Diversity Learning and Engagement

The following articles, publications and other resources are provided as a public service for people seeking more information, knowledge and perspectives related to the national conversation about racism in America. This resource page will be updated with some regularity. Except for the items produced by and credited to members of The Ohio State University community, the public resources below are unaffiliated with The Ohio State University and the College of Nursing, and the opinions shared in any of these externally-curated resources are those of the authors.

If you have feedback or ideas about content, please email CONdiversity@osu.edu.

Upcoming events:

The Multicultural Center has several events scheduled in recognition of both Black History Month and APIDA Month. You can access its calendar at mcc.osu.edu.

Featured content:

• BIPOC Addiction and Mental Health Resources via Addictions.com
• Stop AAPI Hate
• Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Hollaback!: Bystander Intervention Training to Stop Anti-Asian American and Xenophobic Harassment 
• NurseJournal.org: Challenges Faced by Black Nurses in the Profession: Q&A With an Advocate

Updated resources recommended by faculty:

• Reducing Microaggressions in Academia hosted by Stephanie Hosley, DNP, APRN-CNP, CNE on December 14, 2020
• American Psychological Association: "We are Living in a Racism Pandemic"
• Refinery 29: Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They're Okay -- Chances Are They're Not
• Teaching Tolerance: Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma
• Journal of Midwifery & Women's Health's Racism, Antiracism and Racial Equity Library publicly available free of charge through October 2020
• Guidance for talking about racism
• Humanity in Leadership: Racism as a Public Health Crisis: hosted by Fisher College of Business on August 26, 2020
• Best Practices and Strategies for Hosting an Effective Dialogue: hosted by Office of Diversity and Inclusion

University-provided information:

• Anti-Racism Action Plan for Wexner Medical Center and health science colleges
• Past President Michael V. Drake, MD
  • First statement by President Drake
  • Statement by President Drake on steps being taken
• Dr. Harold Paz
• Chief Wellness Officer, Bernadette Melnyk
• Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Major nursing and healthcare organization statements:

• American Nurses Association
• American Academy of Nursing
• Sigma Theta Tau
• National Academy of Medicine
• AcademyHealth

Information compiled by student leaders:

Discussion Buddy

The Discussion Buddy document is designed to help facilitate positive, community-building and community-strengthening conversations. It includes helpful tips for having hard, yet necessary, conversations to empower people through collaborative dialogue aimed at valuable connection, support and safety.

Resources to support People of Color

• Virtual support for healing
• Mental wellness support:
  • 7 Virtual Mental Health Resources Supporting Black People Right Now
  • 5 Black Mental Health Resources to Fight the Harmful Effects of Racism

Resources for education on existing systemic racism

Lists of books, podcasts, etc. for continued learning:

• Antiracism Resources
• Podcast:
  • Couched in Color with Dr. Alfie
• Documentaries:
  • 5 Vital Documentaries for Today
• Books:
  • Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race by Frances Kendall
  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• TED Talks:
  • How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them
  • Implicit Bias: How it effects us and how we push through
  • Immaculate Perception
  • Race is a fiction. Racism is not.
• APHA’s Advancing Racial Equity Webinar

Resources to support Black business-owners and artists

• Local to Columbus
• Supporting Black artists

Resources to take anti-racism action

• Ways you can help
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• How To Be An Anti-Racist In Columbus (Includes information on contacting your representatives)
• Places to donate

Resources in Spanish

• Articles/presentations:
  • Una línea de tiempo incompleta de racismo, vigilancia y resistencia en los Estados Unidos
  • Querida mamá, papá, tío, tía, abuelo, abuela (Canadian Version — Spanish Translation — General Latinx Focus)
• Books:
  • Disidentes, Rebeldes, Insurgentes: Resistencia indígena y negra en América Latina - Martin Lienhard
  • Las venas abiertas de Latinoamérica - Eduardo Galeano
• Online Workshop:
  • Raising Antiracist Humans: Dismantling Colorism and Racism in Latinx/Chicanx & Biracial Families

Other sources for readings/opinions/perspectives:

• Suggested readings on Race, Privilege and Power:
  • What's Race Got to Do With It? A Close Look at the Misuse of Race in Case-Based Nursing Education by Keeton, V.F. (2020)
  • White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo
  • Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
  • How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum
• Suggested readings on Difficult Conversations:
  • Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell
  • Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High, 2nd Edition by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
• Suggested readings on Confrontational Skills:
  • Crucial Confrontations: Tools for Resolving Broken Promises, Violated Expectations, and Bad Behavior by Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler
• Suggested readings on Interracial Dialogue:
  • Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogue on Race by Derald Wing Sue
• “Teaching While White”
  • White Fragility Part One featuring Robin DiAngelo
  • White Fragility Part Two featuring a discussion with white teachers, teachers of color and white students to uncover the impact of white fragility
• Books and resources identified by panelists of Weitzman Institute and School-Based Health Alliance webinar on the impact of racial injustices, health inequities and paths for moving forward
• Anti-racist Allyship resources (updated externally)