Anti-Racism

¡®Let's Talk about Diversity!¡¯ series of events

The series of events in 2020 drew attention to diversity and experiences of racism in one's own environment. Knowledge and personal experiences of diverse groups and individuals were shared with participants in talks, interviews, films and workshops, and participants reflected on their own behaviour.

Virtual film screening of ¡®I'm not your negro!¡¯

In November, ETH members were able to watch the award-winning film from 2016. Raoul Peck's film shows a collage of interviews from the 1960s and 70s with the American writer James Baldwin, the lives of various civil rights activists and more recent images of the unrest in Ferguson, USA.
The film streaming was followed on 25 November by a Q&A with Estefania Cueno, a diversity trainer who deals specifically with the topic of racism, including in the context of European universities.  

Webinar ¡®Racism, implicit bias and well-being¡¯

The webinar with diversity specialist Anton Blank on unconscious and conscious racism, well-being, unconscious bias (distorted perception), the Pygmalion or Rosenthal effect, stereotypes and microaggression took place on 1 December. 

Allyship is active engagement on behalf of an oppressed group. The term ally refers to people who use their privileges to support groups that are structurally oppressed. Allies do not themselves belong to this specific group and are therefore not (directly) affected by the specific oppression.

BIPoC is an acronym that stands for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The term PoC is the self-designation of people who experience racism. The term also aims to unite different groups affected by racism in order to pool anti-racist forces. However, not all people affected by racism identify as PoC.

It has been scientifically proven that the concept of ¡®race¡¯ does not make sense or exist from a biological perspective, but is a social construct that was invented around 1400 by people in Western Europe to describe people and place them in a social order. The category ¡®white¡¯ has always been associated with superiority. Although there is no biological basis for race, people are still racialised and categorised based on characteristics such as skin colour, facial features, religion, etc. Racism is the structural, institutional, interpersonal and internalised discrimination of racialised people.

White - like Black or Indigenous - refers to a variant of the social construct of race and is often associated with privilege and seen as the norm.

external page Fighting race-bias in algorithms - Joy Buolamwini

Tupoka Ogette (external page tupoka.o): Trainerin und Beraterin f¨¹r Rassismuskritik
Focus: Bildungsinhalt f¨¹r antirassistische Verb¨¹ndete

Josephine Apraku (external page josephine.apraku): Mitgru?nderin des @idb.berlin
Focus: Bildungsinhalt zu Antirassissmus

Vo da. (external page mirsindvoda): Kollektiv f¨¹r die Benennung von Diskriminierung & Rassismus in der Schweiz
Focus: Bildungsinhalt f¨¹r antirassistische Verb¨¹ndete; ?ffentlichkeitsarbeit

Verein Diversum (external page verein.diversum): Austausch von Menschen die Rassismuserfahrungen machen.
Focus: Bildungsinhalt f¨¹r antirassistische Verb¨¹ndete

Linke PoC (external page linkepoc): Migrantifa. Selbst-organisierter Antirassismus aus der Schweiz
Focus: Intersektionaler Bildungsinhalt bzgl. Rassismus & weitere Diskriminierungen

Decolonize Zurich (external page decolonizezurich): Aktionsgruppe, zum Nachdenken ¨¹ber die koloniale Schweiz und zum dekolonialen Handeln
Focus: Postkolonialismus in der Schweiz

Bewegte Texte (external page bewegte_texte): mobile anti-rassistische / intersektionale Bibliothek
Focus: Empfehlungen f¨¹r anti-rassistische Literatur

IseeRacism: 
Focus (external page iseeracism): Teilen von Rassismuserfahrungen

Chasnuemghoere (external page chasnuemghoere): Was Betroffene von Diskriminierung und Rassismus in der Schweiz im Alltag von ihren Mitmenschen zu h?ren bekommen
Focus: Teilen von Rassismuserfahrungen

redefineracism (redefineracism): 
Focus: Teilen von Rassismuserfahrungen

From Privilege to Progress (external page privtoprog)
Focus: Sharing of anti-racism content and education for allies

browngirlreader (external page browngirlreader)
Focus: Sharing of anti-racism content and social justice book recommendations

Askapoc (external page askapoc)
Focus: Space for white persons to ask questions to a community of Black and Indigenous, People of Color (BIPoC)

White Homework (external page whitehomework): For everybody asking, ¡°But what can I DO about racism?!¡±
Focus: Anti-racism education for allies

Catriceology (external page catriceology): Catrice M Jackson, International Racial Justice Educator & Author
Focus: Anti-racism education for allies

The Conscious Kid (external page theconsciouskid): Parenting and Education through a Critical Race Lens
Focus: Sharing of anti-racism content and diverse children book recommendations

Kaliandkalkli (external page kaliandkalki): Sangeetha Thanapal - Writer | Educator | Activist | Anti-Racism Expert
Focus: Anti-racism content and education on fatphobia

NO WHITE SAVIORS (external page nowhitesaviors): Education/advocacy/action
Focus: Anti-racism content from an African perspective

Marie Beecham (external page mariebeech): anti-racism educator
Focus: Anti-racism content and education

Collectif pour la m¨¦moire NE (external page coll.memoire.ne): collectif anti-raciste en Suisse romande
Focus: Education sur l¡¯histoire coloniale de la Suisse

Mrs Roots (external page mrsrootsbooks): Autrice, bloggeuse afrof¨¦ministe
Focus: Contenu anti-raciste et recommandation de livres jeunesses repr¨¦sentant la diversit¨¦

