Resources In Cincinnati For Understanding Systemic Racism

Press release from the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County:

June 15, 2020

The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County’s mission is to connect people to a world of ideas and information. This includes information about complex topics, such as historical racism, white supremacy, and the institutionalized racism within our organizations, including our own.

Change happens through growth both personal and public. We’ve gathered some resources for those who want to learn more about systemic racism and how they can help combat and dismantle white supremacy and the systems it upholds both here in Cincinnati and across the globe.

We’ll continue to add to these resources, as well as provide other programming to make sure that this dialogue and self-reflection continues into the future.

Understanding Systemic Racism

5 minute reads

Explainer: what is systemic racism and institutional racism? (The Conversation)

15 Minute Reads

Disrupting Implicit Bias (White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans)

The Groundwater Approach (Racial Equity Institute)

In-Depth Reads and Viewings

The Color Of Law, Richard Rothstein (book/eBook)

The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson (book/eBook)

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi (book/eBook)

Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson (book)

Just Mercy (movie)

Social And Systemic Injustice (Kanopy Streaming Video)

Good White People (YouTube)

Cincinnati Goddamn (Wex Center for the Arts streaming video)

Systemic Racism Explained (ACT TV)

Anti-racist Reading List (Overdrive)

5 Ways to Disrupt Racism (YouTube)

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (YouTube)

Local Resources To Be Aware Of And To Follow

All-In Cincinnati (Greater Cincinnati Foundation)

Cincinnati Black United Front (Local Media Report)

Cincinnati Police Collaborative Agreement Refresh (City of Cincinnati)

Citizen Complaint Authority (Local Media Report)

Protests And The Pandemic: Recommendations For A More Equitable Cincinnati (Ohio Justice & Policy Center)

Racial Equity Matters (Greater Cincinnati Foundation)

Mass Action for Black Liberation (Local Activist Organization)

For Parents

How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race (HuffPost)

Where to Find Diverse Children's Books (Embrace Race)

The Conscious Kid

Here Wee Read

Woke Kindergarten

Raising Rebels (Podcast)

See What We See (Database)

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

For resources geared specifically towards People of Color healing from racial trauma, please visit our other blog post.

This press release was produced by the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County. The views expressed here are the author’s own.