antiracism

This article explores the intersection of transportation justice and the service industry. Intentional choices around transit funding and infrastructure make our region difficult to navigate outside of the “9 to 5” paradigm— meaning our current transportation system is failing many essential workers, including those in service and hospitality.

A deeper look by Priya Sarathy Jones at challenges posed by traffic tickets and fines.

Whiteness, climate anxiety, and Wandavision.

A history of the violent, organized opposition to the Civil Rights movement from the Equal Justice Initiative.

Useful background from The Skimm

Joe Biel tells the history of a working class woman of color who changed bike culture forever. In 1893.

The neuroscience behind implicit or unconscious bias, and the context of structural racism that gave rise to and perpetuates inequities and harmful racial biases

A video looking at the history of the Americans with Disability Act and how much work remains, especially in communities of color.

A zine that examines the impulse to call the police in different situations and offers alternatives to engaging law enforcement.

Robert Livingston, Harvard Business Review: How to successfully develop policies and practices that promote racial equity in the workplace.

NPR Code Switch: A deeper look at how academics, writers and the show’s listeners feel about the phrase “people of color.”

Resources our staff have found useful, educational, or inspiring.

Whether we intend to or not, we are reinforcing white supremacy in our society unless we are actively pursuing anti-racist policies.