Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Different kinds of diversity

This post by advocate Leah Smith on the Center for Disability Rights website introduces the many ways good intentions might actually be ableist.

NAMI, the National Alliance on Mental Health, provides tips on how to be aware of and reduce stigma for people living with mental illness.

An online community dedicated to creating, sharing, and amplifying disability media and culture.

This article by Sara Nović, a deaf writer and professor, explains ableist language and how to be more aware of unconscious ableism.

Teaching All Students, Reaching All Learners is a set of resources including a free self-paced professional development program to help faculty understand diverse needs of students with disabilities. This module helps illuminate hidden and invisible disabilities.

IDP has created projects and services dedicated to disrupting the silence around what it means to live with an invisible disability.

Kamiya Mayfield explains colorism -- "the prejudicing of an individual on the basis of skin shade or tone" -- and its history.

Blya Krouba discusses her research on colorism and her experiences of it as an immigrant in the US.

From Teaching Tolerance, an intro to colorism, which David Knight notes is "complicated due to the deep legacy and influence of skin-color preference in the United States and in other parts of the world." Knight provides examples and tips for addressing colorism in the classroom.

This article by Vickie S. Cook, Ph.D. (Executive Director, Center for Online Learning, Research and Service, University of Illinois Springfield) at WCET Frontiers explains what educators should know about Generation Z.

Cornell University's Center for Teaching Innovation provides information about Generation Y, commonly known as Millennials, in the classroom.

This post at the American Management Association's website provides an overview of different generations in the workplace.

Writer Hanna Brooks Olsen examines research into anti-poor perceptions emphasizes the importance of identifying biases "in order to override cognitive reactions to visible poverty."

Two Boston sociologists explain how despite antidiscrimination laws, some landlords can and do still avoid renting to the poor.

This report from the Institute for Policy Studies covers "ways in which those in poverty are disproportionately targeted, marginalized, and prosecuted."

From ProQuest, an open access website focused on Black Freedom, featuring select primary source documents related to critical people and events in African American history. "This collection imbues the study of Black history with a deeper understanding of the humanity of people who have pursued the quest for freedom, and the significance of movements like Black Lives Matter."

If you are wondering how white supremacy culture works, this explanation from Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001, clarifies how it appears in organizations.

This list, compiled by author Ibram X. Kendi, is on Harvard's T. H. Chan School of Public Health website. Originally published in the New York Times.

From Racial Equity Tools. Includes resources on: overview and timelines, diaspora and colonization, laws and policies, resistance and movements, and the global history of racism. You can read about individual acts of resistance as well as broad-scale, cross-sectoral movements in the U.S., as they offer inspiration and strategic lessons for what’s needed today.

"The Race Card Project encourages people to condense their observations and experiences about race into one sentence with just Six Words. Since it began in 2010, the Project has received tens of thousands of Six Word stories from all over the world. The Race Card Project has earned a deep well of trust on a thorny topic as evidenced by the candor and depth of the submissions."

This article by Nicola Pocock and Clara Chan at United Nations University outlines some of the issues impacting migrants and displaced people, including racism.

This interview on the podcast 99% Invisible with Caroline Criado Perez illuminates the data gap that leaves 51% of the population -- women -- without representation in the design of nearly everything from infrastructure to goods and services to policy. Perez authored a book also called Invisible Women.

From the International Women's Development Agency, a brief and simple definition with links to further resources.

Resources on workplace equity from the American Association of University Women.

"As a non-profit organization with an international membership committed to the practice of the Health At Every Size® (HAES®) Principles, ASDAH envisions a world that celebrates bodies of all shapes and sizes, in which body weight is no longer a source of discrimination and where oppressed communities have equal access to the resources and practices that support health and well being."

A nonprofit who are "consumer advocates for larger people, especially in the areas of medical treatment, job discrimination, and media images." The website includes a wealth of statistics and resources.

An article by Evette Dionne in YES! Magazine about sizeism and fat acceptance activism.

An open access article by Amanda Ravary, Mark W. Baldwin, and Jennifer A. Bartz at McGill University about how we are unconsciously biased by media fat-shaming.

This Science in the News blog post by Harvard Biological and Biomedical Sciences graduate student Katherine J. Wu provides a brief, clear overview of the science of gender. The gist? "Science tells us that gender is certainly not binary; it may not even be a linear spectrum." An excellent read.

From the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer Plus (LGBTQ+) Resource Center at UW Milwaukee, this site includes a helpful FAQ section.

Designed by Landyn Pan and Anna Moore, this graphical representation of the many aspects of gender might help you visualize how the concept of gender goes way beyond anatomy.

From the APA blog: "APA endorses the use of “they” as a singular third-person pronoun in the seventh edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association. This means it is officially good practice in scholarly writing to use the singular 'they.'"

Outlines a few ways faculty can create an atmosphere that supports trans-identified and gender-nonconforming students.

Learn the what and why of personal pronouns.