The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture Releases “Talking About Race” Web Portal

From the National Museum of African American History and Culture:

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture today launched Talking About Race, a new online portal designed to help individuals, families, and communities talk about racism, racial identity and the way these forces shape every aspect of society, from the economy and politics to the broader American culture.

The online portal provides digital tools, online exercises, video instructions, scholarly articles and more than 100 multi-media resources tailored for educators, parents and caregivers—and individuals committed to racial equality.

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Talking About Race builds upon decades of work by the museum’s educators. It is the result of extensive research, studies, consultations, and educational resources from these fields: history, education, psychology and human development. It includes published research from leading experts, activists, historians, and thought leaders on race, equity, and inclusion, including Brené Brown, Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw, Robin DiAngelo, Julie Olsen Edwards, Jerry Kang, Ibram X Kendi, Enid Lee, Audre Lorde, Beverly Daniel Tatum, Bishop Desmond Tutu, and Tim Wise.

Phase one of the portal features eight foundational subjects including:

• Being Anti-Racist: a conscious decision to make frequent, consistent, equitable choices daily.
• Bias: the inclination or prejudice toward or against something or someone.
• Community Building: connecting and engaging with others doing anti-racism work and exploring issues of race.
• Historical Foundations of Race: how race, white privilege, and anti-blackness are woven into the very fabric of American society.
• Race and Racial Identity: how societies use race to establish and justify systems of power, privilege, disenfranchisement, and oppression.
• Self-Care: caring for one’s mental, emotional, and physical health to sustain the work of dismantling racism.
• Social Identities and Systems of Oppression: systems built around the ideology that some groups are superior to others.
• Whiteness: an ideology that reinforces power at the expense of others.

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