Racism
"Race is a socially constructed way of judging, categorizing and creating difference among people. Despite the fact that there are no biological “races,” the social construction of race is a powerful force with real consequences for individuals.
Racism operates at several levels, including individual, systemic or institutional and societal. Racial discrimination can be impacted by related Code grounds such as colour, ethnic origin, place of origin, ancestry and creed. In addition, race can overlap or intersect with other grounds such as sex, disability, sexual orientation, age and family status to create unique or compounded experiences of discrimination.
Racial discrimination can occur through stereotyping and overt prejudice or in more subconscious, subtle and subversive ways. Racial discrimination also occurs in significant measure on a systemic or institutional level. Policies, practices, decision-making processes and organizational culture can create or perpetuate a position of relative disadvantage for racialized persons."
- Ontario Human Rights Commission. (n.d.). Part 1 – setting the context: Understanding race, racism and racial discrimination. Policy and Guidelines on Racism and Racial Discrimination. https://www.ohrc.on.ca/en/policy-and-guidelines-racism-and-racial-discrimination
General Education Resources
- Black Lives Matter Resources (for adults to kids: K - Post secondary)
- Building a Stronger and More Inclusive Ontario: Ontario’s Anti-Racism Strategic Plan, released in August, 2023.
- Canadian Association for Neuroscience https://can-acn.org/equity-diversity-and-inclusivity-in-neuroscience/anti-racism-resources/
- Cole, D. (2023, January 11). The skin I’m in: I’ve been interrogated by police more than 50 times-all because I’m black. Toronto Life. https://torontolife.com/life/skin-im-ive-interrogated-police-50-times-im-black/
- Cole, D. (2020). The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power.
- Creating an anti-racist classroom
- Eizadirad, A., Abawi, Z., & Campbell. A. (2023). Enacting anti-racism and activist pedagogies in teacher education: Canadian perspectives. Canadian Scholars Press.
- Experiences Canada https://experiencescanada.ca/anti-racism-conversations/anti-racism-resources/
- Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be anti-racist.
- Learning for Justice - https://www.learningforjustice.org/
- Mikal Amin Lee (2020) Hip-Hop practice as pedagogy, Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 42:5, 409-426, DOI: 10.1080/10714413.2021.1874849
- Public Service Alliance of Canada - https://psacunion.ca/anti-racism-resources
- Professional Advisory on Anti-Black Racism, video below
- Racial Equity Tools - https://www.racialequitytools.org/
- Racism Scale - https://stuartcenter.org/resource/racism-scale
- Safe at School – Equity and Inclusion Resources https://www.safeatschool.ca/resources/resources-on-equity-and-inclusion
- Safe at School – Racism, Sexism & Homophobia https://www.safeatschool.ca/plm/equity-and-inclusion/racism-sexism-homophobia-social-problems
- Teaching for Black Lives https://www.teachingforblacklives.org/
- White Accomplices - Resources for Racial Justice https://www.whiteaccomplices.org/
Stimuli for Learning
- Something Happened in Our Town: https://watchkin.com/fb834f3b9b; Possible Response: Something Happened in our Town
- The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evOokjgNPQc, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzkTBplxz_E
- The Day You Begin by Jaqueline Woodson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM3DesXftrQ
- Youtube channel: Sankofa Read Aloud PJI https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLBquMIehDL8Mv0ttSv6lzQ
- Anti-Racism for Kids 101 PJI
- Your Kids aren’t Too Young to Talk about Race: PJI
- Hair Love PJI
- Smoky Night by Eve Bunting: Refers back to 1992
Performing Arts Resources
- Authenticity in casting: From ‘colorblind’ to ‘color conscious,’ new rules are anything but black and white - Jessica Gelt
- Chen, & Kacerek, C. R. (2022). Leaders and Followers during Sociodramatic Play: A Study of Racial/Ethnic Minority Preschool Children from Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Backgrounds. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 36(3), 517–540. https://doi.org/10.1080/02568543.2021.1960939
- CODE’s Addressing Anti-Black Racism Panel & teacher’s resource (PDF)
- Ethnic and Cultural Diversities video series - Brock University
- Fatkin, G. Y. K. (1988). Anti-racism themes in theatre for young audiences: Teaching tolerance through drama (thesis). https://summit.sfu.ca/item/5172
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HowlRound Theatre Collective
- Anti-Racist Theatre resources: https://howlround.com/tags/anti-racist-theatre
- Black Feminist Theatre – Podcast https://howlround.com/when-and-where-we-enter-black-feminist-theatre
- Black Theatre resources: https://howlround.com/tags/black-theatre
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion resources: https://howlround.com/tags/diversity-equity-and-inclusion
- Double-Consciousness as a Black Theatre Practitioner (Performing Blackness) – Essay https://howlround.com/seeing-double-double-consciousness-black-theatre-practitioner
- NFB/ONF - Anti-Racism Films - https://www.nfb.ca/playlist/anti-racism-films/
- Rojas, N. (2022, April 13). Harvard class examines representation in theater. Harvard Gazette. https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2022/04/harvard-class-examines-representation-in-theater/
CODE Resources
- African and Hip-Hop – Grade 7 Dance
- ALL Dance Course Profiles: Cultural Dance – Secondary
- In or Out – Junior Dance/Drama – Public
- World on Fire – Intermediate Dance – Public
- Star-Cursed: Exploring Otherness in Shakespeare's Othello, Workshop Notes Code-Upon Avon 2019 – J/I/S Drama – Public
- Clowning for Change – Grade 9 Drama – Members Only
- The Outsider: A Drama Structure Based on the Play Schoolhouse by Leanna Brodie – Senior Drama – Member Only
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