Human Relations Commission

AGENDA FOR REGULAR MEETING

January 21, 2021

HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION:

Babs Gellman, Chair Tina Meier, Vice Chair Ed Bryant Jason Dunn Jessica Ross-Sutton Donalee Gastreich Dr. Suzanne Leake Dr. Wade Steinhoff Lt. Thomas Wilkison (Representing PD) Dan Borgmeyer, Mayor Tom Besselman, City Council Liaison Chuck Lovelace, Staff Liaison and Secretary/Treasurer

Commission Members:

ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 21 2021, AT 4:30P.M. THE CITY OF SAINT CHARLES HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION WILL HOLD ITS REGULAR MEETING VIA ZOOM. THE PUBLIC WILL BE PERMITTED TO ATTEND VIA ZOOM UTILIZING THE FOLLOWING LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89529769841?pwd=QlVTWkxCclBIV2dOUkFOdXQ4ZWNEdz09 OR, YOU CALL IN TO LISTEN VIA ZOOM CALL AT: 1 312 626 6799. Meeting ID: 895 2976 9841 and Password: 242985

I. Call To Order (5 min) II. Review and Approval of December 17, 2020 minutes (5 min) III. Comments from the Mayor (5 min) IV. Comments from Chair (5 min) V. Report from the City Liaison (5 min) VI. Old Business A. HRC Person of the Year-RECAP (5 min) B. Planning & Zoning Ordinance Changes Update (5 min) VII. New Business A. 2021 Plan (35 min total) a. Overview (5 min) b. Subcommittees (5 min) c. Commissioners’ Subcommittee Choice (10 min) d. 2021 Focus Topics Selection (10 min) e. Subcommittees’ Goal Setting (5 min) B. Committee Updates 1. City Education Committee (Tina, Ed and Jessica- 5 Min) 2. Social Media Committee (Babs, Chuck- 5 Min) C. Religious Holiday Recognition (5 min) VIII. Comments from Commissioners (5 min) IX. Next Meeting- Next general meeting will be held on Thursday, February 18, 2021 X. Adjournment

Upcoming General Meeting Schedule: February 18, March 18, April 15, May 20, 17, July 15, August 19, September 16, October 21, November 18, December 16

The City of St. Charles offers all interested citizens the opportunity to attend public meetings. If you wish to attend this public meeting and require an accommodation due to a disability, please contact the Office of the City Clerk to coordinate an accommodation at least two (2) business days in advance of the scheduled meeting at 636-949-3282 or 636-949-3289 (TTY – for the hearing impaired). The City of St. Charles, fully complies with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and related statutes and regulations in all programs and activities. For more information or to obtain a Title VI Complaint Form, please call the City Clerk’s Office at 636-949-3282 or visit City Hall located at 200 North Second Street, St. Charles, Missouri, 63301.

Agenda Posted 1/15/21 @ 1:00 p.m. By: CWL

HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION AGENDA PAGE 2 ST. CHARLES CITY HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION

SUBCOMMITTEES EDUCATION COMMITTEE SOCIAL MEDIA COMMITTEE PARTNERSHIP & COMMUNITY ADMINISTRATIVE OUTREACH COMMITTEE COMMITTEE

Purpose: Purpose: Purpose: Purpose: Identify ways to offer and deliver Deliver messaging focused on Develop partners, representing Create an infrastructure and education on Diversity, Equity & fulfilling HRC’s Purpose, and news various identities, whom the HRC processes to enable the HRC to run Inclusion to City residents, about HRC activities. can rely upon to provide input, efficiently and effectively. businesses, staff and City Council. messaging, and active support for

HRC’s work.

Members: Members: Members: Members: Babs Gellman Babs Gellman

Tina Meier Chuck Lovelace Tina Meier Ed Bryant Chuck Lovelace Jessica Ross-Sutton

2021 YEARLY FOCUS TOPICS PULLED FROM THE HRC SURVEY:

Homelessness Mental Health Fair Housing LGBTQ+ Public Health Disparity Between Race & Income Racial Equity

GOAL SETTING:

Specific Impactful Measurable Realistic Three for the Year Social Media & Marketing Subcommittee Report

January 12, 2021

To: HRC Commissioners From: Chuck Lovelace Babs Gellman

Facebook The graph later in this report (Appendix A) shows our FB likes increased 3% from Dec 1, 2020 to Jan 1, 2021. Our page likes at the end of that period were 244, with us having 254 followers. Later in the report (Appendix B) you will also find a listing of all posts for Dec 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2020, twenty-three in all. Commissioners have started providing content and thus far, no one has missed their opportunity to help broadcast the HRC cause. Thank you all! And thank you to those who provided more than one post for their week! The HRC working calendar has been updated to include some days of significance in the DEI world, so that you might have some ideas to feed your posts (copy provided with the Jan Meeting’s agenda). Use of those dates is entirely your choice. Chuck has added January’s HRC Meeting as an Event on FB and will continue adding our meetings each month. Tina, Chuck and I met with Beth Norviel, Communication Technology Director for St. Charles City, to get some input and information on our Page. Following is a summary of that conversation: 1. The best way to support the Posting approval process is as we are currently doing. All Commissioners are asked to continue to send suggested posts, via email, at least two- weeks prior to its publication, to Tina, Chuck and me. Please be sure to identify the specific date, or week, to be posted and we will get them posted on FB. 2. Beth supported the approach of making posts as the Page, as opposed to being done in a Commissioner’s name. It keeps the focus on the work and not the Commissioners. 3. Beth will work with Chuck on how to better draw people from the City FB Page over to the HRC FB Page. 4. In response to how we can boost engagement Beth suggested: a. Post consistently. b. Use videos and gifs/moving words. c. Get the Commissioners themselves to Share and Like the HRC posts.

