Our Principles of Community emphasize that every individual is vital to the success of our mission. Achieving this mission requires a deep understanding and appreciation of the diverse backgrounds, histories, and cultures within our community.
In 2020, we collectively realized how much was missing from our education about the full experiences of the people in our country and state. We began the vital work of broadening what we learn, seeking out narratives, histories, and perspectives that have often been overlooked, left out, or underrepresented. We committed ourselves to understanding how past and present policies have shaped unequal experiences, and listened with intention to the voices of those who have not always been heard.
This journey has pushed us to critically examine the norms and assumptions we may take for granted, and to recognize our shared responsibility to challenge systems and practices that are not open or equitable to all. If we are to create a genuinely inclusive community, one that honors access, mutual respect, and belonging for everyone, we need to remain committed to expanding our awareness, questioning established structures, and ensuring that every individual feels valued and seen.
The learning on this page supports our mission and was provided by colleagues within UC ANR and across the UC System.
- Articles
- Books
- Documentaries
- Movies (non-documentary) and film series
- Short videos
- Podcasts
- Resources for engaging with youth
- Webinars
- Other resource collections
Articles
Compiled by UC Office of the President LINK.
- Allyship (& Accomplice): The What, Why, and How, Michelle Kim.
- The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Hiring a Chief Diversity Officer Won’t Fix Your Racist Company Culture, Nadia Owusu
- How Higher Ed Can Fight Racism: ‘Speak Up When It’s Hard’, Francie Diep
- My White Friend Asked Me On Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest, Lori Lakin Hutcherson
- On George Floyd and the Struggle to Belong, Denise Herd
- We’re in a Moment of Collective Trauma. But There Are Glimmers of Hope, john a. powell
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? Ibram X. Kendi
- Why You Need to Stop Saying ‘All Lives Matter’, Rachel Elizabeth Cargle
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay—Chances Are They’re Not, Danielle Cadet
Provided by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley
- How Mindfulness Can Defeat Racial Bias, Rhonda Magee
- Why Telling Our Own Stories is So Powerful for Black Americans, Andrea Collier
- Five Ways to Have Better Conversations Across Difference, Adrian Michael Green
- How to Fight Racism Through Inner Work, Jill Suttie
Other articles
- NEW A History of Anti-Asian Hate in the United States, Laleh Ispahani and Kavita Nandini Ramdas.
- The Anatomy of Transmisogynoir, Ashlee Marie Preston
- Ask a Fat Girl: Fatphobia and Racism, Charlotte Zoller
- NEW Black and Asian Solidarity in American History: The Power of Unity Exemplified by 5 Major Events, Anika Raju, Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- NEW Black Trans Women Are Being Killed. Could Paying Them Help Stop This? Ananya Garg
- Bok Choy Isn’t ‘Exotic.’ Cathy Erway
- The Combahee River Collective Statement, Combahee River Collective
- Colorblindness is Counterproductive, Adia Harvey Wingfield
- The Dangerous Economics of Racial Resentment during World War II, Gwynn Guilford
- Colorism reveals many shades of prejudice in Hollywood, Associated Press
- Decolonizing Thanksgiving: A Toolkit for Combatting Racism in Schools, Lindsey Passenger Wieck
- Deconstructing the Myths of “the First Thanksgiving”, Judy Dow
- Dear Companies: Your BLM Posts are Cute But We Want to See Policy Change, Janice Gassam
- Death by Civilization, Mary Annette Pember
- Diversifying Your Bookshelf is an Important Step Towards Decolonizing Your Mind, Mithila Vidyanyath
- Farming Behind the Barbed Wire: Japanese Americans Remember WWII Incarceration. Lisa Morehouse
- Farming While Black, Chris Newman
- From Acknowledgment to Action, Alaska Humanities Forum
- Groundbreaking Study Reveals Transgender Asian Pacific Islanders Face Significant Discrimination, James Factora
- Hey, Your Black Friend Here—Stop Using Me, Leenika Belfield-Martin
- History of Family Separation in the United States, The Gathering For Justice.
