Resources for you and your organization

The following resources were recommended by the speakers and attendees of the Creating a Culture of Inclusion events. When available, films and books are linked to the Metropolitan Library website.

Articles, Studies and Websites:

• A Guide to Discussing Identity, Power and Privilege by USC’s online Master of Social Work program
• How to support black colleagues compiled by Emily Spaven, editor at LinkedIn
• Implicit Association Test by Project Implicit of Harvard University
• The Leadership Now Project Business for Racial Equity pledge, a non-partisan opportunity for individuals to commit to pushing for equity in their organizations and for leaders to engage with specific ideas for durable change.
• Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in the Nonprofit Sector: Essential Resources for Nonprofit Professionals compiled by Bloomerang
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D.
• Supporting Your Black Workforce, Now by Deloitte
• The Economic Impact of Closing the Racial Wealth Gap from McKinsey & Co.
• 6 Steps to Building a Better Workplace for Black Employees by Dina Gerdeman of the Harvard Business Review

Books:

• Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racial Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
• The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat racism, change the world and become a good ancestor by Layla F. Saad
• The Color of Law: A forgotten history of how our government segregated America by Richard Rothstein
• How to Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (en español)
• So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• I’m Still Here: Black dignity in a world made for whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
• Caste: The origins of our discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
• The Burning: The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 by Tim Madigan
• Oklalusa: The Story of the Black State Movement in Oklahoma by Eddie Jackson
• How to Be an Inclusive Leader: Your Role in Creating Cultures of Belonging Where Everyone Can Thrive by Jennifer Brown
• We Can’t Talk about That at Work! How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics by Mary-Frances Winters
• The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias by Dolly Chugh
• The Leader’s Guide to Unconscious Bias: How To Reframe Bias, Cultivate Connection, and Create High-Performing Teams by Pamela Fuller, Mark Murphy, and Anne Chow
• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
• The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
• Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging to Build Innovative Teams by Stefanie K. Johnson

Podcasts:

• 1619 Podcast from the New York Times
• Code Switch from NPR
• The Anti-Racism Daily podcast
• Intersectionality Matters! from The African American Policy Forum

Video:

• Reconstruction, America After the Civil War hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., produced by PBS
• Black America Since MLK: And still I rise hosted by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., produced by PBS
• TED Talks: A blueprint for diversity in the workplace
• When They See Us (requires Netflix)
• 13^th (requires Netflix)

Organizations:

• Urban League of Greater Oklahoma City, Inc.
• CEO Action for Diversity and Inclusion

Suggested online resources

• Diversity, equity & inclusion resources from SHRM
• The Urban Institute’s research on the impact of structural racism
• The Equality of Opportunity program from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• Business Roundtable offers CEO perspectives on DEI work