July 2020 /
This site is a compiled resource and introduction to understanding racism – and committing to anti-racism. The initial topics (one through seven) focus on anti-racism related to anti-Blackness.
This site can be explored by individuals, as a self-training. The goal is to think more deeply about the structural and interpersonal racism that is present in all of the spaces that you inhabit, and how that racism impacts and places demands on Black people. To begin, we suggest focusing on one content area/topic each day.
This is an independent project within the Department of Arts Administration & Policy. The June/July 2020 compiler of this resource is a Black alumna/adjunct faculty member. Additionally, this resource would not have been possible without the graduate student collaborator.
All of the references and content on this site are the intellectual property of individual scholars, designers, and creators – or mass media outlets, public figures, and social justice organizations. The majority of this content has been publicly circulated through social media online, during the anti-racism rebellion of Summer 2020.
Individuals have provided their permission to re-share their public statements (if we have somehow missed obtaining your permission, please reach out). Public figures, media outlets, and organizations are credited on each page’s citations list (as are most of the private individuals). Please support the artists, writers, and scholars who’ve shared their valuable insight, experience, and intellectual labor over the past few months – and over many, many years.
Finally, this resource is an “introduction” to anti-racism. The site can be expanded by others, collaboratively and over time. Our hope is that you will feel motivated to do more research on your own, as well as individually and collectively take action in all of the spaces that you inhabit.
Please feel free to reach out with critique, suggestions, or for further conversation (contact@antiracismarts.com). We’ve shared various stages of the site with reviewers, and are grateful for their insight and feedback.
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July 17, 2020 / Rest in Power