End the Silence

The End the Silence initiative was formed by a small coalition of CSUN faculty members in response to a surge in public criticism around police brutality sparked by the brutal murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020. Students, staff, faculty, administrators and community members are welcome to join us in learning, dialoging, and acting up against structural and interpersonal racism.

End the Silence, an initiative sponsored by the Health Equity Research and Education (HERE) Center and the Department of Deaf Studies, offers monthly guided discussions, reading groups, and web-based resources for learning and acting up against racism. Please join us!

Reading groups are a good way to educate ourselves about our history, to understand how white privilege, wealth, and advantage have accumulated since the inception of the United States, and how to join a long-standing struggle against racism.

Books for Previous Discussions:

  • Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You听by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
  • Birth of a White Nation听by Jacqueline Battalora
  • White Fragility听by Robin DiAngelo
  • Podcast Discussed: On Being with Krista Tippett: Discussion with Resmaa Menakem and Robin DiAngelo

Future book considerations:

  • An Indigenous Peoples鈥� History of the US听by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
  • An African American and Latinx History of the US听by Paul Ortiz
  • White Logic, White Methods听by Tukufu Zuberi & Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
  • Red Pedagogy听by Sandy Grande
  • A Pedagogy for Liberation听by Ira Shor and Paulo Freire
  • Education at War听by Tracy Buenavista & Arshad Imtiaz Ali
  • Decolonizing Educational Research听by Leigh Patel
  • Trauma Stewardship听by Laura Van Dernoot Lipsky
  • White Rage听by Carol Anderson
  • How we Fight White Supremacy听by Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin
  • The White Racial Frame听by Joe R. Feagin
  • So you Want to Talk about Race?听by Ijueoma Oluo
  • Power to the Transfer听by Dimpal Jain, Santiago N. Bernal Melendez, and Alfred R. Herrera
  • The Racial Healing Handbook听by Anneliese A. Singh
  • What Does it Mean to Be White?听By Robin DiAngelo