October 2, 2020
Discover how you can support anti-racism at work by checking out some of the following resources and voices from Berkeley. Learn more about how unconscious bias shows up at work, steps to take to build an anti-racist workplace and become a supportive ally. In addition, check out the recently released 2018-2020 Staff Ombuds Office Biennial Report that highlights systemic issues that reinforce structural racism and disproportionately impact marginalized groups.
Anti-Racism at Work
- Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging for All, LinkedIn Learning
- Identifying Implicit Bias: Take the Implicit Association Test (IAT), Project Implicit, Harvard University
- How to Be a Better Ally to Your Black Colleagues, by Stephanie Creary, Harvard Business Review (July 8, 2020)
- Academia Isn't a Safe Haven for Conversations About Race and Racism by Tsedale M. Melaku and Angie Beeman, Harvard Business Review (June 25, 2020)
- What Not to Say to Your Black Colleagues Right Now by Monica Torres, Huffington Post (June 6, 2020)
- The 10 Commitments Companies Must Make to Advance Racial Justice by Mark R. Kramer, Harvard Business Review (June 4, 2020)
- U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Actions Against Racism by Laura Morgan Roberts and Ella F. Washington, Harvard Business Review (June 1, 2020)
- 5 Things Allies Can Do to Sponsor Coworkers from Underrepresented Groups by Better Allies (May 22, 2020)
- Hiring a Chief Diversity Officer Won’t Fix Your Racist Company Culture by Nadia Owusu, Catapult (January 28, 2020)
- 6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees by Dina Gerdeman, Harvard Business School Working Knowledge (September 30, 2019)
Voices from Berkeley
- Stand Up and Say Something, Berkeley Library Stories
- Addressing Anti-Blackness on Campus: Implications for Educators and Institutions by Lasana Hotep, Berkeley People & Culture, (June 24, 2020)
- Berkeley Law Conversations: Race and Policing by Roxanna Altholz, Khiara M. Bridges, Erwin Chemerinsky, and Osagie K. Obasogie, Berkeley Law Conversations (June 8, 2020)
- Thoughts from your Black Colleague by Marco Lindsey, Haas School of Business, Berkeley Blog (June 3, 2020)
- Anti-Racist Resources from Greater Good by UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center (June 3, 2020)
- We're in a moment of collective trauma. But there are glimmers of hope by john a. powell, Othering & Belonging Institute (June 2, 2020)
- How to be an Antiracist at UC Berkeley, Ibram X. Kendi (September 18, 2019)
- Reflections of James Baldwin at UC Berkeley, James Baldwin (January 15, 1979)