Diversity Resources | Simon Business School

Spring Semester 2021 FAQs:

Ever Better.

Now is not the time for thoughts and prayers. Now is the time for action. Simon is committed to making itself, and the community and students we serve, Ever Better, which today means stating unequivocally that Black Lives Matter, and acknowledging the need for systemic change on a local and national level. We are committed to battling the ongoing injustice against persons/people of color through education and empowerment. These resources are intended to foster continued growth within our community, and to serve as a call to action for each of us who lives and works within it. We must do better.

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Explore, learn, and be heard.

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Anti-racism and diversity in business resources.

Strive to be a better manager, leader, and citizen.

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Diversity in Business

4 Ways To Actually Create Diversity And Inclusion In The Workplace

7 ways your organization can start to uproot systemic racism in the workplace

7 Anti-Racism Educators Your Company Needs Now

The Advanced Leadership Initiative: Preparing African Americans For Executive Advancement (Video)

The Business Case for Diversity in Executive Teams Remains Strong (McKinsey & Company)

Companies Need a Systematic, Business-Led Approach to Inclusion and Diversity, as Well as Bolder Action on Inclusion (McKinsey & Company)

Ford Foundation's Walker Says Investors Can Push C-Suite Diversity

Hear Me: Stories from Black Executives

How to Build an Actively Anti-Racist Workplace

Top 5 Reasons Leaders Fail At Race Inclusion And How To Fix Them

U.S. Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism (Harvard Business Review)

Anti-Racism Resources

75 Things People Can Do For Racial Justice

Anti-Racism Project

Anti-Racism Resources for White People

Asian Americans Advancing Justice

For our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies

Guide to Allyship

Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)

On Allyship and Performative Wokeness

Project Implicit

Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources

Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism

Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac

Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits

Stop AAPI Hate

Talking About Race (Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture)

Teaching Tolerance

The [White] Shift on Instagram

Why is this happening? — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie

Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials

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Books to read.

Take time to lean in and learn.

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Literature and Non-Fiction

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

How to be an AntiRacist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs

Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, Ph.D.

Historical Perspective

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson

Criminal Justice System

Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Feminism and Intersectionality

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga

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Watch and listen.

Podcasts, videos, TV and movies.

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Videos

Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)

Dr. Robin DiAngelo Discusses 'White Fragility' (1:23:30)

Hear Me: Stories From Black Executives

"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

Movies and TV

13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix

The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 — Available to rent

Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) –– Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent

Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent

Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix

Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent

I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy

If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu

Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent

King In The Wilderness — HBO

See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix

Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent

The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent

The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax

When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

Podcasts

1619 (New York Times)

About Race

Code Switch (NPR)

Do the Work: Rachel Cargle

Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

The Melanated Social Work Podcast

Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

Nice White Parents (Serial and The New York Times)

Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)

Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

Seeing White

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Additional resources.

Organizations to follow, self-care and healing, and more anti-racism resources.

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Economic Impact and Historic Perspective

Economic Impact

The economic impact of closing the racial wealth gap (Mckinsey)

Historic Perspective

1619 Podcast (New York Times)

From Black Death to fatal flu, past pandemics show why people on the margins suffer most (Science Magazine)

Organizations to Follow on Social Media

Antiracism Center: Twitter

Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Black Lives Matter: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering for Justice: Twitter | Instagram

The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Self-Care and Healing

Healing Packet by Women of Color in Solidarity

Liberate: A Meditation App by and for the Black Diaspora

The Link Between Experiences of Racism and Stress and Anxiety for African Americans: A Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Coping Approach

Physiological & Psychological Impact of Racism and Discrimination for African-Americans

Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media Is Enough

Resources for Families

Articles

The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon

How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race | NPR

Teaching Your Child About Black History Month | PBS

Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good

Books

20 Picture Books for 2020: Readings to Embrace Race, Provide Solace & Do Good

31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults

Podcasts

Fare of the Free Child podcast

Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”

Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’

Additional Articles to Read

"America’s Racial Contract is Killing Us" by Adam Sewer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)

"My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant" by Jose Antonio Vargas | The New York Times Magazine (June 22, 2020)

The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine

The Combahee River Collective Statement

"The Intersectionality Wars" by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2020)

Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott, PhD

"Where Do I Donate? Why is the Uprising Violent? Should I Go Protest?" by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)

"White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

"Who Get to Be Afraid in America?" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

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Simon resources.

Simon Community support services.

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Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion

The Simon Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Center of Excellence provides space, programs. and services for Simon students, particularly those from historically marginalized groups.

Contact the Center for Student Diversity and Inclusion »

Simon Diversity and Educational Clubs

We believe that an inclusive atmosphere benefits all members of the Simon community. The Office of Student Engagement fosters inclusion and a strong sense of community through our orientation events, semesterly kick offs, our wide breadth of student clubs and activities.

Explore our diversity and educational clubs »

The Consortium

Simon is a proud and longstanding member of The Consortium for Graduate Study in Management, an alliance of 20 of the country’s top business schools that seek to promote diversity and inclusion in American business. Simon was the fourth business school to join over 50 years ago—a testament to our deep-rooted commitment to diversity. Click on the webinar below to hear from current Simon Consortium MBA students (25% of our MBA Class of 2021 are Consortium members) as they share their experiences and answer questions. You can also view a presentation to meet our Consortium Liaisons and view events and initiatives hosted by our Consortium students.

View “The Consortium at Simon” webinar recording »

Meet our Consortium Liaisons and view initiatives »

Counseling Services

If you are a student and would like support, please contact (585) 275-3113. Counselors are available for phone as well as by video counseling appointments via the website. The university’s Employee Assistance Program also offers confidential counseling and referrals for our staff and faculty. To schedule an appointment with an Employee Assistance counselor, please contact (585) 276-9110.

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