personal responsibility. These resources will help you learn about the complex themes and challenges, so you are a better advocate and leader.

Resources

• HBR: The Cost of Code-Switching, Nov 2019 (USA)

• NMHC: A Case Study in Diversity, Jan 2016 (USA)

• White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for White people to talk about racisim, Robin Diangelo, 2018

• Very Well Mind: The Difference Between Race and Ethnicity, Amy Morin, 2020

• The Economist: Racial Diversity - There’s more work to be done

• MIT: 5 part framework for talking about racism at work

• CIPD: How to talk about race at work (UK)

Find help

Sometimes seeking out specialist help can be the best way forward. Here we have found some great organisations that specialise in supporting racial understanding and harmony.

Resources

• Leading with Strength: Proud Indigenous organisation that delivers professional learning programs (Australia)

• Reconciliation Australia: Promotes and facilitates respect, trust and positive relationships between the wider Australian community and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (Australia)

• Diversity Council Australia

• Women of Colour (Australia)

Find advocates

You can learn a lot from others experiences. These people are public advocates for improving racism and making the world a better place. Great people to have in your social media feed or to learn from their websites.

Resources

• Yasmin Abdel-Magied: Sudanese-Australian writer, engineer and award-winning social advocate

• Teela Reid: Proud Wiradjuri and Wailwan woman, lawyer, activist and storyteller who is committed to eliminating systemic racism in our society.

• Aminata Conteh-Biger: author, inspirational speaker, performer, mother, wife and former refugee turned Founder and CEO of the Aminata Maternal Foundation

Watch it

TED talks, TV shows, movies and documentaries are great ways to learn about difference and build understanding and kindness.

Resources

• What is Privilege? (privilege walk), July 2015 (USA)

• Actor Meyne Wyatt delivers a monologue on racism, Sept 2020 (Australia)

• The Danger of a single story, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie TED talk, 2009

• How racial bias works - and how to disrupt it, Jennifer L. Eberhardt, TED talk, 2020

Act on it

How can you make a difference in your community or your organisation? Here are some resources to help you act, make improvements, reduce discrimination and improve equality.

Resources

• HBR: Restructure Your Organization to Actually Advance Racial Justice, June 2020 (USA)

• Vice: 100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating For People of Color, June 2020 (USA)

• Fast Company: These 7 courses will teach you how to be anti-racist, June 2020 (USA)

• LeanIn: Working at the Intersection: What Black women are up against June 2021 (USA)

Listen

Heading out for a walk? Put aside some personal development and learning time, pop on some headphones and tune in to a great podcast. An intimate and great way to learn about difficult topics like racism.

Podcasts

• A Dog Called Diversity: Speaking with Ibukun Olajide

• A Dog Called Diversity: I’m exhausted and I want you to know why with Michael Lints

• A Dog Called Diversity: Mum am I Black?