- Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at the School of Medicine
- WUSM DEI Resources
- WUSM DEI Events – including Listening Sessions on How Racism Harms for trainees, faculty and staff
- A comprehensive list of anti-racism resources – includes books, podcasts, movies, etc…
- A shared document of tools/resources from the medical education community
A small selection of resources for the busy trainee – ones that may fit more easily into a
limited schedule:
Articles
- Three things you should not say to your Black colleagues right now
- Two articles by Dr. Jessi Gold, WUSM Psychiatrist – Voices of Black Doctors
- How to Be Supportive: The power of presence
Books
There are so many you could choose from, the list below are books on the shorter side, so might be easier to manage with a busy schedule, there are many others that are also very good. The DEI office also provides a list of anti-racism books that are available in Becker Library.
- White Fragility – by Robin DiAngelo
- Me and White Supremacy – by Layla Saad; a 28 day journey of reading and reflecting. Will take 20-30m of work/day
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning
Stamped from the Beginning – by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi; a young adult version of the book Stamped from the Beginning (by Kendi), and therefore a little shorter to read. - I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – by Austin Channing Brown
Sister Outsider – by Audre Lorde; essays that take on racism, sexism, ageism, homophobia…
Podcasts
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Brene Brown with Ibram X. Kendi on How to be an AntiRacist
- Brene Brown with Austin Channing Brown on I’m Still Hear: Black Dignitiy in a World Made
for Whiteness
Other
- Six techniques for Speaking Up – from the DEI office
- Guidelines for being strong white allies
- Racism Matters webinar series
- COVID-19 and Race series from the WUSTL Clark-Fox Policy Institute (numerous links to
articles as well as listening options) - A 21 day racial equity challenge (offers lots of choices of things to do)