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Rich Benjamin does a Ted Talk about how he took a road trip around the country and found the whitest communities in America, and moved in. He discusses his experiences with racism while living in this community.

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Rich Benjamin: My road trip through the whitest towns in America

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As America becomes more and more multicultural, Rich Benjamin noticed a phenomenon: Some communities were actually getting less diverse. So he got out a map, found the whitest towns in the USA -- and moved in. In this funny, honest, human talk, he shares what he learned as a black man in Whitopia.

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This song talks about the movement for racial equality. It discusses some of the more recent Black Lives Matter movement triggers and has a very clear meaning.

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MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. JAMILA WOODS - WHITE PRIVILEGE II

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This Ted Talk is about how a black man grew up in America and how he was raced differently than a white boy. He speaks implicitly about the Black Lives Matter movement and breaks it down in a way that makes it easy to understand.

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Clint Smith: How to raise a black son in America

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As kids, we all get advice from parents and teachers that seems strange, even confusing. This was crystallized one night for a young Clint Smith, who was playing with water guns in a dark parking lot with his white friends. In a heartfelt piece, the poet paints the scene of his father's furious and fearful response.

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A book with symbolic meaning that gets you thinking about how our differences lead to discrimination. A story of 4 apes and how because of their socioeconomic status, they're each treated differently.

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The characters in this book suffer severe discrimination. This book is an example of how discrimination and inequality still exists today, for anyone who might think that those days are over.

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Why do you believe racial inequality still exists in this day in America?

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This is a story written as a letter about what it is like to be black in America in 2015. The focus of this book is how racial injustice is a social construct. The author brings up some of the recent violence in America involving young black males. This is a book that makes you step outside of your own bubble and see the racial injustice for what it is in America.

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This song is about everyone coming together as a human race, "brothers and sisters" for our freedom. Regardless of a persons socioeconomic status or race, we should be able to look past that and see a person for who they truly are.

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"You think the only people who are people

Are the people who look and think like you

But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger

You'll learn things you never knew you never knew"

This is a song from the Disney movie, Pocahontas that is not focused solely on 'racism' but the idea of the song is that all humans are equal. This song has such a powerful meaning about equality.

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Melody Hobson tells us about her experiences as a black woman and uses this to express that although race is an uncomfortable issue, it is something we should talk about. She makes the point that we have to talk about racial discrimination issues to overcome them.
"We cannot afford to be color blind, we have to be color brave."

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Mellody Hobson: Color blind or color brave?

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The subject of race can be very touchy. As finance executive Mellody Hobson says, it's a "conversational third rail." But, she says, that's exactly why we need to start talking about it. In this engaging, persuasive talk, Hobson makes the case that speaking openly about race - and particularly about diversity in hiring -- makes for better businesses and a better society.

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Novelist Chimamanda Adichie talks about her experiences with being from Nigeria and coming to school in the United States where she learns that because of her skin color, there are assumptions about her. She says that this is dangerous for us to only hear a single story about a person and could lead to a critical misunderstanding.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The danger of a single story

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Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.

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How do your own experiences influence your ideas about racial inequality as a social justice issue?