- How Indigenous Burning Practices Could Prevent Massive Wildfires, Christie Taylor and Ira Flatow
- Indigenous California Chefs Are Reviving and Preserving Native Cuisines, Emily Wilson
- I Want Justice for Anti-Asian Violence, But Not At the Expense of Black People, Melissa Pandika
- Land-Grab Universities: Expropriated Indigenous land is the Foundation of the Land-Grant University System, Robert Lee and Tristan Ahtone
- Latinx is Growing in Popularity. I Made a Comic to Help You Understand Why, Terry Blas
- My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant, Jose Antonio Varga
- Moving Beyond Performative Allyship, Maryam Ayaji
- Native Americans Take a Different View of Thanksgiving, Jennifer Sowerwine and Sabrina Drill
- Opinion: To Be an Asian Woman in America, Jennifer Ho
- Our calls to action against anti-Black violence cannot be ableist, The Black Youth Project
- Our Obsession with Unconscious Bias Created a Diversity Disaster, Allyssia Alleyne
- Performative Allyship is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead), Holiday Phillips
- Teaching Thanksgiving in a Socially Responsible Way, Amanda Morris
- Ten Ways to Make Your Thanksgiving About Social and Environmental Justice, Eve Bratman
- The Long History of US racism against Asian Americans, from ‘yellow peril’ to the ‘Chinese virus,” Martin La Monica
- Some Do's and Don'ts for White People Who Want to Discuss Racism at Work, Dynasti Hunt
- The Suppressed Speech of Wamsutta (Frank B.) James, Wampanoag, Wamsutta James
- The Thanksgiving Tale We Tell is a Harmful Lie. As a Native American, I’ve Found a Better Way to Celebrate the Holiday, Sean Sherman
- Victory Gardens Behind the Barbed Wire: Japanese Americans Recall Eating in Camp, Heidi Kim
- Viet Thanh Nguyen on Roots of Anti-Asian Hate From U.S. Colonialism to Anti-China Political Rhetoric. Democracy Now
- Vincent Chin’s Story, Lily Chin: The Courage to Speak Out, Helen Zia
- What Yalitza Aparicio’s Role Means for Indigenous Representation, Marissa Martinez
- What’s Wrong With Asking ‘Where Are You From?’ Rakshitha Arni Ravishankar
- White people say they want to be an ally to Black people. But are they ready for sacrifice? Kelsey Smoot
- Why the Myth of the ‘Savage Indian’ Persists, Virginia McLaurin
- 12 Native-Owned Food Businesses to Support on Indigenous People’s Day, Maria Givens and Alison Creasy
Books
- A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, Ronald Takaki
- An American Genocide: The United States and the California Indian Catastrophe, Benjamin Madley
- How to be an Anti-Racist, Ibram X. Kendi
- We Are the Land: A History of Native California, William J. Bauer
- An Indigenous People’s History of the United States, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, Helen Zia
- Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins
- Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, Brittney Cooper
- Farewell to Manzanar, James D. Houston and Jeanne Wakatsuki
- Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia, Sabrina Strings
- The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
- Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement, Angela Davis
- History of Asian Americans: Strangers From a Different Shore, Ronald Takaki
- The Making of Asian America: A History, Erika Lee
- Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saayed
- Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson.
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
- Redefining Realness, Janet Mock
- Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics, Lisa Low
- Model Minority Imperialism, Victor Bascara
- So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi
- Sister Outsider, Audre Lorde
- There, There, Tommy Orange
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, Cherríe Moraga
- The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, Toni Morrison
- Twelve Years a Slave, Solomon Northrup
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard to Talk To White People About Race, Robin DiAngelo
- White Tears, Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color, Ruby Hamad
- The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon
- NEW Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear, John Kuo Wei Tchen
- NEW Afterparties, Anthony Veasna So
- NEW All The Things I Never Told You, Celeste Ng
- NEW Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- NEW America is Not the Heart, Elaine Castillo.
