Anti-Racism Tool Kit
Welcome to MACAC’s Anti-Racism community resources! Through MACAC’s strategic plan, we are committed to racial justice & anti-racist transformation in order to become a catalyst of change among our member institutions and general community. We aim to intentionally provide educational resources that can support college professionals through this journey and bring awareness to racist policies and practices that afflict BIPOC and other historically marginalized identities. To read MACAC’s strategic plan click here.
Acknowledging that racism is embedded in almost every aspect of our daily lives (public and private), we have curated tools, articles, books, workbooks, podcasts, and videos that not only address college admissions and the workplace. Anti-racism education can be incorporated into every aspect of our daily lives.
Before you start this process, we invite you to analyze how white supremacy and racist systems of oppression affect you. If you are new to this journey, we encourage you to start with the resources below:
For a cohesive glossary of terms that you will encounter throughout these resources, please visit Racial Equity Tools Glossary.
If you have any input, questions, or concerns, please email: arc@mn-acac.org.
The Anti-Racist Organization
As part of MACAC’s strategic plan, we are committed to transforming and changing our organizational practices & policies in order to become a catalyst and lift up consciousness around issues that affect admissions professionals in the workplace as it relates to race, class, gender, sexual orientation, spirituality/religion, among other identity markers. Below you will find a collection of tools and readings to start the conversation!
Anti-Racism Toolkit- Stanford Cardinals at work
Intro to the Anti-racism toolkit organization
Resources for the anti-racism organization starting points of study
Why diversity programs fail and what works better by Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev
College Admission and Antiracism Practices
These are resources specific to higher education & access, admission policies and practices, all under the perspective of anti-racism and equity lens.
What does an antiracist college admission look like
Towards a more equitable future for postsecondary access (Lumina Report)
Confronting racism in admissions
Are letters of recommendation a form of descrimination?
Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?
DEI challenges in college admission counseling profession
An annotated bibliography on first-generation college students: research from 2008-2019
Evolving the common app: the first step toward anti-racist admissions
PODCAST: Diverse- In the Margins
Ebony and Ivy: race, slavery and the troubling history of America’s universities
Readings for the Workplace & Tools to Start an Antiracist Book Club in your Organization
These are recommended initial readings and facilitator guides to begin a book club in the workplace.
Children's Readings & Tools for Parents and Caregivers
We believe that this anti-racist commitment starts at home. This section is dedicated to helping educators, families, allies and so forth to guide children in this journey.
Activities: Were different, were same
A learning guide to Antiracist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi
March: Book one, two, and three by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell
Clean Getaway by Nic Stone- Discussion guide
Research: Racial bias begins in babies at six months; University of Toronto
PBS resources; Talking to young children about race and racism
How To Fight Racism - Young Reader’s Edition
Black Lives Matter Instructional Library
PBS - 13 Children’s Books About Race and Diversity
ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES FOR PARENTS from Highlights Magazine
Motherhood so white: a memoir of race, gender and parenting in America
Raising white kids: bringing up children in a racially unjust America
To improve your daughter’s academic performance, foster her racial identity
“We put it in terms of not-nice”: white antiracists and parenting
Whiteness & Resources for White Allies
This area is comprised of useful information for white folx who wish to start working towards allyship or furthering their allyship into an accomplice or co-conspirator.
From Ally to Accomplice- Anti-Racism and Social Justice
Tools for Equity- Antiracism toolkit for Allies
What does it mean to be white: developing white racial literacy
Supporting BIPOC Professionals
This section provides basic literature and videos to guide the conversation around hiring practices in the workplace and implications for supporting recently hired BIPOC and/or first-generation professionals.
How Does Your Company Support “First-Generation Professionals”?
Uncovering Bias: A New Way to Study Hiring Can Help
Research: How Companies Committed to Diverse hiring still fail
Anti-Black Hiring Discrimination in America has not improved in 30 years, research finds
Unconscious Bias by Pamela Fuller & Mark Murphy
Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya Umoja Noble
Diversity in the Workplace: Eye-Opening Interviews to Jumpstart Conversations about Identity, Privilege, and Bias by Bärí A. Williams
Self-Care
From guided meditation to survival strategies for BIPOC administrators, below you will find suggested resources to promote self-care.
Guided meditations in English, Spanish, and other languages
More than Self-Care, Self-Healing
What so many get wrong about racism in the workplace
Surviving Institutions that weren’t built for you
Religion, Spirituality, & Racism
We understand that not all education is secular and many of our institutions are grounded in Christian theology. However, Christianity in America has been tied to a lot of racism and racist theological beliefs. This is not a history to run from but understand.
White Too Long by Robert Jones
The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK’s Appeal to Protestant America 1915-1930 by Kelly J. Baker
The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race by Willie James Jennings
The Baptism of Early Virginia: How Christianity Created Race by Rebecca Anne Goetz
Race: A Theological Account by J. Cameron Carter
A History of Private Schools & Race in the American South
Religion, Race, and Racism: A (Very) Brief Introduction - University of Pittsburgh
Racism among white Christians is higher than among nonreligious. That's no coincidence.
Inclusive Language
As described by Maysa Akbar (Chief Diversity Officer of the American Psychological Association), language is a “powerful tool that can draw us closer together or drive us further apart.[...] The words we use are key to creating psychologically safe, inclusive, respectful and welcoming environments”. Here we propose some basic guidelines to start your search for the use of inclusive language in any setting.
That's BS by Risha Grant
The Inclusive Mindset by Justin Peter Jones-Fosu Sr.
The Diversity Gap: Where Good Intentions Meet True Cultural Change by Bethaney Wilkinson
About Asian Hate
Recommended readings as it relates to the myth of the model minority, college access and Asian hate.
LGBTQIA+
Resources specific to intersectionality between race, gender, gender expression and sex. The last one is a robust list of student-centered resources for counselors.
Anti-Racism in Education
Here are other anti-racist toolkits with a wealth of resources.
