Creative Equity Toolkit

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.'

White Supremacy Culture in Organizations

An article summarising and introducing a guide that names the often-unstated yet harmful behaviours, particularly to people of colour, in organisational cultures. Developed in North America, the guide features definitions and checklists for addressing white supremacy culture in your organisation.

White Women doing White Supremacy in Nonprofit Culture

An honest and generous article that unpacks how white supremacy culture can show up in organisations, homes, and thoughts, with a particular focus on tools for white women to combat unconscious bias in their behaviour in the American not-for-profit sector.