- NEW The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
- NEW The Girl Who Fell From the Sky, Heidi W. Durrow
- NEW Kindred, Octavia Butler
- NEW The Leavers, Lisa Ko
- NEW No-No Boy, John Okada
- NEW Pachinko, Min Jin Lee
- NEW Parable of the Sower/Parable of the Talents, Octavia Butler.
- NEW The Prophets, Robert Jones, Jr.
- NEW Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
- NEW The Twelve Tribes of Hattie, Ayana Mathis
- NEW The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennet
- NEW The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Documentaries
- NEW Asian Americans, Ham Tran
- 13th, Ava Duvernary
- The Black Power Mixtape, Gorän Olsson
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution, Stanley Nelson Jr.
- NEW Call Her Ganda, PJ Raval
- Disclosure, Sam Feder
- Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners, Shola Lynch
- Gather, Sanjay Rawal
- I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck
- Kimu Hina, Dean Hamer and Joe Wilson
- Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982–1992, John Ridley
- 4 Little Girls, Spike Lee
- Lorena, Light-footed Woman, Juan Carlos Rulfo
- The Murder of Fred Hampton, Howard Alk and Mike Gray
- NEW The Problem With Apu, Hari Kondabolu
- NEW Stateless, Duc Nguyen
- Whose Streets? Sabaah Folayaan
Movies (non-documentary) and film series
- Belle, Amma Asante
- Black Panther, Ryan Coogler
- Blindspotting, Carlos López Estrada
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Yves Simoneau
- NEW The Farewell, Lulu Wang
- NEW Double Happiness, Mina Shum
- Fruitvale Station, Ryan Coogler
- The Great Debaters, Denzel Washington
- If Beale Street Could Talk, Barry Jenkins
- NEW Judas and the Black Messiah, Shaka King
- Just Mercy, Destin Daniel Cretton
- Marshall, Reginald Hudlin
- Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
- Malcolm X, Spike Lee
- NEW Minari, Lee Isaac Chung
- Moonlight, Barry Jenkins
- NEW The Namesake, Mira Nair
- Parasite, Bong Joon-Ho
- Pose, various directors
- NEW Queen Sugar, various directors
- Roma, Alfonso Cuarón
- Saving Face, Alice Wu
- Selma, Ava Duvernay
- NEW Tigertail, Alan Yang
- When They See Us, Ava Duvernay
Short videos
- NEW Asian American 101: ‘Positive’ Stereotypes Cause Harm. Arizona State University. ~2.5 minutes
- NEW Asian: How You See Me, SoulPancakeYoutube channel. ~4 minutes
- NEW Atlanta Shootings Reveal Violence of Anti-Asian Stereotype, Yoonj Kim. ~5.5 minutes
- 4 Black Lives Matter Myths Debunked, Francesca Ramsey. ~4 minutes
- NEW A Conversation with Latinos on Race. The New York Times,~7 minutes
- A Conversation with Native Americans on Race, The New York Times, ~6 minutes
- Dark Skinned Girls on Colourism, BBC Three, ~4 minutes
- Don’t Be a Bystander: 6 Tips for Responding to Racist Attacks, Barnard Center for Research on Women, ~4 minutes
- First Thanksgiving, Linda Coombs, ~12 minutes
- How do you handle a racist joke? Francesca Ramsey. ~5 minutes
- NEW How Indians Have Been Stereotyped by Hollywood, IndiaTimes. ~ 5 minutes
- NEW How the Model Minority Myth Hurts Asian-American Elders, NBC Asian America. ~5 minutes
- Indigenous People Review Native American Characters in Film and TV. Buzzfeed Video, ~8 minutes
- Light Skinned Privilege, Franchesca Ramsey, ~6 minutes
- 6 Misconceptions About Native American Culture, Teen Vogue, ~3 minutes
- 7 Myths About Cultural Appropriation Debunked, Francesca Ramsey. ~6 minutes
- Native American Girls Describe the Real History Behind Thanksgiving, Teen Vogue
- One Word Playlist: Thanksgiving and Native American
- NEW The Struggles of Being An Asian American, Refinery29 Youtube channel. ~4 minutes
- 5 Things You Should Know About Racism, Francesca Ramsey. ~6 minutes
- What Dark-Skinned People Will Never Tell You, Buzzfeed Video, ~5 minutes
- What is Performative Allyship? ~2 minutes
- NEW What Led to the Decline of Japanese-American Farmers in California? AJ+. ~9 minutes.
