Anti-racism Design Resources

This list is intended to compile resources to help design communities deepen our anti-racist work within our discipline.

Read, Watch, listen & learn

These resources can help you build understanding, identify bias, and fight racism in design.

Read articles

Black-centered design is the future of business - Woodrow Winchester III

Maintaining professionalism in the age of Black death is…A lot - Shenequa Golding

How to think differently about doing good as a creative person - Omayeli Arenyeka

Being antiracist - National Museum of African American History and Culture

Time to listen, and level up - David Bauer

The push to redefine “good design” amid the Black Lives Matter movement - Anne Quito

How to handle difficult conversations at work - Rebecca Knight

Read books

Algorithms of Oppression by Safiya U. Noble

Anti-racist Ally by Sophie Williams

Cross Cultural Design by Senongo Akpem

Extra Bold by Ellen Lupton, Farah Kafei, Jennifer Tobias, Josh Halsted, Kaleena Sales, Lesle Xia, & Valentina Vergara

Inclusive Design for a Digital World by Regine Gilbert

Own your Greatness by Lisa Orbé-Austin & Richard Orbé-Austin

Race After Technology by Ruha Benjamin

Reading lists

15 Books by Black Scholars the Tech Industry Needs to Read Now

Book thread on AI/programmed bias

Anti-racist reading list for designers

Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need

We need to be actively anti-racist

Watch

Coded Bias - Shalini Kantayya

Data & Society - Mutale Nkonde

Living While Black - Baratunde Thurston

Where Are The Black Designers? - Maurice Cherry

Product Inclusion – Rashida Amsaghrou

Listen

Revision Path

Co-Conspired Conversation

Techish podcast

Sasha Costanza-Chock on Design Justice

Arneice Hart by Revision Path

The Stoop podcast

Learn virtually

Creative Reaction Lab

Useful School - Practical design classes for people of color

Intro to equity-centered community design by Creative Reaction Lab (multiple sessions thru June 2022)

Where are the black designers? (Recorded sessions)

Featured videos from the IxDA Global archives

That Which Is Not Said: Healing from Unspoken Workplace Hardships - Vivianne Castillo

Activism in Design: Democratizing The Design Process By Integrating Elements of Social Movements - Danielle Chen

Reimagining services and systems: Working to dismantle systems of oppression - Shree Lakshmi (SL) Rao & Kahran LaTourette

design-focused organizations dedicated to doing the work

These organizations are designed-focused and provide frameworks, principles, training, workshops, and more.

Creative Reaction Lab (founded by Antoinette Carroll)

CRX is building a movement of Redesigners for Justice. Offers virtual training, workshops, and individual training in design & culture.

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Where are the Black designers? (WATBD)

WATBD is a volunteer-run, nonprofit design advocacy organization with a focus to heal, support, amplify, and make space for the entire spectrum of Black creativity while also decolonizing design through education and wellness resources, events, partnerships, and collaborations.

Design Justice Network

The Design Justice Network challenges the ways that design and designers can harm those who are marginalized by systems of power. Offers principles and events.

Future for Us

Future for Us is a platform dedicated to advancing womxn of color at work through community, culture, and career development. Offers digital programming and networking events.