RaceWorks

  You Are
An educator or facilitator who wants to develop students’ or coworkers’ racial literacy
  The Problem
People often mistake race for something that people “are” rather than actions that people “do,” hindering their ability to fight racism
  The Solution
A series of short films and activities featuring the latest Stanford scholarship about how people do race and how to undo racism
  The Result
Students or coworkers develop the knowledge and skills to promote racial equity

How to Use This Toolkit

1. Watch the RaceWorks video series to learn about race as a doing, doing race and undoing racism through specific topic areas (e.g., immigration), and the role racial perception plays in doing race. For more background, check out the concept guides on defining race and the culture cycle.

2. Get ready to facilitate conversations about race by using SPARQ’s  Are You Ready to Talk? toolkit.

3. Plan lessons and lead activities about doing race and undoing racism (video 1).

4. Plan lessons and lead activities about doing race and undoing racism by topic area (videos 2 – 7).

5. Plan lessons and lead activities about doing race and undoing racism in racial perception (videos 8 – 9).

6. Participate in a social change challenge to undo racism.

Content Developers

MarYam Hamedani, PhD

Daniel Murray, PhD

Jennifer DeVere Brody, PhD

Paula Moya, PhD

Hazel Rose Markus, PhD

Filmmakers

Kali Films and Kali8 Productions

Stanford Video

Web Developers

Cornershop Creative

Amrita Maitreyi

M. Amedeo Tumolillo

Juli Sherry

Illustrators 

Sneaky Little Sister

Kayla Guillory

Funders

Stanford University Office of the Provost

Special thanks to Provost John Etchemendy for supporting the project

Explore the video series

 

Preview Video 1 – Doing Race

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