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Designing and Building Institutional Anti-Racist Spaces

Wesleyan University

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Designing and Building Institutional Antiracist Spaces (D-BIAS) is a course whose mission is to teach tenets of equity, anti-racism, and cultural justice and how to apply these ideas to achieve social change.
The course is aimed at educators and administrators in educational spaces, lawyers and advocates in spaces that touch civil rights, equity, and whose Institutional mission it is to achieve greater cultural equity.

The course involves creative approaches to social justice, racial justice, and advocacy while remaining open to anyone from any background who shares the same vision of the world, as social change entrepreneurs.

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Approx. 21 hours to complete

English

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What you will learn

The course final assignment will allow students to become designers of cultural equity, and build their own workshops at their own institutions.

Skills you will gain

Social Justice
Law
Evaluation
Educational Practices
Diversity (Business)

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Beginner Level

Approx. 21 hours to complete

English

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Jonathan Andrew Perez

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Wesleyan University

Wesleyan University, founded in 1831, is a diverse, energetic liberal arts community where critical thinking and practical idealism go hand in hand. With our distinctive scholar-teacher culture, creative programming, and commitment to interdisciplinary learning, Wesleyan challenges students to explore new ideas and change the world. Our graduates go on to lead and innovate in a wide variety of industries, including government, business, entertainment, and science.

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Syllabus - What you will learn from this course

Week1

Week 1

6 hours to complete

Introduction

Welcome to Wesleyan University and Justice Equity Design's course: Designing & Building Institutional Antiracist Spaces (D-BIAS)! You are here because you are interested in more than the usual one-and-done diversity workshops. You understand, or at least suspect, that to make real change in society, we must look at the deeper roots of inequity. By taking this course, you will learn a set of tools and a framework that you can adapt to your own institution and set change in motion. You will need a notebook (online or paper and pen) so that you can record your thoughts and answer questions as you work through the course. At the end you will be ready to train others to use this methodology either on your own or in further partnership with JED. The work we are about to undertake is hard work, but ultimately, it is the most rewarding work. The world will be a better place for your contribution.

6 hours to complete

7 videos (Total 31 min), 38 readings, 2 quizzes

7 videos

Welcome to D-BIAS2m Racial Justice Training: Past, Present and Future7mImplicit Bias Clip One 2mImplicit Bias Clip Two3mImplicit Bias Clip Three6mExamples of Bias from a Personal Story 5mPerformative vs. Intentional 3m

38 readings

The Essential Components5mWho We Are10mWho Are You? 4mStay with it!10mThe Argument For Equity Rather Than Diversity10mTwo Commitments and Two Concepts, As You Get Started1mThe Stroop Effect10mWhat is implicit bias and where does it come from?10mWhere Does Unconscious/Implicit Bias come from?10mColorblindness and Unshakeable CertaintyWhat is Systemic Bias and How We Can We Help Dismantle It?3mReflection Related to Chapter 115mShort primer on a performative act vs. an intentional act15mWorkshop 1: Narratives of Systemic Bias20mWorkshop 1: Questions for Consideration10mWorkshop 2: Narratives of Systemic Bias10mWorkshop 2: Questions for Consideration10mLexicon: “Othering” vs. “Breaking and Bridging”10mLexicon: "Racism" A Word In Many Forms5mLexicon: "Prejudice" vs. "Racism"5mLexicon: The Law behind Race "Equality" vs. "Equity" vs. "Inequity"10mLexicon: "Structural Inequity" vs. "Systemic Racism" (Designed in Law)5mMindful Language and Cultural Equity Tools10mOptional Readings10mSourceBook Optional Reading: Systemic Bias in the Criminal Justice System Is Not A MythSourceBook Optional Reading: My Mother Dreams for Her Son, and All Black Children by Hilton Als, New Yorker June 2020Black Lives Matter: Opening a Second Front10mEquityxDesign - Courses by Christine OrtizOptional Reading: The Issues With Implicit Bias TrainingOptional Reading: UChicago's Resume StudyOptional Reading: The $ Cost of Systemic Racism in the U.S.Optional video: Jeff Robinson Video on Reclaiming HistoryOptional Reading: Jeff Robinson's Podcasts Societal and Individual Narratives5mNarratives solving problems:1mNaming as Narrative5mWorkshop 3: Diversity for Diversity’s Sake And Its Problem10mAn answer: 10m

2 practice exercises

Identifying Implicit/Systemic Bias, Structural Racism, Individual Racism (ungraded)30mYour Company, and a Statement of Support...30m

Week2

Week 2

7 hours to complete

Putting Theory into Practice

7 hours to complete

5 videos (Total 39 min), 33 readings, 4 quizzes

5 videos

The Four Eras of Criminal Legal (in)justice U.S. History: An Overview5mWhat is Criminal Justice Reform// Equity Reforms vs. Criminalizing 7mNarrative-shifting: "Tough On Crime" (ToC)9mLaw-in-History Era 1: Brooklyn As a Slave-Holding Capitol and Era 2 Segregation8mApplying a Restorative Approach to the Issue8m

33 readings

How To Use Design Thinking For Equity and Justice: Prototyping10mBuilding and Sustaining Cultural Equity10m"Tough on Crime" in history- The National Memorial for Peace and Justice 10m Concept: Four Quadrants of American Tough On Crime (In)Justice History6mRequired reading: Structural Racism In Action and the Nixon Administration13mRequired reading: Scholars Michelle Alexander and Bryan Stevenson15mRequired viewing: Brian Purnell on Modern-Day Jim Crow in Brooklyn, N.Y.27mTools you will use #1 Tools you will use #22mTools you will use #34mTools you will use #4 5mImplementing a Strategic Approach 3mTools you will use #510mWorkshop 4: The Instagram “White Out” Protest10mWorkshop 4: Questions for Consideration10mWorkshop 4: Two lawyers discuss the firing...10mOverview of the Four Four Eras of Law-in-History1mHistory: Brooklyn was a slave owning city History: New York City's slave laws5mHistory Era 2: The dominance of slavery and capitalism in the 19th century .10mHistory: Post-1865 13th Amendment Jim Crow in New York5mHistory: 20th Century NY Brooklyn Jim Crow5mHistory:1970-2000 The Prison-Industrial Complex "The New Jim Crow"5mHistory: The Prison Industrial Profit Complex and The War On Drugs4m Start With the Difference Between Restorative v. Retributive Justice2mReflection on your institution10mLexicon and Concepts 3mJustice Design Tools 4mOptional Readings10mLibrary Interlude: Garland's Penal Excess -- the excess of lynching Library Interlude: Bryan Stevenson, Bruce WesternLibrary Interlude: Plessy v. Ferguson-- a summaryLibrary Interlude: COVID19; Prosecutorial Discretion; What Boards can Do

3 practice exercises

on The Four Eras of Legal History30mCapitol Hill Riots and Whiteness: A Reflection and Answers30mQuiz on Community Revitalization Project and Neighborhood Agency (ungraded)30m

Week3

Week 3

5 hours to complete

Shifting Narratives: Looting, Rioting or Protesting?

5 hours to complete

3 videos (Total 17 min), 18 readings, 1 quiz

3 videos

Poetry Discussion - The Poetry of Structural Inequity5mAnti-Racist Workshop Video6mPost-Script Discussion about "Looting" vs. "Rioting" Hypothetical5m

18 readings

Lexicon: Where Did the Word B.I.P.O.C. (vs. POC) Come From?12mLexicon: "BIPOC" //"POC" // "Naming and Politics"6m"Naming" as Narrative- Your Own Response2mPoetry in Action: A Way Into Our Study of: Looting or Rioting or Protesting?1hPoetry in Action: "The Poetry of Structural Inequity and Voice"20mLexicon for: Looting or Rioting or Protesting?3mLaw Library Interlude: Bryan Stevenson: On The Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests15mLexicon to respond to: Looting or Rioting or Protesting?4m1741 Foley Square Panic2mEvolution of the Police Force in the USA7m19th Century Draft Riots12mThe Burning of Tulsa, Black Wall Street10mThe Burning of Tulsa, Black Wall Street Continued5m The Modern History of "Race Riots" The Kerner Commission of 19687mReview of Restorative vs. Retributive Approaches2mConsider your Own Organization10mLexicon and Concepts2mTwo Tools: poetry and optimism2m

Week4

Week 4

3 hours to complete

Putting Your Knowledge Into Action

3 hours to complete

2 videos (Total 9 min), 13 readings

2 videos

Create Your Plan: Video Dialogue: Ben and Jonathan Final Video4mBuild Your Own Lab: Video 2 Week 4, Ben and Jonathan4m

13 readings

Eight Steps to Change30mStep One: What is the Problem?1hStep Two: What is the narrative supporting the problem at your institution? 20mStep Three: Create a Team30mStep Four: Give the Problem a Historical Context10mStep Five: Develop the final goalStep Six: Developing the New NarrativeStep Seven: Post-Workshop Implementation Plan5mCharacteristics of a Strong Plan10mA Cultural Equity Plan10mStep Eight: Assessment and Sustainable Justice4mBefore your final reflection...10mReflection, Self-Assessment, and Thank You!10m

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