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Recommended Resources on Diversity and Inclusion

​We have gathered many resources here intended to support educators, families, adults, and children to understand and discuss diversity and inclusion.  We have also created a curated literature list that you can connect with on our Good Reads link below.  All of the books on the Good Reads list are personally recommended by one or more of our members.  
Recommendations for Curriculum
In response to the events at PHS, MHS and PMS in May, 2017, the following recommendations for the schools' curriculum have been submitted by Shannon Fierro, VP Administration at Berkeley High School and Piedmont resident, here. 

Additional important resources relevant to these issues above include: 

- Teaching Tolerance
- EdSource

- Effective Influence Conference, by Cross-Cultural Partners
- National Equity Project 
- Green Dot 

Resources for Families on Race and Diversity

​Articles/Reports
  • Melinda Wenner Moyer, Teaching Tolerance 
  • Allison Briscoe-Smith, How to Talk with Your Kids about Donald Trump 
  • Ashaunta Anderson and Jacqueline Douge, Talking to Children About Racial Bias 
  • Allison Briscoe-Smith, Rubbing Off 
  • AJ Vicens and Brett Brownell, Black Stats: Data and research that debunk persistent myths and misleading narratives 
  • Kirwin Institute, Implicit Bias Review 
Books
  • Beverly Tatum, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria
  • Monique Morris, Black Stats ​
Resources for Educators on Race and Diversity
Articles
  • Rebecca Klein, Why Teachers Need To Talk About Their Own Racial Bias 
  • Anne Gregory, James Bell, and Mica Pollock, How Educators Can Eradicate Disparities in School Discipline
Books
  • Howard Stevenson, Promoting Racial Literacy In Schools: Differences That Make a Difference
Other
  • ​Take the Implicit Association Test
  • NBC/Dateline Segment on Implicit Bias
  • Dr. Allison Briscoe-Smith's website

Articles relating to School Resource Officers
  • ​https://www.dropbox.com/sh/7ybwyi1l66pwbxt/AACbZE6v4CLN-k2yeALO-dJLa?dl=0
​

Diversity Book Series

Wonder
Wonder
by R.J. Palacio
This story about a 10-year-old boy with a severe facial deformity, and his first year at school, is deeply moving in its own right. But what sets this book apart is the author’s telling of the same narrative from each of the main charact...
Americanah
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Adichie is a fabulous story teller and evocative writer. I really loved this book. Interesting angle on how the character learns she is "black" only after moving to America. I think this should be required reading in high school, to help...
Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir
Bad Indians: A Tribal Memoir
by Deborah A. Miranda
I loved this memoir exploring her Esselen/Ohlone/Costanoan and Chumash ancestry. She also has written Indian Cartography and The Zen of La Llorona. Interesting format – and refers to the typical 4th grade project on California Missions t...
American Mosaic: Multicultural Readings in Context
American Mosaic: Multicultural Readings in Context
by Barbara Roche Rico
An anthology covering American history from the perspectives of virtually every ethnic group you can name (virtually). In some cases, it includes entire works of literature (poems and short stories) but in others, just excerpts (Autobiog...
Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America
Shifting: The Double Lives of Black Women in America
by Charisse Jones
In a series of engaging interviews Dr. Shorter-Gooden does an excellent job of highlighting how African American women deal with racism and sexism in daily life -- and how this process is often internalized. Specifically she shows how ma...

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Upcoming Reviews

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity
by Katherine Boo
In the Light of What We Know
In the Light of What We Know
by Zia Haider Rahman
Interpreter of Maladies
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption
by Bryan Stevenson
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
The Reason I Jump: The Inner Voice of a Thirteen-Year-Old Boy with Autism
by Naoki Higashida
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America – A Woman's Journey
A Border Passage: From Cairo to America – A Woman's Journey
by Leila Ahmed
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
Dreams of Trespass: Tales of a Harem Girlhood
by Fatema Mernissi
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
Burnt Shadows
Burnt Shadows
by Kamila Shamsie
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration
by Isabel Wilkerson

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