Anti-Racism Resources
We are committed to enabling all of our community to develop a deeper understanding about racism and how to combat it. We fully acknowledge that we are part of a sector and country where racism has proliferated and is embedded within society.
This page is designed to provide a starting point for members of the Warwick community who want to begin to explore and learn more about racism and think about what they can personally do to address it.
Explore the resources below to advance your anti-racism learning and practice.
If you have a concern about racist incidents including bullying and/or harassment, you can speak to someone or report this anonymously through Report + Support.
What is racism? Prejudice is about people's internal views and attitudes. Racism is about negative behaviours and impacts on people of colour. Individual racism is not the only way that these impacts are seen. Structural (or systemic) racism is when the rules of a society and its major institutions consistently produce disproportionately negative and unjust outcomes for certain groups, resulting in dominant social group enjoying more power and privilege than those who are discriminated against.
Watch
- Akala (July 2020) Akala x Black British History: An Introduction (Part 1 & Part 2).
- Ibram X. Kendi (August 2019) How to be an Anti-Racist'.
- David Olusoga, BBC (2017) Black and British: A Forgotten History. Content warning: Some episodes contain reference to violence and sexual assault.
- Robin DiAngelo (28 June 2018) White Fragility.
- John Biewen, Scene On Radio (February 2017) Seeing White.
Read
- Angela Saini (2019) Superior: The Return of Race Science.
- David Olusoga (2017) Black and British: A Forgotten History.
- Kalwant Bhopal (2018) White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society.
- Ibram X.Kendi (2019) How to Be an Anti-Racist.
- Reni Eddo-Lodge (2018) Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race.
- The Library and Department of History –Black Lives Matter reading list.
Learn
Training:
- Tackling Racial Inequality at Warwick University: Staff Development Programme.
- Dignity and Respect at Warwick.
Self-led learning:
- Layla F Saad (2020) Me and White Supremacy.
- Harvard Implicit Association Test.
- Peggy McIntosh (1989)White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible (Article).
Our Dignity Principles set out our expectations of how we behave as a community - as individuals and as an institution.
These principles facilitate an environment with the ability to voice ideas at its core, a place in which staff and students operate with mutual respect, with the confidence that equality of opportunity is accessible to all. These principles underpin our desire to give students and staff the best experience possible whilst studying and working here.