Diversity 101 Toolkit

The Diversity Toolkit was created to offer a collection of articles with topics centered to understanding current issues related to diversity and inclusion.

1. Micro-aggressions

• Did You Really Just Say That?
• Microaggressions Matter

• 'Not Your Language': How a Classroom Interaction Led a Student to Speak Out on Microaggressions

• It’s Meant as a Compliment, but What It Really Says Is, ‘You Don't Fit In.’

• Microaggressions: More than Just Race (Dr. Derald Wing Sue)

• 6 Things to Learn About Microaggressions

2. Stereotyping, Prejudice, & Discrimination

• Speak Up or Stay Silent? 5 Reasons to Confront Prejudice

• Study Finds Stereotyping Affects Minority Learning

• How Teachers Can Reduce Stereotype Threat in the Classroom 

• Responding to Racist Stereotypes

• Strategies for Reducing Racial and Ethnic Prejudice

• Are College Lectures Unfair?

3. Implicit Bias

• Bias Isn't Just a Police Problem; It's a Preschool Problem

• Think You're Not Biased? Think Again

• Implicit Bias Test

• Implicit Bias Awareness

• 5 Keys to Challenging Implicit Bias

• 7-day Bias 'Cleanse'

4. Intersectionality

• Why Our Feminism Must Be Intersectional (and Three Ways to Practice It)

• Why Intersectionality Can’t Wait

• Intersectionality: How Gender Interacts with Other Social Identities to Shape Bias

• Teaching at the Intersections

• What Is Intersectionality, and Why Is It Important?

5. Privilege

• Ten Things Everyone Should Know About White Privilege Today

• 160+ Examples of Male Privilege in All Areas of Life 

• A New Obstacle For Professional Women: The Glass Escalator

• Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

• What I Told My White Friend When He Asked for My Black Opinion on White Privilege

6. Allyship

• How To Be A Better Ally

• So You Call Yourself an Ally: 10 Things All ‘Allies’ Need to Know

• What is Means to be an Ally & 8 Ways to Do It

• Guide to Allyship

• You're Not Really an Ally if Your Allyship is Conditional

7. Racism

• Is Racism Traumatizing like Bullying? Looks Like Yes

• The Cost of Balancing Academia and Racism

• Ben & Jerry's Just Explained Systemic Racism in a Mic-Dropping Statement

• The New Threat: Racism Without Racists

• Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault/Violence Against People of Color - Racism in America is Alive & Well Today, and These Stats Prove It

8. Sexuality & Gender Identity

• Gender & Gender Identity

• Sexual Orientation

• Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault/Rape, Mention of Suicide - LGBT Students Face More Sexual Harassment and Assault, and More Trouble Reporting It

• Trigger Warning: Mention of Suicide - Transgender College Student Mental Health (links to other audio-visual resources)

• College Dorms a New Front in U.S. Battle Over Transgender Rights

9. Bystander Intervention

• Anti-Racist Bystander Intervention

• Your Role in Preventing Sexual Assault

• Do's and Don'ts for Bystander Intervention

• A Call for Bystander Intervention to End Racism

• Should You Intervene in a Bias Attack? 

10. Active Listening

• Active Listening

• Active Listening Skills for Teachers

• In a Difficult Conversation, Listen More Than You Talk

• What Great Listeners Actually Do

• A Model for Active Listening

11. Marginalization & Oppression

• Favoritism and Marginalization in the Workplace

• Gender & Stratification: The Effects of Social Marginalization

• Why Capitalism Causes Oppression

• Social Oppression: How Institutionalized Oppression Works

• Marginalized Groups are Under Attack 

12. First-Generation Students

• First-Generation College Students are Not Succeeding in College, and Money isn’t the Problem

• What It's Like to Be the First Person in Your Family to Go to College

• How to Help First-Generation Students Succeed

• Guilt is One of the Biggest Struggles First-Generation College Students Face

• Do I Belong Here? The Struggles of Our First Generation Students

13. Bi-Racial/Multi Ethnic

• Recognizing the Need to Support Multiracial College Students

• Seven Essential Facts about Multiracial Youth

• Racial Imposter Syndrome

• Mixed Like Us: 5 Ways to Support Biracial Children at Home and in School

• 6 Things I Wish People Understood about Being Biracial

14. Equity Mindedness/Mindfulness

• What is Equity-Mindedness?

• 13 Ideas to Promote Female Equality In The Workplace

• Understanding Equality and Diversity in the Workplace

• 10 Ways Employees Can Support Diversity and Inclusion

• Five Principles for Enacting Equity by Design

15. Other

• The Best Strategies for Employee Engagement

• Disability Awareness Training

• How to talk to an LGBT Person (Things to Keep in Mind)

• Tips for Allies of Transgender People

• Bias Against Single People

• RACE - The Power of an Illusion