Race-related resources
Last updated: Feb. 22, 2008
IBARW
RACE AND RACISM
The following links are meant as more of a starting point; I keep rereading them, attempt to balance out section and then realize that I'm missing so many areas. The biases tend toward American black and Asian issues, feminism and fandom, as that is apparently what I have delicioused in the past. That, by the way, is not an excuse, but a note that any gaping holes are my own fault.
Colonialism and Imperialism
Intersectionality
Desperately need more links, particularly addressing classism, heterosexism and ablism.
Discourse on Racism
Cultural Appropriation
Allies
Affirmative Action
White Privilege
Color Blindness
Recommended Reading Lists
Recommended Blogs
Desperately need more blogs focusing on Latinos, American Indians, First Nations, indigenous Australians, South Asians, Middle Easterners, and pretty much everything international. ETA: Have some more now, but I'll keep looking for even more.
FANDOM AND RACE
Currently "fandom" refers to SF/F fandom and media fandom, largely because those are the two groups I have visibility into. But if anyone has any other links, please let me know and I will add them!
Media Fandom
SF/F Fandom
Writing
IBARW
- IBARW1 (Jul. 17, 2006 - Jul. 23, 2006) - this is the IBARW1 link round-up.
- IBARW2 (Aug. 6, 2007 - Aug 12, 2007)
- IBARW2 link collection
- POC in SF carnival, IBARW edition - covers my favorite links from IBARW1 and IBARW2.
RACE AND RACISM
The following links are meant as more of a starting point; I keep rereading them, attempt to balance out section and then realize that I'm missing so many areas. The biases tend toward American black and Asian issues, feminism and fandom, as that is apparently what I have delicioused in the past. That, by the way, is not an excuse, but a note that any gaping holes are my own fault.
- Race Relations 101
- The Global Hierarchy of Race
- Race in Science - studies on subconscious racial biases
- On safe spaces
- The Unexamined Propaganda of "Political Correctness"
- Online Vignette Exercises for Racial Diversity Training
- Some Thoughts on Race and Academia
- I CARE - Crosspoint Anti Racism - links to international anti-racism sites
- Racism and Antiracism Resources from UN Cyberschoolbus
- Communities of Color Resisting the White Wants
- Where are all the bloggers of color? - examines why this is the wrong question to ask
- Thoughts on the whole racism = prejudice + power thing - Nora Jemison on intra-POC racism and white supremacy
Colonialism and Imperialism
- How to Write About Africa
- The Hearts of Darkness: How European Writers Created the Racist Image of Africa
- Decolonizing Anti-Racism (Canada)
- Race and Colonialism by Reginald Dumas
Intersectionality
Desperately need more links, particularly addressing classism, heterosexism and ablism.
- Andrea Smith's Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy
- Audre Lorde's There Is No Hierarchy of Oppressions
- Frances M. Beal's Black Women's Manifesto; Double Jeopardy: To Be Black and Female
- Discussion based on Patricia Hill Collins' Black Feminist Thought in the Matrix of Domination
- Becoming a Black Man - the transgender community and race
- Indigenous feminism without apology, by Andrea Smith
Discourse on Racism
- How to Suppress Discussions of Racism
- The Art of Defending Racism
- White Liberal Bingo
- The Privilege of Politeness
- How Not to Be Insane When Accused of Racism
- One Thing Fandom Needs to Stop Saying. Forever. - not just applicable to fandom.
- What Kind of Card Is Race? - debunking the idea of "playing the race card," by Tim Wise.
- The Racial Reset Button
- Enough Please with the Free Speech Nonsense
- The Benefit of the Doubt
Cultural Appropriation
- Bears, Bombs and Popcorn - by Judith Berman
- Knowledge as an exercise of colonial power
- The Great Cultural Appropriation Debate of DOOM
- Cultural Appropriation Revisited panel and discussion from Wiscon 31
Allies
- Buh buh buh but...Fighting Racism Is Too Hard & Won't Make Me Popular!
- On being an ally
- Ally Work website
Affirmative Action
- White privilege and affirmative action
- On segregation, desegregation, affirmative action, and black identity
White Privilege
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack - a basic overview of white privilege.
- White privilege masquerading as anti-racism
- Defining "White Privilege"
Color Blindness
- The Problem with "I Don't See Color" - a handout from a workshop problematizing color blindness.
- Colorblind Racism - because racism goes beyond Jim Crow laws.
- Helpful hint for the colorblind: BE LESS BLIND
- Colorblind Racism vs. Old Fashioned Racism
- (Color) Blindness as a Metaphor to Racism - on the problems in using disabilities as a metaphor
Recommended Reading Lists
- Ally Work suggested reading
- Recommended reading for white ignorance
- Recommended reading for feminism and racism
- Recommended reading from ladyjax
- Recommended reading for a grounding in Black feminist and lesbian thought
- Required reading from the Angry Black Woman
Recommended Blogs
Desperately need more blogs focusing on Latinos, American Indians, First Nations, indigenous Australians, South Asians, Middle Easterners, and pretty much everything international. ETA: Have some more now, but I'll keep looking for even more.
- Brownfemipower's list of bloggers of color (special section on WOC!)
- List of WOC and allies' blogs, courtesy of sex_and_race and BlackAmazon
- Racialicious - the intersection of race and pop culture
- Women of Color Blog
- Erase Racism blog carnival
- Angry Black Woman
- Angry Asian Man
- Slant Eye for the Round Eye
- Hyphen Blog
- DesiPundit
- Tiffinbox
- Reappropriate
- Paper Tigers - a site for YA/children's books focusing on the Pacific Rim and South Asia
- La Bloga
- The Angry Arab News Service
- The Native Blog
- American Indians in Children's Literature
FANDOM AND RACE
Currently "fandom" refers to SF/F fandom and media fandom, largely because those are the two groups I have visibility into. But if anyone has any other links, please let me know and I will add them!
Media Fandom
- Great Race Discussion Linkspam - rydra_wong has an amazing link compilation to pretty much all the race debates going on in fandom for the last few years. The bottom includes several general, non-fandom race resources as well. I think Rydra's got links to the recent HP debate over "miscegenation," the debates about Martha in Dr. Who, the debates about COC in fic in Stargate Atlantis, and the Great Cultural Appriation Debate of DOOM, among many others.
- Pirates of the Caribbean 2 link round-up
- del.icio.us posts tagged with fandom + race
- del.icio.us posts tagged with meta + race
SF/F Fandom
- People of Colour in SF blog carnival
- Race and science fiction - from ghanageek
- The Standard Race and SF FAQ
- Pam Noles' The Shame of Earthsea and a public response to comments on the essay
- Black women in comics
- People of Colour SF Carnival
- The Great Cultural Appropriation Debate of DOOM from Wiscon 30
- Cultural Appropriation Revisited panels at Wiscon 31
- The Romance of the Revolution panel at Wiscon 31
- But the Master Has a Black & Decker panel at Wiscon 31
- Genre Tokenism Today: The New Octavia Butler, panel at Wiscon 31
- What These People Need Is a Honky panel at Wiscon 31
- Why Is the Universe So Damn White? panel at Wiscon 31
Writing
- Transracial Writing for the Sincere - by Nisi Shawl, co-author of Writing the Other
- How to Promote Diversity in Fiction Markets - Angry Black Woman on diversity in SF/F fiction.
- Diversity in science fiction markets - by Tobias Buckell
- How Do Editors Reach Out to People of Color? - calling out editors for not making the effort and providing a plethora of links where POC are online.
- Damned if you do, damned if you don't - Claire Light addresses the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" issue of white writers writing POC.