Sac State Antiracist Resources

The “New Racism” of K–12 Schools: Centering Critical Research on Racism

• Antiracism and Inclusion Campus Plan, Sacramento State
• Sacramento State College of Education’s Annual Multicultural Education Conference

Recommended Videos

How anti-racism is a treatment for the “cancer” of racism

PBS interview of Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to be an Antiracist and Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility.

Princeton Professor Explains Critical Race Theory

BNC News- Marc Lamont Hill sits down with Dr. Imani Perry, a professor at African American studies at Princeton University, on Critical Race Theory.

What is Critical Race Theory and how might it look in classrooms

ABC Action News- Lawmakers in seven states, including Florida, have pushed for bans on the theory being taught in schools. But what is Critical Race Theory and how would it even look in classrooms?

How Can We Win?

Kimberly Jones gives a powerful, eloquent speech that needs to be heard by everyone- she explains in detail why racism has occurred across 450 years and the difference between protesting, rioting and looting in 2020.

Recommended Readings

• Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education by Gloria Ladson-Billings and William Tate
  • Explains critical race theory, arguing for its application in education and suggesting that in the US, where race is critical in inequality and where society is organized around property rights, the intersection of race and property creates an analytical tool for understanding inequity
• How to make anti-racism more than a performance
  • Bettina L. Love is the co-founder of the Abolitionist Teaching Network.
• Understanding Anti-Bias Education: Bringing the Four Core Goals to Every Facet of Your Curriculum
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Anti-bias education is not just doing occasional activities about diversity and fairness topics. To be effective, anti-bias education must permeate everything that happens in an early childhood program (interactions with children, families and coworkers; and curriculum design).
• Culturally Responsive Teaching and The Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond
  • This book draws on cutting edge neuroscience research to offer an innovative approach for designing and implementing brain compatible culturally responsive instruction.

Teacher Organizations

California Teachers Association (CTA)

• Social Justice means that we work actively to eradicate structural and institutional racism, classism, linguicism, ableism, ageism, heterosexism, religious bias and xenophobia. Social Justice means that we, as educators are responsible for the collective good of society, not simply our own individual interests.

National Association for Multicultural Education/NAME

• California NAME
• A non-profit organization that advances and advocates for equity and social justice through multicultural education. Objectives:
  • To provide opportunities for learning in order to advance multicultural education, equity and social justice.
  • To proactively reframe public debate and impact current and emerging policies in ways that advance social, political, economic and educational equity through advocacy, position papers, policy statements and other strategies.
  • To provide the preeminent digital clearinghouse of resources about educational equity and social justice.

Resources for Antiracist Teaching

Rethinking Schools

• A nonprofit publisher and advocacy organization dedicated to sustaining and strengthening public education through social justice teaching and education activism. Our magazine, books, and other resources promote equity and racial justice in the classroom.
  
  

Learning for Justice

• Learning for Justice seeks to be a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.
• We provide free resources to educators—teachers, administrators, counselors and other practitioners—who work with children from K-12. Educators use our materials to supplement the curriculum, to inform their practices, and to create inclusive school communities where children and youth are respected, valued and welcome participants.