Resources

Research has shown us the importance of creating a more diverse and inclusive workplace and in order to do this it is important that each person listens to and tries to empathize with the experiences of others from different backgrounds. There’s no better way of understanding the experience of marginalised groups than by learning about their culture and life experiences.

Below is a list of resources that can help both employees and company leaders who want to learn more and understand the cultural experiences of different groups. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it’s a good place to start.

• Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald.
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Diversify by June Sarpong
• Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X Kendi
• Messengers: Who We Listen To, Who We Don’t, and Why by Stephen Martin and Joseph Marks
• The Memo: What Women of Color Need to Know to Secure a Seat at the Table by Minda Harts
• Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch
• No Pity: People with Disabilities Forging a New Civil Rights Movement by Joseph P. Shapiro.
• Inclusify by Stefanie Johnson

• When They See Us, a Netflix miniseries from Ava DuVernay about the Central Park Five
• 13th, a Netflix documentary exposing racial inequality within the criminal justice system
• Selma, a film that chronicles the marches of the Civil Rights Movement
• Miss Representation, discusses how sexism in society contributes to the underrepresentation of women
• The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson, a documentary paying homage to Marsha P. Johnson’s contribution to the LGBTQ+ movement

• Rachel Cargle, a writer and lecturer who explores the intersection between race and womanhood
• Ibram X. Kendi, the author of How To Be An Antiracist and Director of the Anti-racism Centre
• Adwoa Aboah, activist, model and founder of Gurls Talk, a platform for feminism and mental health issues
• Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate and activist for female education
• Munroe Bergdorf, model and trans activist
• Bell Hooks, author, professor, feminist and social activist