Creative Equity Toolkit

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The Black Woman’s Guide to Philanthropy

An online guide designed to celebrate “Black women’s philanthropy,” and support the collective giving of Black women. Contextualises the American philanthropic context, offers definitions, shares tips for giving and other resources, outlines relevant issues and impact, and highlights inspirational leaders.

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  • 20 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: USA

  • Author: Jocelyn Harmon and Angela Dern, BlackHer

Report

The Blueprint for Muslim Inclusion: Recommendations for Film Industry Professionals

A broad set of recommendations for film industry professionals. Includes sector-based guidance, solutions, examples of production companies and studios; agencies; festivals; film and drama schools.

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  • 32 minute
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  • Published: 2021
    Country: USA

  • Author: The Pillars Fund, Riz Ahmed, USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative

Article

Screen shot from the Atlantic showing a black and white photograph of a damaged church

The Case for Reparations

Ground-breaking article from the US in which Coates argues for reparations to be paid to the African American community for legalised discrimination and the systemic extraction of wealth from them, which he argues continued beyond the emancipation of slaves in 1865. He uses the example of housing policy to demonstrate the ways in which African Americans were denied access to wealth and resources.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2014
    Country: USA

  • Author: Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic

Research

The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture

A highly influential idea in the US, this outlines the characteristics described in Dismantling Racism: A Workbook for Social Change Groups, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun, ChangeWork, 2001, which can be adopted by organisations, and act as invisible defaults. 'Antidotes' are also presented. The characteristics are:
Perfectionism
Sense of Urgency
Defensiveness
Quantity over Quality
Worship of the Written Word
Paternalism
Either/Or Thinking
Power Hoarding
Fear of Open Conflict
Individualism

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  • 13 minute
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  • Published: 2001
    Country: USA

  • Author: Showing Up for Racial Justice

Article

The costs of code switching

Code-switching is a conscious or unconscious adjusting of one’s style of speech, appearance or behavior in ways that will optimize the comfort of others in the hope of fair treatment and employment opportunities. But how does it affect an employee's wellbeing?

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  • 19 minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: USA

  • Author: Courtney L. McCluney, Kathrina Robotham, Serenity Lee, Richard Smith, Myles Durkee

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The diversity and inclusion code

The Diversity and Inclusion Code is a code of conduct created by the Dutch cultural and creative sector. The code is an instrument of self-regulation that offers both a general framework and concrete guidelines which will allow cultural diversity to be firmly embedded within your organisation from a governance perspective.

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  • 15 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Netherlands

  • Author: Joan Tol, Cultural Diversity Code Steering Group