- What’s the Difference Between Hispanic, Latino, and Spanish? Bustle, ~4 minutes
- Which is Better: Latino or Latinx? Pero Like, ~10 minutes
- Why Colorblindness Will NOT End Racism, Francesca Ramsey. ~6 minutes
- Why Racism Isn’t Just a Southern Problem, Francesca Ramsey. ~5 minutes
Podcasts
- 1619, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times
- About Race, Anna Holmes, Baratunde Thurston, Raquel Cepeda, and Tanner Colby
- All My Relations, Matika Wilbur and Adrienne Keene
- NEW Asian Americans Talk About Racism, and We Listen, Emily Yoshida and Parul Sehgal
- Black&, Jonathan Perkins and April Perkins
- NEW But Where Are You Really From? An Asian American Struggle, Angela Lin and Jesse Lin
- Code Switch, National Public Radio
- NEW Flood Lines, The Atlantic
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- While Black
- Who Belongs? UC Berkeley
- Intersectionality Matters! Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Scene On Radio: Seeing White, John and Dr. Kumanyika
- The Afro-Latinx Experience is Essential to our International Reckoning on Race, Felix Contreras, Anaïs Laurent, Marisa Arbona-Ruiz, Jasmine Garsd
- Latino USA, National Public Radio
- NEW What Happened to the Property of the Japanese American Community During World War II? Capitol Public Radio
Resources for engaging with youth
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup, Katrina Michie
- Reading list for children, Sujei Lugo Vásquez and Alia Jones
- Five Ways to Reduce Racial Bias in Your Children, Jill Suttie
- Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma and Race in a World of Nonstop News, (Video, ~51 minutes)
- How Adults Can Support the Mental Health of Black Children, Maryam Abdullah. (Article written for parents of Black children.)
- The Conscious Kid
Webinars
- Addressing Anti-Blackness on Campus: Implications for Educators and Institutions, CORA Learning
- Envisioning Racial Equity in Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Industry, Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Science (~1 hour, seminar begins at minute 8:13)
- Examining How Racism and Biases Have Shaped the American Agriculture Industry: A Millennial's Perspective, Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences (~1 hour)
- DEI Webinar Series, Minorities in Agriculture, Natural Resources and Related Sciences
- NEW UC ANR Black History Month Session 1: Keynote with Sonia Lewis. UC ANR Black History Month organizing team
- NEW UC ANR Black History Month Session 2: What Happened to All the Black Farmers? UC ANR Black History Month organizing team
- NEW UC ANR Black History Month Session 4: Black Farmer Panel Discussion. UC ANR Black History Month organizing team
Other resource collections
- Anti-racism Resources List, ACES Connection
- An Antiracist Reading List, Ibram X. Kendi
- NEW Antiracism resources: Anti-Asian racism, University of California
- NEW Antiracism resources: Anti-Black racism, University of California
- Dismantling Anti-Black Bias in the Workplace: A Toolkit, The Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA)
- dRworks, Dismantling Racism Works
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion e-Fieldbook, eXtension Foundation Impact Collaborative, Tuskegee University
- Justice in June, Autumn Gupta and Bryanna Wallace
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources, Minorities in Agriculture, Natrural Resources and Related Sciences
- Young Farmers Racial Equity Toolkit, National Young Farmers Coalition, Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education program