Decoding the Language of the Unheard - Resources

During a recent Chicago Latino Network webinar, "Decoding the Language of the Unheard," Governors State University Senior Lecturer Phyllis West discusses the systemic factors that allowed for the death of an African American man at the hands of Minneapolis police. She offered additional resources to help participants learn more about institutional racism, and to engage in solutions. 

Listen:

• Seeing White (podcast)

Watch:

• Selma
• Rosewood
• Black Wall Street
• Forgotten Injustice Repatriation

Read:

• 11 Terms to better Understand Racism
• 8cantwait.org (police reform)

• The Body Keeps the Score( Bessel van der Kolk‎)
• In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction (Gabor Maté)
• Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years, 1954-1965 (Juan Williams)

Donate:

• The Innocence Project