Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Resources (DEI)
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.” — Barack Obama (Source: The New York Times)
Welcome TAW members! This page is edited by your friends in the DEI Committee. Below, you will find a list of resources generously given to us by our friends at The Dramatist Guild. Please let us know if you come across new resources you'd like to share with your fellow members. Thank you!
Please read, watch, and listen:
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11 Terms You Should Know to Better Understand Structural Racism
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A Lesson in How to Overcome Implicit Bias
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The Danger of Silence – Clint Smith
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The Danger of a Single Narrative - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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The Color Line: Black and White Aesthetic Values - Barbara-Shae Jackson
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What It Really Means to Be an Anti-racist, and Why It's Not the Same as Being an Ally
A Lesson In How To Overcome Implicit Bias:
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On Being: Resmaa Menakem – Notice the Rage Notice the Silence
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We're All Suffering From Racial Trauma (Even White People) -- And How To Handle It
Additional Resources:
"The new dawn blooms as we free it
For there is always light,
if only we are brave enough to see it
If only we are brave enough to be it.”
— Amanda Gorman (An excerpt from her poem, "The Hill We Climb")