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:[https://www.aeaweb.org/news/member-announcements-june-5-2020 Statement from the AEA Executive Committee (June 5, 2020)]
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:[https://www.neaecon.org/nea-anti-racism-statement/ Statement from the NEA (June 4, 2020)]
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==== Learn about the history of race and anti-Black racism in the U.S. through these works suggested by our colleagues and students. ====
 
==== Learn about the history of race and anti-Black racism in the U.S. through these works suggested by our colleagues and students. ====
  
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* Cook, Lisa D. [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10887-014-9102-z Violence and economic activity: evidence from African American patents, 1870–1940.] Journal of Economic Growth 19, no. 2 (2014): 221-257.
 
* Cook, Lisa D. [https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10887-014-9102-z Violence and economic activity: evidence from African American patents, 1870–1940.] Journal of Economic Growth 19, no. 2 (2014): 221-257.
  
* Gould, Elise, and Valerie Wilson. [https://www.epi.org/publication/black-workers-covid/ Black workers face two of the most lethal preexisting conditions for coronavirus—racism and economic inequality]. EPI Report. June 1, 2020.
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* Gould, Elise, and Valerie Wilson. [https://www.epi.org/publication/black-workers-covid/ Black workers face two of the most lethal preexisting conditions for coronavirus—racism and economic inequality]. EPI Report. June 2020.
  
 
* Hannah-Jones, Nikole, and Mary N. Elliott, eds. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html The 1619 Project]. New York Times, 2019.
 
* Hannah-Jones, Nikole, and Mary N. Elliott, eds. [https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html The 1619 Project]. New York Times, 2019.
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* <three popular press articles that spoke to a colleague personally: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/opinion/police-killings-black-mental-health.html, https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-black-professionals-unrest-lays-bare-a-balancing-act-at-work-11591202955, https://time.com/5848269/moms-equal-pay-day/ >
 
* <three popular press articles that spoke to a colleague personally: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/02/opinion/police-killings-black-mental-health.html, https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-black-professionals-unrest-lays-bare-a-balancing-act-at-work-11591202955, https://time.com/5848269/moms-equal-pay-day/ >
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* [https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/03/arts/george-floyd-video-racism.html The Videos That Rocked America. The Song That Knows Our Rage]
  
 
==== Podcasts ====
 
==== Podcasts ====
  
 
* [https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/ Scene on Radio: Seeing White]
 
* [https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/ Scene on Radio: Seeing White]
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* The Indicator: [https://www.npr.org/2020/06/01/867466515/racism-and-economics Racism and Economics], [https://www.npr.org/2020/06/05/871189460/unemployment-and-the-racial-divide Unemployment and the Racial Divide], and [https://www.npr.org/2020/06/11/875445743/story-of-a-paper Story Of A Paper]
  
 
==== Films ====
 
==== Films ====
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* '''Selma''', a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb
 
* '''Selma''', a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb
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* '''13th''', a 2016 documentary by director Ava DuVernay tracing the history of race, slavery, and incarceration in  the United States
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* [https://lettersforblacklives.com/about-the-letter-ed27ea67eb2e Letters for Black Lives], resources and a [https://lettersforblacklives.com/mom-dad-uncle-auntie-grandfather-grandmother-family-c7525176ed14 letter] translated into over 40 languages
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* [https://www.aaihs.org/resources/charlestonsyllabus/# #Charlestonsyllabus] from the African American Intellectual History Society
  
  
 
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==== Resources on race in the economics profession ====
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==== AEA resources on race in the economics profession ====
 
 
  
[https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/member-docs/final-climate-survey-results-sept-2019 AEA Professional Climate Survey: Final Report] (and summaries: [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/opinion/economics-black-women.html It was a Mistake for Me to Choose This Field], [https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=11280#page=16 (Professional) Climate Change])
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* [https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/member-docs/final-climate-survey-results-sept-2019 AEA Professional Climate Survey: Final Report] and summaries: [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/30/opinion/economics-black-women.html It was a Mistake for Me to Choose This Field], [https://www.aeaweb.org/content/file?id=11280#page=16 (Professional) Climate Change]
  
