Diversity & Inclusion

University of Louisville libraries have a collection of resources dedicated to helping educators incorporate anti-racism in their curriculum. Visit Anti-Racist Pedagogy - A Resource Guide for Inclusive Teaching for more information. 

• VanScoy, A. & Bright, K. (2019, October). Articulating the Experience of Uniqueness and Difference for Librarians of Color. The Library Quarterly, 89(4), 285-297.
• Kendrick, K. & Damasco, I.T. (2019). The Low-Morale Experience of Minority Academic Librarians: A Review. Presentation delivered at IDEAL 2019.
• Davis-Kendrick, K.D. (2009). The Kaleidoscope concern: An annotated chronological bibliography of diversity, recruitment, retention, and other concerns regarding African American and ethnic library professionals in the United States. Chicago, IL: Association of College and Research Libraries.
• Botnick, J. (2019). Archivists as Amici Curiae: Activating Critical Archival Theory to Confront Racialized Surveillance. Journal of Radical Librarianship, 5.
• Hateful Conduct in Libraries: Supporting Library Workers and Patrons from ALA
• Disrupting Whiteness in libraries and librarianship: reading list University of Wisconsin-Madison

• "Talking About Race" (National Museum of African American History & Culture): https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race
• Crenshaw, K. (1991). Mapping the margins: Intersectionality, identity politics, and violence against women of color. Stanford Law Review, 43 (6), 1241-1299.
• "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice: https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
• The Link between Racism and PTSD: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/culturally-speaking/201509/the-link-between-racism-and-ptsd
• Black Lives Taken: George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery: What's Happening and What You Can Do: https://www.dosomething.org/us/articles/black-lives-taken
• More Anti-Racism Resources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABcn09nII*1BjsmqbSoQY6-Rc5UpyLww&fbclid=IwAR1n7jQIm497CVAVtTMa8omYk-UkgUzSxdyttRwWlyouZcWaRmLf2I72Isc