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Prejudice and Institutional Racism

21 Numbers That Will Help You Understand Why Ferguson Is About More Than Michael Brown
The Case for Reparations
A comprehensive look at the legacy of slavery and institutional racism in America.
Glossary for Understanding the Dismantling Structural Racism/Promoting Racial Equity Analysis
How a Racist System Has Poisoned the Water in Flint, Mich
Understanding institutional racism through the State of Emergency in Flint, MI
My Vassar College Faculty ID Makes Everything OK
By Kiese Laymon.
The Perfect-Victim Pitfall
New York Times editorial, 12/3/2014.
Race: The Power of an Illusion
Companion website to a documentary about race .(The library has the DVD -- check it out!)
Respectability politics won't save the lives of black Americans
What is Institutional Racism?
By Vernellia R. Randall

Prejudice

Understanding Prejudice
For students, teachers, and others interested in the causes and consequences of prejudice. Includes a "baseline survey" that you can use to "measure your current thinking."
The New Threat: 'Racism without Racists' | CNN
How Our Brains Perceive Race | Moyers & Company
Look Different
Collaboration between MTV and the Southern Poverty Law Center to create PSAs and online interaction related to racism, privilege, and inequality surrounding Ferguson events
Project Implicit: Social Attitudes
Test yourself for implicit race-based bias.
Voices of Youth: Understanding Prejudice
By Ruth GK Amunjela