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Brown School DEI Faculty Syllabus Support Guide

We have selected articles, books, and media sources on antiracism, ethnocentrism, and discrimination. The recommended selections are a resource to help expand critical discussion of the role of inequity.

Scholarly articles
  • Bailey, Z. D., Feldman, J. M., & Bassett, M. T. (2021). How structural racism works—racist policies as a root cause of US racial health inequities. New England Journal of Medicine, 384(8), 768-773.
  • Barker, S. L., Allen, D., Moreau, K., & Soverall, N. (2023). Social Work Student Perceptions of Racism, Implicit Bias, and Other Forms of Discrimination: A Racial Justice Climate Survey. Social Work & Christianity, 50(1).
  • Carter, R. T., & Sant-Barket, S. M. (2015). Assessment of the impact of racial discrimination and racism: How to use the Race-Based Traumatic Stress Symptom Scale in practice. Traumatology, 21(1), 32. (also see Equity, Diversity and Antiracism in Research)
  • DeCuir-Gunby, J. T., McCoy, W. N., & Gibson, S. M. (2023). The Compounding Impact of Racial Microaggressions: The Experiences of African American Students in Predominantly White Institutions. Teachers College Record, 01614681231181798.
  • Guo, S., Yang, Y., & Fu, L. (2023). Interventions to reduce racial bias and discrimination in the United States: A scoping review. Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research, 14(1), 165-183.
  • Hope, E. C., Brinkman, M., Hoggard, L. S., Stokes, M. N., Hatton, V., Volpe, V. V., & Elliot, E. (2021). Black adolescents’ anticipatory stress responses to multilevel racism: The role of racial identity. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 91(4), 487.
  • Hudson, D., Collins-Anderson, A., & Hutson, W. (2023). Understanding the Impact of Contemporary Racism on the Mental Health of Middle Class Black Americans. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(3), 1660.
  • Jones, S. C., Anderson, R. E., Gaskin-Wasson, A. L., Sawyer, B. A., Applewhite, K., & Metzger, I. W. (2020). From “crib to coffin”: Navigating coping from racism-related stress throughout the lifespan of Black Americans. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 90(2), 267.
  • Lateef, H., Smyth, H., Williams, M., Gale, A., Williams, E. D., Boyd, D., Howard, T., & Williams-Butler, A. (2021). Exploring the Impact of Skin Tone Perception on Race-Related Outcomes and Familial Functioning Among African American Youth: Implications for African-Centered Interventions. Families in Society, 102(4), 504-517.
  • Lekas, H. M., López-Cevallos, D., & Routen, A. (2023). Exploring the intersections of structural inequities and health disparities: the challenge and opportunity of recognizing racism as a public health crisis. BMC Public Health, 23(1), 1-3.
  • Neblett Jr, E. W. (2023). Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Resilience Factors in African American Youth Mental Health. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 19, 361-379.
  • Williams-Butler, A., Liu, F. Y., Howell, T., Menon, S. E., & Quinn, C. R. (2023). Racialized gender differences in mental health service use, adverse childhood experiences, and recidivism among justice-involved African American youth. Race and Social Problems, 15(2), 101-114.
  • Wright, K. C., Carr, K. A., & Akin, B. A. (2021). The whitewashing of social work history: How dismantling racism in social work education begins with an equitable history of the profession. Advances in Social Work, 21(2/3), 274-297. (also see Equity, Diversity and Antiracism in Practice)
  • Zambrana, R. E., & Williams, D. R. (2022). The Intellectual Roots of Current Knowledge On Racism And Health: Relevance To Policy And The National Equity Discourse: Article examines the roots of current knowledge on racism and health and relevance to policy and the national equity discourse. Health Affairs, 41(2), 163-170.
Books
  • Cooper, B. (2018). Eloquent rage: A Black feminist discovers her superpower. St. Martin's Press.
  • Ford, C. L., Griffith, D. M., Bruce, M. A., & Gilbert, K. L. (Eds.). (2019). Racism: Science & tools for the public health professional. American Public Health Association. (also see Equity, Diversity and Antiracism in Research)
  • Walker-Barnes, C. (2014). Too heavy a yoke: Black women and the burden of strength. Wipf and Stock Publishers.
  • Sharma, D. (2020). Ethics, ethnocentrism and social science research. Routledge.
Media

Also see Equity, Diversity, and Antiracism in Practice