The best way to learn about other cultures is to experience them. Keep an open mind and visit these museums and go on these trip suggestions.
Museums
The best way to learn about other cultures is to experience them. Keep an open mind and visit these museums and go on these trip suggestions.
Replace an episode of reality TV with one of these videos and expand your views on diversity and inclusion.
The first step to becoming more inclusive is learning new perspectives about the culture around you. Take a look at Sharon Orlopp’s list of her favorite readings and open your mind.
The Swimming Pool Incident by Sharon Orlopp
I Never Do a Good Enough Job by Sharon Orlopp
Discussing Controversial Topics by Sharon Orlopp
Dining at the Religious Smorgasbord by Sharon Orlopp
Our Different Lenses by Sharon Orlopp
Why White Men Matter by Sharon Orlopp
We Are All Michael Brown and Darren Wilson by Sharon Orlopp
Sharon’s Favorites
Five Books Every Diversity Professional Should Read
Robust List of Diversity Books
7 Books that Teach Kids about Diversity
50 Best Culturally Diverse Children’s Books
Everyone Communicates, Few Connect by John Maxwell
Inclusion: The New Competitive Business Advantage by Shirley Engelmeier
Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words by Stephen Young
Moving Diversity Forward by Verna Myers
Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts: Communicating Respectfully in a Diverse World by Leslie Aguilar
Speak Up! Responding to Everyday Bigotry by Southern Poverty Law Center
What If? Short Stories to Spark Diversity Dialogue by Steve L. Robbins
What If I Say The Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People by Verna Myers
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? By Beverly Tatum
100 Lessons in Diversity: Learning About Yourself and Others by Stanley Bongwe
Becoming an Inclusive Leader by Shirley Engelmeier
Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights by Kenji Yoshino
Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority by Tim Wise
Discrimination by Default: How Racism Becomes Routine by Lu-In Wang
Giraffe and Elephant: A Diversity Fable by Roosevelt Thomas
Giving Voice to Values: How to Speak Your Mind When You Know What’s Right by Mary Gentile
Micromessaging: Why Great Leadership is Beyond Words by Stephen Young
Moving Diversity Forward: How to Go From Well-Meaning to Well-Doing by Verna Myers
Ouch! That Stereotype Hurts: Communicating Respectfully in a Diverse World by Leslie Aguilar
Speak Up! Responding to Everyday Bigotry by Southern Poverty Law Center
The Inclusion Paradox by Andres Tapia
The Price of Inequality: How Today’s Divided Society Endangers Our Future by Joseph Stiglitz
Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
What If? Short Stories to Spark Diversity Dialogue by Steve Robbins
What If I Say The Wrong Thing? 25 Habits for Culturally Effective People by Verna Myers
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
A Path Appears: Transforming Lives, Creating Opportunity by Nichlas Kristof & Sheryl WuDunn
How Remarkable Women Lead by Joanna Barsh & Susie Cranston
How to be Like Women of Influence by Pat and Ruth Williams
The Confidence Code by Katty Kay & Claire Shipman
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
The Woman Code: 20 Powerful Keys to Unlock Your Life by Sophia Nelson
Unfinished Business: Women, Men, Work, Family by Anne-Marie Slaughter
Why Women: The Leadership Imperative to Advancing Women and Engaging Men by Jeffery Tobias Halter
Women World Leaders by Laura Liswood
A Chance in The World by Steve Pemberton
Dare to Dream by Felicia Mabuza-Suttle
Dare to Take Charge by Judge Glenda Hatchett
Forgetting to be Afraid by Wendy Davis
Letters to My Daughters by Fawzia Koofi
My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem
Muzzled: The Assault on Honest Debate by Juan Williams
The Courage to Hope: How I Stood Up to the Politics of Fear by Shirley Sherrod
The Invitation by Clifton Taulbert
Quiet Influence: The Introvert’s Guide to Making a Difference by Jennifer Kahnweiler
Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking by Susan Cain
The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extravert World by Marti Olsen Laney
I Can See Clearly: A Different Look at Leadership by Steve Hanamura
Reading Lips by Diane and Philip Scharper
Are You Guys Brothers? by Brian McNaught
Gay Issues in the Workplace by Brian McNaught
God Believes in Love: Straight Talk About Gay Marriage by Gene Robinson
Making Gay History by Eric Marcus
Speak Now: Marriage Equality on Trial by Kenji Yoshino
The Book of Matt: Hidden Truths About the Murder of Matthew Shepard by Stephen Jimenez
What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality by Daniel Helminiak
Mankiller: A Chief and Her People by Wilma Mankiller
Written by or about Sharon Orlopp University of Arkansas
Diversity Best Practices: The Swimming Pool Incident
University of Denver alumna article
Diversity Central article/interview about diversity strategy
Diversity Woman article/interview
We are all Michael Brown and Darren Wilson published by Diversity Journal – also published by Diversity Best Practices
I Never do a Good Enough Job published by Network of Executive Women