D¨¦colonisons Nous (external page decolonisonsnous): D¨¦construire l¡¯h¨¦ritage postcolonial de l¡¯inconscient collectictif et anti-racisme politique
Focus: Contenu anti-raciste avec focus sur les m¨¦dias fran?ais

Sans Blanc de Rien (external page sansblancderien): Compte du podcast belge du m¨ºme nom, projet de lutte contre le racisme, les pr¨¦jug¨¦s, et les st¨¦r¨¦otypes raciaux.
Focus: Sensibilisation sur l¡¯antiracisme et la blanchit¨¦

Change Tes H¨¦ros (external page change.tes.heros): La face cach¨¦ee de tes personnages historiques pr¨¦f¨¦r¨¦s
Focus: Sensibilisation sur des propos racistes, sexistes, antis¨¦mite et discriminant en autre forme de personnages historiques

Je Ne Suis Pas Raciste Mais (external page jenesuis_pasraciste_mais): T¨¦moignages de personnes subissant le racisme
Focus: Sensibilisation sur le racisme ordinaire

Kiffe ta race (external page kiffetarace): Compte du podcast fran?ais qui explore les questions raciales
Focus: Sensibilisation sur l¡¯antiracisme

In German:

? external page Schwesterplanet: 
? external page Rice and Shine: 
? external page Feuer und Brot: 
? external page Kanackische Welle: 
? external page Wort.Macht.Widerstand: 

In English:

? external page Vocal About It: 
? external page Combing the Roots with Ally Henny: 
? external page About Race: 
? external page No White Saviors: 
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In French:

? external page Kiffe ta race:
? external page ? L¡¯intersection: 
? external page Sans Blanc de Rien: 

In German:

? external page Berner Rassismus Stammtisch, Austauschplattform eines transdisziplin?ren Schweizer Kollektivs zur antirasssistischen Bildung
? external page Tupoka Ogette, Trainerin und Beraterin im Bereich Rassismuskritik, Antirassismus

In English:

? external page Ally Henny, Writer and Speaker of race and anti-racism
? external page Unlearning Racism (private group, access will only be provided after answering a couple of questions

In German:

? external page Alice Hasters, Anti-Rassismus Autorin
? external page Abu_Internet, Fokus auf Anti-Rassismus Inhalt
? external page Aminata Tour¨¦, Deutsche Abgeordnete bei den Gr¨¹nen, Fokus: Anti-Rassismus, Migration, Frauenrechte, LGBTQ+
? external page Belinda Grasnick, Journalistin schreibt ¨¹ber Migration und Rassismus
? external page Quarant?ne Quattromilf, Fokus auf Anti-Rassismus Inhalt: 
? external page Th? Minh Huy?n Nguy?n, Fokus auf Anti-Rassismus
? external page Th?y-Ti¨ºn Nguy?n, Anti-Rassismus Kursleiterin
? external page Asian German WoC, Fokus auf Anti-Rassismus
? external page Chicquie5, Fokus auf Anti-Rassismus
? external page Chanti, Fokus auf Anti-Rassismus
? external page Abu_Aristophano, Fokus auf Anti-Rassismus

In English:

? external page Reni Eddo-Lodge, anti-racism author
? external page The Justice Collective, consultancy for racial and social equity
? external page Brea Banks, researcher in microgaggressions
? external page Saeed Jones, author writes about race and gender
? external page Blue Haired Unicorn, consultant for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion in organizations
? external page Brittney Cooper, authoress writes about race and gender: 
? external page Equal Justice Initiative, works to end mass incarceration and racial inequality 

In French:

? external page Kiffe ta race, compte twitter du podcast
? external page Rokhaya Diallo, autrice, journaliste et r¨¦alisatrice engag¨¦e contre le racisme, le sexisme
? external page Grace Ly, ¨¦crivaine, r¨¦alisatrice engag¨¦e contre le racisme, le sexisme
? external page Collectif Asiatique Antiraciste, collectif contre le racisme syst¨¦mique et institutionnel
? external page Nassira El Moaddem, journaliste, aturice, pr¨¦sentatrice engage contre le racisme et la violence polici¨¨re
? external page Fatima Ouassak, autrice et activiste anti-raciste

Book

Empowerment as an educational task - practical knowledge for dealing with experiences of racism by Nkechi Madubuko
Focus: Adults who want to support children who have experienced racism.

Video

external page Wie spreche ich mit Kindern ¨¹ber Rassismus? (DE)
Focus: Parents who want to talk to children about racism

Blog post and podcast episode

external page Soll ich mit meinem Kind ¨¹ber Rassismus sprechen? (DE)
Focus: Parents who want to talk to children about racism

Readings

external page How to raise anti-racist kids
Focus: Collection of resources for anti-racist education 

Graphic

external page Graphic llustrating the age at which children understand the concepts of race and racism.

external page Lee and Low Books: America¡¯s largest children¡¯s book publisher specializing in diversity. Est. 199
Focus: Diverse children book recommendations

external page hereweread: Diversity & Inclusion Expert I help you find quality diverse books and educational products
Focus: Diverse children book recommendations

external page Books For Diversity
Focus: Diverse children book recommendations

external page We Need Diverse Books: We are a nonprofit organization created to address the lack of diverse narratives in children's lit.
Focus: Diverse children book recommendations