Recognizing Systemic Racism in Dance
This is a list of patterns of systemic racism that show up in dance classes and rehearsals, as well as a list of resources to support changing those patterns.
Nicole Brewer is an actor, director, educator and trainer who believes unceasingly that our collective liberation is tied to one another and the way forward is together. Anti-Racist Theatre, or A.R.T., is defined as practices and policies that do not actively or passively oppress any group of people in any aspect of education or production of theatre. By focusing on racist systems and how they’re fused with current theatre pedagogy and/or policies A.R.T. teaches the contributions of people of color and other marginalized groups to the field of theatre through Conscientious Theatre Training, as well as, reveals the intersectionality of other oppressive practices such as ableism, paternalism, gender & sexual orientation discrimination, bias of indigenous peoples, and sexism with the goal of transforming organizational culture to fully inclusive, multi-cultural, and anti-racist.
What Will It Take For The Music Industry To Become Truly Anti-Racist?
Article by Aniefiok Ekpoudom in Vogue Magazine
This article covers action steps for the music industry, and includes a link to an open letter and list of demands by The Black Music Coalition, The Show Must Be Paused UK, and on behalf of Black executives from Warner Music Group, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, BMG, Live Nation UK, Spotify and MMF.
Created by museum professionals, Museums & Race: Transformation and Justice is a movement to challenge and re-imagine institutional policies and systems that perpetuate oppressions in museums. The website includes a reading list and the invitation to support them in the work of transforming industry norms.