We must never stop learning! Reading and listening are great tools to help us expand our awareness and move toward action. Curated by Dr. Meagan Pollock, this post includes recommending reading and watch lists. If you have ideas on books we should add, leave a note in the comments.
Recommended Reading
These are some of our favorite books related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, by Banaji and Greenwald
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do, by Claude Steele
- Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Carol Dweck
- Why so Few Women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, by Catherin Hill
- Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools, by Glenn Singleton
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
- A White Teacher Talks about Race, by Julie Landsman
- Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, by Debby Irving
- Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America, by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
- Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race, by Matthew Frye Jacobson
- Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice, by Geneva Gay
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
- The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life, by Parker Palmer
- Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life, by Annette Lareau
- Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization, by Cia Verschelden
- Ghosts in the Schoolyard: Racism and School Closings on Chicago's South Side, by Eve Ewing
- When Treating All the Kids the SAME Is the REAL Problem: Educational Leadership and the 21st Century Dilemma of Difference, Kendra Johnson and Lisa Williams
- We′re Born to Learn: Using the Brain′s Natural Learning Process to Create Today′s Curriculum, by Rita Smilkstein
- Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask, by Anton Treuer
- From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education, by Tia McNair, Estela Mara Bensimon, and Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux
- We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom, by Bettina Love
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson
- The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, by Mehrsa Baradaran
- How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram Z. Kendi
- Pink Brain, Blue Brain: How Small Differences Grow Into Troublesome Gaps -- And What We Can Do About It, by Lise Eliot
Different Perspectives
It’s important to expand our world view and learn of different ways of knowing, doing, and living. These are some of our favorite books written people who are not representative of the dominant culture.
- Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee
- Piecing Me Together, by Renée Watson
- Because We Are (A Libète Limyè Mystery), by Ted Oswald
- Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter, by Erika L. Sánchez
- The Crazy Rich Asians Trilogy Box Set: Crazy Rich Asians; China Rich Girlfriend; Rich People Problems, by Kevin Kwan
- The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
- We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World, by Malala Yousafzai
- The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
- America for Beginners, Leah Franqui
- The Sympathizer, Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Don't Call Me Inspirational: A Disabled Feminist Talks Back, by Harilyn Rousso
- Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah
- Americanah, by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- A Long Walk to Water: Based on a True Story, by Linda Sue Park
- American Dirt, by Jeanine Cummins
Other Favorites
These books are some of founder Dr. Meagan Pollock’s favorite books that span other useful topics.
- Insight: The Surprising Truth About How Others See Us, How We See Ourselves, and Why the Answers Matter More Than We Think, by Tasha Eurich
- The Gifts of Imperfection: Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are, by Brene Brown
- Playing Big: Practical Wisdom for Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead, by Tara Mohr
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don't Work and What to Do About It, by Michael Gerber
- Understanding By Design, by Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
- Brave Not Perfect, by Reshma Saujani
- The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, by Michael Watkins
- Lemons to Lemonade: Resolving Problems in Meetings, Workshops, and PLCs, by Garmston and Zimmerman
- Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, Elizabeth Gilbert
- What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing, by Oprah Winfrey and Bruce Perry
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Topical Teaching Videos
These illustrations are particularly useful teaching tools.
Inclusion starts with I, by Accenture LLP
Critical Media Project is a free media literacy web resource for educators and students (ages 8-21) that enhances young people’s critical thinking and empathy, and builds on their capacities to advocate for change around questions of identity.
Recorded Webinars by Meagan
The following webinar links are past webinars led by or co-staring Dr. Meagan Pollock.
Recommended TED Talks
Here are a few of our favorite TED talks.
2021 TEDx Talk by Dr. Meagan Pollock
How to become an inclusive leader
Belonging and being valued are fundamental human needs. Inclusive leadership helps address these two crucial needs and enhances performance, collaboration, attendance, and reduces turnover. This life skill is helpful for everyone, yet it is imperative to create cultures, schools, teams, and organizations that drive equitable outcomes for historically marginalized and minoritized people. This talk examines a four-part, iterative, reflective, and reflexive framework for developing into an inclusive leader.
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