• Watch: Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice by Megan Ming Francis (19:37 min)
  • Watch What’s Wrong With Saying All Lives Matter? (2:40 min)
  • Watch 5 Tips for Being an Ally by Franchesca Ramsey (3:44 min) *Content Warning: This video contains brief yet graphic footage of the murder of George Floyd

• What does it mean to be an anti-racist? How is this different from being “not racist?”
  • Is it possible to be anti-racist in one moment and racist in the next? Explain the importance of recognizing this concept.
  • Evaluate Megan Ming Francis’ statement that “education is a stepping-stone” to activism. List at least one way you will commit to using the information in this lesson to actively support the anti-racism movement.
  • How would you respond to someone who says that it’s “not your place” to educate other white people on issues of race and racism?
  • Why is “Black Lives Matter” such an important statement? Why do you think this statement is so controversial?
  • What is wrong with saying “All lives matter?”

• Watch Why Does Privilege Make People So Angry? by Franchesca Ramsey (4:51min)
  • Watch How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (1:50 min)

• Watch Racism Is Real—Systematic Racism Explained by “Brave New Films” (3:04)
  • Watch Ending White Supremacy Requires White People to Realize Black Liberation Isn’t a ‘Zero Sum Game’ by “The Root” (3:12)
  • Watch Amy Cooper and the Power of White Supremacy by Baratunde Thurston (4:01 min)

• What privileges do you benefit from? Why is it so important to acknowledge these privileges?
  • What is white fragility? How does this mentality protect the racial hierarchy in America?
  • Your friend takes you aside and informs you that something you said was racist. Keeping in mind the concept of white fragility, what are some constructive ways you could respond to this feedback?
  • What is white supremacy? What are some of the ways we experience white supremacy in our everyday lives?

Watch Before You Call the Cops by Tyler Merritt (3:06 min)

• Watch “We all have implicit biases. So what can we do about them?” by Dushaw Hockett (12 min)
  • Watch the video “Starbucks and Racial Bias” (7:40 min)
  • Watch An everyday dimension of racism: Why we need to understand microaggressions by Keele University (6:35 min)

• What are implicit biases? How do they differ from explicit biases?
  • Your friend tells you that they are “not racist” because they would never intentionally treat somebody differently because of their race. Knowing about the concept of implicit bias, how might you respond to that?
  • What are some examples of explicit and implicit biases described in “Starbucks and Racial Bias?”
  • What are microaggressions? How are they a form of racism?
  • What effect do microaggressions have on BIPOC as they navigate their everyday lives?
  • In some instances, microaggressions can be more difficult to directly address than instances of overt racism. Why is this? What are some specific strategies you can employ if someone you know commits a microaggression?

• Watch If Microaggressions Happened to White People by Franchesca Ramsey (2:40 min)
  • Read Examples of Verbal and Nonverbal Microaggressions from the City of Cambridge (Chart, ~4 min)

• Watch Kimberlé Crenshaw: What is Intersectionality? (1:54 min.)
  • Read The Indispensable Work of Understanding Intersectionality by Anna Rascouët-Paz (3 min.)

• How do you identify? Racially? Gender? Sexuality? Other?
  • In what ways might your identities intersect?
  • What moments in your life when experiencing discrimination did intersectionality come into play?

• Watch What is Intersectionality and Why is it Important? by ADP (3:52 min.)
  • Watch The urgency of intersectionality by Kimberlé Crenshaw (18:49 min.)

• Read BYSTANDER ACTION by RacismNoWay (Article, 1:20 min)
  • Read ‘Ism’ Interrupters: 3 Easy Phrases for Newbie Anti-Racists & Allies by Ashley Cleland, M.Ed. (Article, 3 min)

• What is a bystander? What does bystander action look like?
  • Why is it so important to intervene when racist incidents occur?
  • What are some common obstacles to bystander action? How can we overcome these obstacles in order to act?
  • How would you engage the 4 D’s of Bystander Intervention in a social situation, such as a coworker telling a racist joke? How would you use this same strategy in a more high-stakes situation, such as witnessing racial harassment?
  • What is one “ism interrupter” that you can make your go-to response for shutting down racist comments?

• Read THE FOUR D’s of BYSTANDER INTERVENTION by American Friends Service Committee (4 min)
  • Read Stand Up: A Guide to Bystander Intervention by Harvard Civil Rights- Civil Liberties Law Review (4:30 min)
  • Read How to Be an Active Bystander When You See Casual Racism By Ruth Terry (Article, 9:30 min)

• Read Jews of Color and the Policing of White Space by Rebecca Peirce (8:18 min.)
  • Read What Not to Say to Jews of Color — and What to Say Instead by Allison Barnes (6:50 min)
  • Read Despite 10 years of promises, Jewish leaders have failed to make space for Jews of color by Ilana Kaufman (5:25 min)

• Describe any deep relationships you have with Jews of Color. If you do not have any, why?
  • When you meet a Jew of Color, what are your assumptions about them and their proximity to Judaism? Interracial marriage? Conversion?
  • Do you hold multiple identities? How has holding multiple identities affected you?

• Read Racism in the Jewish Community by Rabbi Sandra Lawson and Donna Cephas (4 min.)
• Read Moving Forward by Looking Within by Nate Looney (3:30 min.)