"I think it’s important to diversify our learning and be aware of social injustices all around the world."
"It shows that inclusivity can be done in a non-verbal way and including a bookshelf in a place that is seen by students daily, it may interest a lot more to read or look into the topics on display which overall increases awareness of those topics."
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The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy defines implicit bias as a way in which "people can act on the basis of prejudice and stereotypes without intending to do so" (2015).
Their website includes information about implicit biases and the history behind them.
Harvard hosts Project Implicit, which is a resource for testing your implicit biases.
In Spring 2022, the U of A Libraries’ launched this anti-racist social justice bookshelf and an additional bookshelf dedicated to the U of A Press. It is located on the 2nd floor of the main library in the northwest corner near the Bear Down building.
This is a working bookshelf that users can browse in-person at the library and all titles are available for check out. Books on the shelf feature many different identities, histories, and genres ranging from autobiographies to comic books. In addition, we have many digital titles available. You can find the entire list of titles in our Recommended Collection.
This bookshelf is meant to include many types of stories, histories, and identities. It is a positive reinforcement not only for the University Libraries but for the entire University of Arizona campus culture.
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the women that a movement forgot by Mikki Kendall
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall is an essential read for absolutely everyone. Kendall breaks down the various ways that mainstream, white feminism has ignored women of color and the unique issues they face. Kendall centers the idea that the ability to have our most basic needs met is a feminist issue, and discusses the ways that food security, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, living wages, and access to quality health care are all integral but often ignored parts of the feminist movement. This book transformed the way I understand and interact with feminism, and with the world in general. If you want to be an intersectional feminist, start here!
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The fights against hunger, homelessness, poverty, health disparities, poor schools, homophobia, transphobia, and domestic violence are feminist fights. Kendall offers a feminism rooted in the livelihood of everyday women." --Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist, in The Atlantic "One of the most important books of the current moment."--Time "A rousing call to action... It should be required reading for everyone."--Gabrielle Union, author of We're Going to Need More Wine A potent and electrifying critique of today's feminist movement announcing a fresh new voice in black feminism Today's feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food insecurity, access to quality education, safe neighborhoods, a living wage, and medical care are all feminist issues. All too often, however, the focus is not on basic survival for the many, but on increasing privilege for the few. That feminists refuse to prioritize these issues has only exacerbated the age-old problem of both internecine discord and women who rebuff at carrying the title. Moreover, prominent white feminists broadly suffer from their own myopia with regard to how things like race, class, sexual orientation, and ability intersect with gender. How can we stand in solidarity as a movement, Kendall asks, when there is the distinct likelihood that some women are oppressing others? In her searing collection of essays, Mikki Kendall takes aim at the legitimacy of the modern feminist movement, arguing that it has chronically failed to address the needs of all but a few women. Drawing on her own experiences with hunger, violence, and hypersexualization, along with incisive commentary on reproductive rights, politics, pop culture, the stigma of mental health, and more, Hood Feminism delivers an irrefutable indictment of a movement in flux. An unforgettable debut, Kendall has written a ferocious clarion call to all would-be feminists to live out the true mandate of the movement in thought and in deed.
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