Creative Equity Toolkit

What white people can do to move race conversations forward

Dr. Caprice Hollins explains why we often fail to have productive conversations about race, race relations, and racism in this country. Her talk sheds light on why People of Color and White people take different approaches to these conversations and what White people can do to move race conversations forward.

When is it OK for white people to ask about other people’s ethnicity?

In this advice column, writer Sisonke Msimang explores the complexities of white curiosity about race and ethnicity. With insights from Dr Kathomi Gatwiri, she explains that while curiosity itself isn’t wrong, repeated questions about someone’s background—especially based on appearance—can be exhausting and reductive. Instead of focusing on difference, Msimang encourages building genuine relationships and seeking points of connection before asking personal questions about heritage.

White Privilege | Q&A

The Q&A panel discusses the term "white privilege" and if it should stop being used?

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Influential article identifying ways racism benefits white people each day, with a checklist of 50 items, for example:

'I can be pretty sure that if I ask to talk to the "person in charge", I will be facing a person of my race'

'If a traffic cop pulls me over or if the IRS audits my tax return, I can be sure I haven't been singled out because of my race.'

'I can easily buy posters, post-cards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys and children's magazines featuring people of my race.'

Why Amy Cooper’s Use of ‘African-American’ Stung

Commentary on an incident in New York when white woman Amy Cooper called the police on African American Christian Cooper, claiming he was threatening her life, though her employer requires employees to take anti-bias training every year.

'there has been little rigorous evaluation of the training strategies deployed to combat it, and as a result we simply don’t know enough about what makes a difference. “It often has the feeling of being a one-and-done kind of thing: ‘We did it'."