[https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/best-practices AEA Best Practices for Economists: Building a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Productive Profession]
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* [https://www.aeaweb.org/resources/best-practices AEA Best Practices for Economists]: Offers concrete, evidence-based steps to build a more diverse, inclusive, and productive profession
  
[https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/code-of-conduct AEA Code of Conduct] and [https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/aea-policy-harassment-discrimination Policy on Harassment and Discrimination]
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* [https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/code-of-conduct AEA Code of Conduct] and [https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/aea-policy-harassment-discrimination Policy on Harassment and Discrimination]
  
[https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/aea-ombudsperson AEA Ombudsperson]
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* [https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/aea-ombudsperson AEA Ombudsperson]
  
[https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/csmgep CSMGEP]
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* [https://www.aeaweb.org/about-aea/committees/csmgep CSMGEP]
  
[https://www.aeaweb.org/news/member-announcements-june-5-2020 Statement from the AEA Executive Committee (June 5, 2020)]
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==== Journal articles on racial disparities ====
  
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These links present lists of the articles on race and racial disparities, which have been published in top economics journals over the last ten years or so. The editors of these journals volunteered to take inventories of their journals' publications on race in June 2020. (Each editor used slightly different criteria in developing their list of relevant papers.)
  
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*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/16HXw7aQSBVFcMx4sLibJRp5r6JfPC6tu/view?usp=sharing American Economic Journal:Applied]
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*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/11HcCnDhq3hM8pt2PXfAD3qRbzdd_WQZm/view?usp=sharing American Economic Journal: Economic Policy]
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*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTg5D4OvSGLJ0RTMtcvAL_yenEcXQwAU/view?usp=sharing American Economic Review]
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*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y_99MOrEMmUPJZL4BEpNVpmTjYqrTKC7/view?usp=sharing Journal of Economic Perspectives]
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*[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E1eVXDU8yPkDZG5bZARll8C0h-DnuroB/view?usp=sharing The Review of Economics and Statistics]
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==== Other resources ====
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https://twitter.com/ToddMichney/status/1407696728678191108
 
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https://www.minneapolisfed.org/~/media/assets/people/william-spriggs/spriggs-letter_0609_b.pdf
[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eN0v1SHSiskTFW1dn9-S7rp2DcO7-cn7Ol5AWQkLLBY/preview?pru=AAABcpr3mGI*r1T0Re4Llau9O04txqtY4Q Letters for Black Lives] A collaborative to translate an updated 2020 version of a 2016 letter into multiple languages. Currently there are [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/10A8-UUx776Y2sh0x7qBI6X53zRg-X7f1Evh8k1gdwvs/edit#gid=206017557 over 40 translations] in progress.
 

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Statement from the AEA Executive Committee (June 5, 2020)
Statement from the NEA (June 4, 2020)

Learn about the history of race and anti-Black racism in the U.S. through these works suggested by our colleagues and students.

Books

Articles and Reports

  • Hannah-Jones, Nikole, and Mary N. Elliott, eds. The 1619 Project. New York Times, 2019.

Podcasts

Films

  • I Am Not Your Negro, a 2016 documentary film directed by Raoul Peck and based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript Remember This House
  • Just Mercy, a 2019 American legal drama film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton, based on the memoir and work by Bryan Stevenson
  • Selma, a 2014 historical drama film directed by Ava DuVernay and written by Paul Webb
  • 13th, a 2016 documentary by director Ava DuVernay tracing the history of race, slavery, and incarceration in the United States

Other



AEA resources on race in the economics profession

Journal articles on racial disparities

These links present lists of the articles on race and racial disparities, which have been published in top economics journals over the last ten years or so. The editors of these journals volunteered to take inventories of their journals' publications on race in June 2020. (Each editor used slightly different criteria in developing their list of relevant papers.)



https://twitter.com/ToddMichney/status/1407696728678191108 https://www.minneapolisfed.org/~/media/assets/people/william-spriggs/spriggs-letter_0609_b.pdf