

RESOURCES
stay tuned for updates and spotlights on this collected list of resources!
Racial equity consultants and resources for anti-racism training
Cultivating Better Tomorrows - DEI consultants in the performing arts
Undoing Racism: The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond
Race Forward - Racial Justice Trainings
D5 | A five-year coalition to grow philanthropy's diversity, equity, and inclusion
Continuum on Becoming an Anti-Racist Multicultural Institution
Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance (AORTA)
Consultation and Coaching with Theresa Ruth Howard
Beyond Diversity National Board Training
Undoing Racism: The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond
Anti-Racist Organizational Change: Resources & Tools for Nonprofits
Alternate ROOTS | Arts • Community • Activism
House of Bea workshops and training
Articles
The Sugarcoated Language Of White Fragility
4 Ways White People Can Process Their Emotions Without Bringing the White Tears
Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person
The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
Jackie Taylor and The Black Ensemble Theater Release a Statement Against Racism and Injustice
‘It’s time to step up’: Black members of Broadway community call out racism behind the curtain
Cody Renard Richard on Experiencing Racism as a Broadway Stage Manager, and a Call to Allies
Opinion | Why intersectionality can't wait
Is Prison Necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore Might Change Your Mind (Published 2019)
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Racial Equity & Inclusion Framework - The Annie E. Casey Foundation (downloadable PDF)
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The Problem with Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity
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The Problems with Modern day Diversity and Inclusion
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The Ford Foundation on diversity, equity, and inclusion
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Diversity and inclusion: 8 best practices for changing your culture
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How to Integrate Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion into Everyday Operations
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Ally or Accomplice? The Language of Activism
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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack - Peggy McIntosh
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97 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
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The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Intersectionality, explained: meet Kimberlé Crenshaw, who coined the term
Anti-Racism Is A Core Leadership Competency | by Tim Cynova | Curious
Dance and ballet-specific reading material
Dancing While Black: 8 Pros on How Ballet Can Work Toward Racial Equity
What Makes It So Difficult to Diversify Ballet Faculties?
Tokenism vs. Representation: How Can We Tell Them Apart?
How Black Dancers Regularly Confronting Racism Can Protect Their Mental Health
Exclusion Is Oppression: From Pedagogy to Performance
Op-Ed: Let’s Stop Talking About Racism and Fat Phobia as Separate Issues
Ballet Black’s Cassa Pancho Is Fighting Racism in Ballet Across the UK
Ballet's New Mandate: Change or Die
Making a Connection Between Movement and Social Movements
Theresa Ruth Howard as a Force for Change
Sarah Crowell Moves to Decolonize Dance
Recognizing Systemic Racism in Dance
Theresa Ruth Howard on Outrage and Support
Educational Resources through The Equity Project
The Black Iris Project Is Making Black Story Ballets by Black Artists & for Black Audiences
Confronting Racism & Implicit Bias in the Dance Studio
Racial and Cultural Biases in Dance Criticism
A Radical Reimagining of Ballet
Petition: PA Ballet: Cancel La Bayadère and Repair the Harm
Commentary: Race, Equity, and Otherness in Ballet and Society
Petition for Racial Equality in Ballet Companies Worldwide
It's Time to Overhaul the Blackface (or Blueface) Puppet in Petrouchka
Personal testimonials from Black dancers
Chloé Lopes Gomes Speaks Out About Racial Harassment at Staatsballett Berlin
What the Staatsballett Berlin Case Tells Us About the Power of Artistic Staff
My Life as an Invisible Black Choreographer
Francis Lawrence on being racially profiled
Gabrielle Salvatto: Black Faces in White Spaces
Chrystyn Fentroy: My Experience as a Black Ballerina in a World of Implicit Bias
Gabe Stone Shayer: Racist Remarks in Ballet
Amanda Morgan: Raising Her Voice Against Injustice
Harper Watters: My First Uprising
Are College Dance Curriculums Too White?
Racial Justice Movements and Funds
Reports
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Additional Resources
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Inclusive Technique Class Checklist
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Overcoming Microaggressions in Educational Institutions
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Take Care of Yourselves
Self-Care Tips for Black People Who Are Struggling With This Very Painful Week
Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is….A Lot
Sexual Harassment and Discrimination in the Work Place by Whistle While You Work
Anti-Racism Books
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
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Emergent Strategy: Shaping Change, Changing Worlds by Adrienne Maree Brown
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Pleasure Activism by Adrienne Maree Brown
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Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
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How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
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So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
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A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
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Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities by Craig Steven Wilder
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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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Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
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Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
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The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward E. Baptist
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Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code by Ruha Benjamin
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Racism without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
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Our History is The Future: Standing Rock Versus the Dakota Access Pipeline, and the Long Tradition of Indigenous Resistance by Nick Estes
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My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts by Resmaa Menakem
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The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations, and Reconciliation After the Genome by Alondra Nelson
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The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
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Latinx by Ed Morales
Dance-specific books
Arts Leadership: Creating Sustainable Arts Organizations by Kenneth Foster
Dance Pedagogy for a Diverse World by Nyama McCarthy Brown
The Palgrave Handbook of Race and the Arts in Education edited by Rubén Gaztambide-Fernández, Amelia M. Kraehe, and B. Stephen Carpenter
Digging the Africanist Presence in American Performance: Dance and Other Contexts by Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Beyond Hierarchy: Reimagining African Diaspora Dance in Higher Education Curricula by Takiyah Nur Amin
Oxford Handbook of Dance and Politics edited by Rebekah J. Kowal, Gerald Siegmund, and Randy Martin
Decolonizing Dance Pedagogy: Application of Pedagogies of Ugandan Traditional Dances in Formal Dance Education by Alfdaniels Mabingo
Black History for White People
Dance Behind the Screen (from kNOwBOX dance)
Movers & Shapers: A Dance Podcast
Your Attention Please (Hulu/iHeartRadio)
Podcasts
Talks + Documentaries
Mindy Fullilove: The ecology of inequality
Ibram X. Kendi’s TED Talk on Anti-Racism
Reimagining Destiny | Sarah Crowell | TEDxSanLuisObispo
William Darity on Reparations and Campaign 2020
Ava DuVernay’s Documentary “13TH”
“What is Transformative Justice”
Building Accountable Communities – Dean Spade
Deconstructing the Anatomy of Culture and Leadership in Ballet
Theresa Ruth Howard on creating more diversity
EDGE Funders on Just Giving: Resist, Rethink Restructure to Build the New
Publications
Equity + Diversity Policies
American Alliance of Museums >>
Canada Council for the Arts Statement of Principles >>
Canada Council for the Arts Equity Policy >>
Los Angeles County Arts Commission Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative >>
Arts Council England Equity Analysis (2018-2022) >>
“Equitable Investment Policies and Practices in the Local Arts Field” by Clayton Lord >>
Racial Equity in Arts Funding >>
League of American Orchestras Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Work >>
League of American Orchestras Statement on Racial Discrimination >>
The Art of Inclusion Disability and Diversity Report (2020) >>
Black Faculty, Faculty of Color,* and Indigenous Faculty Roadmap for Racial Equity at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill >>