SJSU Research Guides: Examining Racism in the Library: Allyship, Anti-Oppression Practices, and Building Inclusive Libraries

Allyship, Anti-Oppression Practices, and Building Inclusive Libraries

The resources on this list were offered in the LJA Continuing Education course "Allyship, Anti-Oppression Practices, and Building Inclusive Libraries" with instructor CJ Ivory in August, 2020.

LJA Profile: CJ Ivory is Assistant Professor and Instruction Librarian at the University of West Georgia where she teaches a credit-bearing course on Information Literacy & Research. In this semester-long course she connects social justices issues to information literacy concepts. Prior to this position, CJ served as Business Librarian at the University of Central Florida and Reference Librarian at Valencia College. She earned a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of Central Florida and Master of Library & Information Science from Florida State University. Her research interests include open pedagogy, critical information literacy, and social justice education.

5 Tips for being an ally
Chescaleigh. (2014, Nov 14). 5 Tips for being an ally [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/_dg86g-QlM0
Acting in Solidarity: Cross‐Group Contact between Disadvantaged Group Members and Advantaged Group Allies
Ally Bill of Responsibilities
Gehl, L. (2011). Ally Bill of Responsibilities. Retrieved from http://www.lynngehl.com/uploads/5/0/0/4/5004954/ally_bill_of_responsibilities_poster.pdf
Allyship as a Diversity and Inclusion Tool in the Workplace
Salter, N. and Migliaccio, L. (2019). Allyship as a Diversity and Inclusion Tool in the Workplace. Diversity within Diversity Management (Advanced Series in Management, Vol. 22), pp. 131-152. Somerville, MA: Emerald Publishing Limited.
Allyship packet
Short, accessible guides from the North American Students of Cooperation. Includes "What is an ally?", "Become an ally in four steps," "Being an Ally: Action Ideas and Tips," "Agent Responses to Being Called on Oppressive Behavior," and other many other guides.
Anti-Oppression Subject Guide
Simmons University Library's Anti-Oppression LibGuide.
Are you racist? “No” isn’t a good enough answer
Marlon Jones. (2016, January, 13). Are you racist? “No” isn’t a good enough answer. [Video File]. Retrieved from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/video/2016/jan/13/marlon-james-are-you-racist-video
Aspiring Social Justice Ally Identity Development
Edwards, K. (2006). Aspiring Social Justice Ally Identity Development. Retrieved from http://www.keithedwards.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/AAID-Handouts.pdf
Aspiring Social Justice Ally Identity Development: A Conceptual Model
Keith E. Edwards (2006) Aspiring Social Justice Ally Identity Development: A Conceptual Model, NASPA Journal, 43:4, 39-60, DOI: 10.2202/1949-6605.1722

Becoming an Ally by Anne Bishop
ISBN: 1842772244
Publication Date: 2002
Online version may be available from Emergency Temporary full text access from HathiTrust digital https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/004297471?signon=swle:https://idp01.sjsu.edu/idp/shibboleth

Beyond inclusion, beyond empowerment: A developmental strategy to liberate everyone
Nieto, L., Boyer, M. F., Goodwin, L., Johnson, G. R., Smith, L. C., & Hopkins, J. P. (2014). Beyond inclusion, beyond empowerment: A developmental strategy to liberate everyone. Olympia, Wash: Cuetzpalin.

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins; Patricia Hill Collins
ISBN: 9780415924832
Publication Date: 1999-12-09
In spite of the double burden of racial and gender discrimination, African-American women have developed a rich intellectual tradition that is not widely known. In Black Feminist Thought, Patricia Hill Collins explores the words and ideas of Black feminist intellectuals as well as those African-American women outside academe. She provides an interpretive framework for the work of such prominent Black feminist thinkers as Angela Davis, bell hooks, Alice Walker, and Audre Lorde. The result is a superbly crafted book that provides the first synthetic overview of Black feminist thought.

Confrontation and Beyond: Examining a Stigmatized Target's Use of a Prejudice Reduction Strategy.
Focella, Elizabeth S, Bean, Meghan G, & Stone, Jeff. (2015). Confrontation and Beyond: Examining a Stigmatized Target's Use of a Prejudice Reduction Strategy. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 9(2), 100–114. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12153
Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics
Crenshaw, K. (1989). Demarginalizing the intersection of race and sex: A black feminist critique of antidiscrimination doctrine, feminist theory and antiracist politics. University of Chicago Legal Forum, 1989(1), Article 8. Available at: https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/uclf/vol1989/iss1/8
Developing and Implementing a Diversity Plan at Your Academic Library
Edwards, J. (2015) Developing and Implementing a Diversity Plan at Your Academic Library. Library Leadership & Management, 30(2). Retrieved from https://journals.tdl.org/llm/index.php/llm/article/view/7129
Disarming racial microaggressions: Microintervention strategies for targets, White allies, and bystanders
Sue, D. W., Alsaidi, S., Awad, M. N., Glaeser, E., Calle, C. Z., & Mendez, N. (2019). Disarming racial microaggressions: Microintervention strategies for targets, White allies, and bystanders. American Psychologist, 74(1), 128-142. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/amp0000296
From Concept to Practice: Themes of Diversity Within the Strategic Planning of Academic Libraries
Mc Guire, M. (2020). From Concept to Practice: Themes of Diversity Within the Strategic Planning of Academic Libraries. University of North Carolina Carolina University Libraries Digital Repository. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.17615/v3hc-km12
From Hostile to inclusive: Strategies for improving the racial climate of academic libraries
Alabi, J. (2018). From Hostile to inclusive: Strategies for improving the racial climate of academic libraries. Library Trends, 67(1), 131-146. http://aurora.auburn.edu/handle/11200/49344
Getting Called Out: How to Apologize
Chescaleigh. (2013, September 06). Getting Called Out: How to Apologize. Retrieved December 18, 2020, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8xJXKYL8pU
A Guide to Respond to Microaggression
Nadal, K. (2014). A Guide to Respond to Microaggression. CUNY Forum, 2(1), 71-76. Retrieved from https://advancingjustice-la.org/sites/default/files/ELAMICRO%20A_Guide_to_Responding_to_Microaggressions.pdf
How does oppression (microaggressions) affect perpetrators? The cognitive, affective, behavioral, and spiritual costs of oppression
Sue, D.W. (2011). How does oppression (microaggressions) affect perpetrators? The cognitive, affective, behavioral, and spiritual costs of oppression. Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/microaggressions-in-everyday-life/201102/how-does-oppression-microaggressions-affect
Killing Me Softly: A Game about Microaggressions
From website: "A game demonstrating how it feels to suffer microaggressions and acculturative stress day after day. The goal of this game is to illustrate as clearly as possible the accumulation of microaggressions and acculturative stress upon the physical and mental body, so that it may be better understood by people who may not understand how these incidents play out."
Language, Power, and Oppression in the LIS Diversity Void
Collins, A.M. (2018). Language, Power, and Oppression in the LIS Diversity Void. Library Trends 67(1), 39-51. doi:10.1353/lib.2018.0024.
Levels and types of oppression: examples
Handout provided by the AORTA. From AORTA website: "AORTA is a worker-owned cooperative devoted to strengthening movements for social justice and a solidarity economy. We work as consultants and facilitators to expand the capacity of cooperative, collective, and community based projects through education, training, and planning. We base our work on an intersectional approach to liberation because we believe that true change requires uprooting all systems of oppression."
Locating the Library in Institutional Oppression
De jesus, N. (2014). Locating the Library in Institutional Oppression. In the Library with the Lead Pipe. Retrieved from http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2014/locating-the-library-in-institutional-oppression/
Making a New Table: Intersectional Librarianship
Ettarh, F. (2014, July 2). Making a New Table: Intersectional Librarianship. Retrieved August 05, 2020, from http://www.inthelibrarywiththeleadpipe.org/2014/making-a-new-table-intersectional-librarianship-3/
Micro-affirmations and micro-inequities
Rowe, M. (2008). Micro-affirmations and micro-inequities. Journal of the International Ombudsman Association, 1, 1–9.
Microaggressions: Intervening in three acts
Amie Thurber & Robin DiAngelo (2018) Microaggressions: Intervening
in three acts, Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 27:1, 17-27, DOI:
10.1080/15313204.2017.1417941

Microaggressions in Everyday Life by Derald Wing Sue
ISBN: 0470594152
Publication Date: 2010-02-09
Written by bestselling author Derald Wing Sue, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation is a first-of-its-kind guide on the subject of microaggressions. This book insightfully looks at the various kinds of microaggressions and their psychological effects on both perpetrators and their targets. Thought provoking and timely, Dr. Sue suggests realistic and optimistic guidance for combating--and ending--microaggressions in our society.

Moving Beyond Diversity to Social Justice: A Call to Action for Academic Librarie
Mathuews, K. (2016). Moving Beyond Diversity to Social Justice: A Call to Action for Academic Libraries. Progressive Librarian, 44: 6–27. Retrieved from http://www.progressivelibrariansguild.org/PL/PL44.pdf#page=8
Navigating multiple identities: The simultaneous influence of advantaged and disadvantaged identities on politicization and activism
Curtin, N., Kende, A., & Kende, J. (2016). Navigating multiple identities: The simultaneous influence of advantaged and disadvantaged identities on politicization and activism. Journal of Social Issues, 72, 264– 285. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12166

"No More Allies" in Black Girl Dangerous by Mia McKenzie
ISBN: 0988628635
Publication Date: 2014
(Print only) Mia McKenzie, creator of the enormously popular website Black Girl Dangerous, writes about race, queerness, class and gender in a concise, compelling voice filled at different times with humor, grief, rage, and joy. Her nuanced analysis of intersecting systems of oppression goes deep to reveal the complicated truths of a multiply-marginalized experience. McKenzie tackles the hardest questions of our time with clarity and courage, in language that is accessible to non-academics and academics alike. [Publisher description].
Selected chapters also available at: https://www.bgdblog.org/

On Microaggressions: Cumulative Harm and Individual Responsibility
Friedlaender, C. (2018). On Microaggressions: Cumulative Harm and Individual Responsibility. Hypatia, 33(1), 5–21. https://doi.org/10.1111/hypa.12390
Oppression and Privilege: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Goodman, J. (2015). Oppression and Privilege: Two Sides of the Same Coin. Journal of Intercultural Communication, 18, 1-15. Retrieved from http://www.dianegoodman.com/PrivilegeandOppression
Power, Privilege, and Oppression
Graduate School of Social Work - Duke University
This video was selected to explore how individual, interpersonal, institutional, and societal/cultural values perpetuate systemic racism and oppression.
Recasting an Inclusive Narrative: Exploring Intersectional Theory
Floegel, D. & Jackson, L. (2019). Recasting an Inclusive Narrative: Exploring Intersectional Theory. ACRL 2019 Proceedings, American Library Association, Cleveland, Ohio. Retrieved from http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/conferences/confsandpreconfs/2019/RecastinganInclusiveNarrative.pdf
Reflections and Future Directions for Privilege Studies
McIntosh, P. (2012). Reflections and Future Directions for Privilege Studies. Journal of Social Issues, 68(1), 194–206. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-4560.2011.01744.x
“This Actually Happened”: An Analysis of Librarians’ Responses to a Survey about Racial Microaggressions
Alabi, J. (2015). “This Actually Happened”: An Analysis of Librarians’ Responses to a Survey about Racial Microaggressions. Journal of Library Administration, 55(3), 179–191. https://doi.org/10.1080/01930826.2015.1034040
True Solidarity: Moving Past Privilege Guilt
Utt, J. (2014). True Solidarity: Moving Past Privilege Guilt. Everyday Feminism. Retrieved from https://everydayfeminism.com/2014/03/moving-past-privilege-guilt/
Understanding Oppression: Strategies in Addressing Power and Privilege, Part 3: Skills for agents
Nieto, L. and Boyer, M. (2007). Understanding Oppression: Strategies in Addressing Power and Privilege, Part 3: Skills for agents. Colors NW Magazine. Retrieved from https://beyondinclusion.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/ask_leticia_part_3.pdf
What's a nice, straight, white guy doing in an essay like this?!!! Privilege, oppression and the binary politics of positionality
Laker, J. A. (2016). What's a nice, straight, white guy doing in an essay like this?!!! Privilege, oppression and the binary politics of positionality. Social Alternatives, 35(3), 57–60.
White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack
McIntosh, P. (1990). White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack. Independent School, 49(2), 31. Retrieved from https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf
You're Gonna Screw Up by April Hathcock
Hathcock, A. (2013, April 13). You’re Gonna Screw Up [Web log post]. Retrieved from https://aprilhathcock.wordpress.com/2016/04/13/youre-gonna-screw-up/