Self education on matters of EDI is encouraged in the Physical Sciences Division. We invite all PSD members to educate themselves on the importance of understanding different voices and points of view. We have compiled a list of suggested readings and films that address topics of race, identity, and equity.
We recommend PSD members join the PSD Community Conversation Slack workspace to further engage and share more resources. This independent workspace is intended to be an open forum and safe space for individuals to discuss their thoughts and ideas.
Readings
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“A Letter to My Nephew” by James Baldwin
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“White Debt” by Eula Biss
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Anti-Racism Resources for White People compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein in May 2020
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
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Understanding America’s “racial contract” by Adam Serwer
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
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How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
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Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
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Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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How We Show Up: Reclaiming Family, Friendship, and Community by Mia Birdsong
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Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Film and Television

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When They See Us (Netflix)
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Just Mercy (Just Watch)
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If Beale Street Could Talk (Just Watch)
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Clemency (Just Watch)
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Fruitvale Station (Just Watch)
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I Am Not Your Negro (Just Watch)
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Disclosure (Just Watch)
Articles
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Faculty Accountability for Culturally Inclusive Pedagogy and Curricula by Quaye, S.J. & Harper, S.R. 2007
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A Feminist Digital Humanities Pedagogy beyond the Classroom by Despain, J. 2016
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The Global American Classroom: International Students and Critical Pedagogy by Owens, C. & Boggs, A. 2016
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Race Pedagogy: Faculty Preparation Matters by Williams, S.A.S. & Addrian, C. 2016
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When black people are in pain, white people just join bookclubs by Tre Johnson, 2020
Ability, Disability, and Ableism
- Beauty is a Verb, edited by Jennifer Bartlett, Sheila Black, and Michael Northen (2011)
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Depresso: Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Being Bonkers, by Brick (2010)
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A Disability History of the United States, by Kim E. Nielsen (2012)
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Exile and Pride, by Eli Claire (2015) Marbles, by Ellen Forney (2012)
Age, Aging, and Ageism
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Beauty is a Verb, edited by Jennifer Bartlett, Sheila Black, and Michael Northen (2011)
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Depresso: Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Embrace Being Bonkers, by Brick (2010)
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A Disability History of the United States, by Kim E. Nielsen (2012)
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Exile and Pride, by Eli Claire (2015) Marbles, by Ellen Forney (2012)
Country of Origin, Immigration, and Nativism
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The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, by Dinaw Mengestu (2008)
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Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation’s Fight for the American Dream, by Eileen Truax (2015)
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From the Land of Ghandi, documentary film by Prakash Wadhwa (2016)
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The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down, by Anne Fadiman (1997)
Faith, Religious Identity, Secular Worldview and Sectarianism
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America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity, by Robert Wuthnow (2011)
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Infidel by Aaron Campbell (Artist), Jose Villarrubia (Artist), and Pornsak Pichetshote (2018)
LGBTQIA and Heterosexism
Sex, Gender, Gender Identity and Gender Discrimination
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Her Body and Other Parties: stories by Carmen Maria Machado (2017)
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Rage becomes her: the power of women's anger by Soraya Chemaly (2018)
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Excluded: making feminist and queer movements more inclusive by Julia Serano (2013)
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Feminism Is for Everybody: passionate politics by Bell Hooks (2015)
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Full frontal feminism: a young woman's guide to why feminism matters by Jessica Valenti (2014)
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Gender outlaws: the next generation by Kate Bornstein (2010)
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Missoula: rape and the justice system in a college town by Jon Krakauer (2015)
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Redefining realness: my path to womanhood, identity, love & so much more by Janet Mock (2014)
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The riddle of gender: science, activism, and transgender rights by Deborah Rudacille (2005)
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Testosterone Rex: Unmaking the Myths of our Gendered Minds by Cordelia Fine (2017)
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Transparent: love, family, and living the T with transgender teenagers by Cris Beam (2007)
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We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2014)