INSIGHT Into Diversity recently hosted a webinar for Black women in academia to discuss how White women colleagues can be allies in the fight for racial and gender equity.
The webinar, Women of Color Need Courageous Allies in the Academy: An Open Dialogue with White and Black Women, featured six panelists — three Black and three White — who represent a variety of perspectives across higher education:
Shani Barrax Moore, CCDP/AP
Director of Diversity & Inclusion, University of North Texas
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Laura A. Belmonte, PhD
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences and Professor of History, Virginia Tech
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Karen L. Dace, PhD
Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Indiana University–Purdue University Indianapolis
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Jennifer LaFlam
Professor, American River College
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Dreama Moon, PhD
Professor, California State University San Marcos
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Menah Pratt-Clarke, JD, PhD
Vice President of Strategic Affairs and Diversity, and Professor of Education at Virginia Tech
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INSIGHT co-publisher Holly Mendelson moderated the two-hour long discussion.
Holly Mendelson
Co-publisher, INSIGHT Into Diversity Magazine
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The event had nearly 1,000 participants, was streamed live on Facebook for 4,000 viewers, and has since had an additional 10,000 views! It is available now to watch and share at facebook.com/insightintodiversity.
Resources mentioned by panelists during the webinar can be found below. A summary of the webinar, including interviews with Dr. Karen Dace and Dr. Laura Belmonte, will be featured in the upcoming September issue of INSIGHT Into Diversity, available online August 17.
This webinar is the first in a series of upcoming events hosted by INSIGHT Into Diversity that will continue the conversation around race and gender in higher education. Look for announcements from us beginning in mid-September.
Resources:
An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence
By Abigail J. Stewart and Virginia Valian
Becoming White and the Myth of White Ignorance: Identity Projects in White Communities
By Dreama Moon
But I’m Not Racist!: Tools for Well-Meaning Whites
By Kathy Obear
Dear White America — Can we please stop gaslighting our black friends and family??
By Rachel Bjerstedt
The Great White Hoax Media Education Foundation
Featuring Tim Wise
The History of White People
By Nell Irvin Painter
How To Be An Antiracist
By Ibram X. Kendi
‘I Really Felt White’: Turning Points in Whiteness Through Interracial Contact
By Karyn D. McKinney
Is Your Baby Racist? Exploring the Roots of Discrimination
Last Chance for Eden
Lee Mun Wah
Memoir of a Race Traitor: Fighting Racism in the American South
By Mab Segrest
The Policies of White Resentment
By Carol Anderson
Presumed Incompetent: Women of Color in the Academy (Volumes I and II)
By Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González, and Angela P. Harris
Race: The Power of An Illusion
Seeing White Podcast
To Be Clear, White Supremacy Is the Foundation of Our Country. We Won’t Destroy It by Toppling Statues
By Crystal Marie Fleming, PhD
Understanding White Privilege
By Francis E. Kendall, PhD
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
By Paul Kivel
Virginia Tech’s Unfinished Conversations On Race
Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
By Debby Irving
White Fragility
By Robin DiAngelo
White Guys on Campus: Racism, White Immunity, and the Myth of “Post-Racial” Higher Education (The American Campus)
By Nolan L Cabrera
White Lies Podcast
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
By Tim Wise
The White Privilege of Ignoring the News
By John Pavlovitz
White Silence, White Solidarity.
By Christine Sleeter
White Supremacy In Heels
By Dreama Moon and Michelle A. Holling
Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay — Chances Are They’re Not
By Danielle Cadet
