ULibraries Research Guides: Cultural Awareness Resource Guide: Where Do I Start?

Where do I start?

We recognize many people seeking these resources are starting on a journey that feels uncomfortable. The learning curve seems steep, and the inner reflection can be painful. Explore and challenge those feelings, and know that learning is rarely easy, and it's all part of the process of becoming a more skilled communicator, educator, clinician and colleague. And recognize the changing demographics of our state and how important this work is.

These resources are an excellent starting point.

You're Doing It Wrong: The evolution of cultural competence - Raquel Martin, TEDxRutgersCamden

Have you ever been to a cultural competency training and thought it was a complete waste of time? Dr. Raquel Martin has, and she has a message for all those who have felt this way: you're not a terrible person, most of these trainings completely miss the mark. Dr. Martin shares the history of cultural competence, how we have lost the original vision of the concept, and methods to remedy this issue.

Race: The Power of an Illusion by PBS
Publication Date: 2014
3 episodes, 56 minutes each
What is this thing we call race? Where did the idea come from? “Race: The Power of an Illusion” compels viewers to examine some of their most fundamental beliefs about concepts of race.
1. The Difference Between Us
2. The Story We Tell
3. The House We Live In

Project Implicit Health - What are your automatic reactions when you think about anxiety, depression, alcohol, exercise, eating, or persons with mental illness? Take about 15 minutes now to to discover your automatic reactions to a range of physical and mental health topics or view some of our research findings on implicit attitudes and health. If you find the tasks interesting, you may enjoy registering for research at Project Implicit to gain access to dozens of studies and tests on a wide variety of topics.

The NCCC serves as a resource to the five-year collaborative (2015-2020)and presents resourcesw to increase the number and capacity of leaders to advance and sustain cultural and linguistic competence (CLC) and respond to the growing cultural diversity among people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in the United States, its territories, and tribal communities. Includes assessment and extensive resources.

The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
ISBN: 0525509569
Publication Date: 2021-02-16
One of today's most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone--not just for people of color. Racism has costs for white people, too. It is the common denominator of our most vexing public problems, the core dysfunction of our democracy and constitutive of the spiritual and moral crises that grip us all. But how did this happen? And is there a way out? It leaves us with a new vision for a future in which we finally realize that life can be more than a zero-sum game.
Weathering by Arline T. Geronimus
ISBN: 0316258075
Publication Date: 2024-01-23
America has woken up to what many of its citizens have known for centuries and to what public health statistics have evidenced for decades: systemic injustice takes a physical, too often deadly, toll on Black, brown, working class and poor communities, and any group who experiences systemic cultural oppression or economic exploitation. Marginalized Americans are disproportionately more likely to suffer from chronic diseases and to die at much younger ages than their middle- and upper-class white counterparts. Weathering shifts the paradigm, shining a light on the topic and offering a roadmap for hope.

undefined Code Switch (Podcast, ongoing)

"What's CODE SWITCH? It's the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between. This podcast makes ALL OF US part of the conversation — because we're all part of the story."

The Sum of Us (Podcast, 9 episodes)

On the heels of her bestselling book, Heather McGhee embarks on a road trip across Covid-era America, unearthing stories of American solidarity and hope in a time of great division and peril for our democracy. Join Heather as she travels from rural Maine to the California coast and everywhere in between, meeting extraordinary Americans who are crossing demographic, cultural, and political lines to build a better future for all of us.Organize with us. Take action @ www.thesumofuspodcast.com