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Website Tina, Chuck and I also spoke with Beth regarding our website. We provided this starter list of possible content we might include, some of which are already included: 1. Finalized Meeting Agendas. Minutes & Attachments 2. Overview of HRC for Public 3. HRC Commissioner List 4. HRC Contact Info 5. Ability to File Concern/Ask Question 6. MEI Public Info 7. Person of the Year Public Info 8. City Lights Public Info (for now) 9. Public Resources/Partner Sites/Education?? 10. Events 11. HRC Meeting Calendar 12. HRC History 13. HRC Accomplishments Beth provided a lot of detail regarding how we might approach the design and setup. Now that we have a better understanding of what is possible, the Social Media and Marketing Subcommittee will work with Beth to re-do the website. Lastly A big thank-you to Beth for spending her time and sharing her expertise. She was very supportive of the HRC and we look forward to working with her.

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APPENDIX A

Number of HRC FB Page Likes 300

250

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244 228 236 210 221 100 196 202 180 187 164 171 170 171

50

0 JAN-20 FEB-20 MAR-20 APR-20 MAY-20 JUN-20 JUL-20 AUG-20 SEP-20 OCT-20 NOV-20 DEC-20 JAN-21

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APPENDIX B HRC Posts Dec 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020

The following is a listing of all posts made on the HRC FB page during this time. It is in descending order.

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Page 5 December '20 February '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 January 2021 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 27 28 29 30 31 28 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 27 28 29 30 31 1 2

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FB - Chuck & Donalee World Braille Day (UN)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 FB - Ed and Jason National Human Trafficking Korean American Day HRC Meeting Agenda Awareness Day Finalized

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 FB - Jessica & SuzanneCITY COUNCIL MEETING HRC MEETING 4:30 Martin Luther King, Jr., Day P&Z Inclusive Ordinances Vote by CC HRC Award Presented at CC

24 25 26 27 28 29 30

FB- Tina & Wade International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (UN)

31 1 Notes FB - Babs (2) January '21 March '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 February 2021 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 31 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 31 1 2 3 4 5 6 National Freedom DayInternational Day of Human Give Kids a Smile Day Fraternity (UN)

World Interfaith Harmony Week February 1-7 (UN) 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 FB - Chuck & Donalee March City Newsletter Abraham Lincoln's Birthday International Day of Women Deadline and Girls in Science (UN) (International) HRC Meeting Agenda Finalized 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 HRC MEETING 4:30 World Day of Social Justice FB - Ed and Jason (UN)

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 FB - Jessica & Suzanne International Mother Language Day (UN)

28 1 2 3 4 5 6 FB- Tina & Wade

7 8 Notes February '21 April '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 2 3 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 March 2021 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 28 25 26 27 28 29 30 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 28 1 2 3 4 5 6

Zero Discrimination Day (UN)

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 FB - Chuck & Donalee International Women's Day HRC Meeting Agenda (UN) Finalized

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 FB - Ed and Jason HRC MEETING 4:30 International Day of Happiness (UN)

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 FB - Jessica & Suzanne International Day of World Down Syndrome Day Remembrance of the Victims (UN) of Slavery and the International Day for the Transatlantic Slave Trade (UN) Elimination of Racial Discrimination (UN) Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination 3/21-3/27 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 FB- Tina & Wade

4 5 Notes Irish-American Heritage Month National Women's History Month March '21 May '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 April 2021 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 31 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 28 29 30 31 1 2 3 World Autism Awareness Day (UN)

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 FB - Chuck & Donalee Day of Silence HRC Meeting Agenda Finalized

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 FB - Ed and Jason HRC MEETING 4:30 May City Newsletter Deadline

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 FB - Jessica & Suzanne

25 26 27 28 29 30 1 FB- Tina & Wade

2 3 Notes Scottish-American Heritage Month April '21 June '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 May 2021 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 25 26 27 28 29 30 27 28 29 30 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 25 26 27 28 29 30 1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 FB - Chuck & Donalee

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 FB - Ed and Jason HRC Meeting Agenda Finalized

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 FB - Jessica & Suzanne HRC MEETING 4:30 Day National Honor Our LGBT Elders Day

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 FB- Tina & Wade

30 31 Notes FB - Babs (2) Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month National Teen Self-Esteem Month Budget Process Starts Mid-Year May '21 July '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 1 2 3 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 June 2021 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 30 31 1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 FB - Chuck & Donalee HRC Meeting Agenda Finalized

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 FB - Ed and JasonWorld Elder Abuse Awareness HRC MEETING 4:30 July City Newsletter Deadline Day (UN)

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 FB - Jessica & Suzanne World Refugee Day (UN)

27 28 29 30 1 2 3 FB- Tina & Wade Day

4 5 Notes Black Lives Matter Month Pride Month June '21 August '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 July 2021 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 27 28 29 30 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 27 28 29 30 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 FB - Chuck & Donalee HRC Meeting Agenda Finalized

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 FB - Ed and Jason HRC MEETING 4:30

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 FB - Jessica & Suzanne Nelson Mandela International Day (UN)

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 FB- Tina & Wade World Day Against Trafficking in Persons (UN)

1 2 Notes City Lights (if we are involved) preparations begin late July. July '21 September '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 August 2021 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 26 27 28 29 30 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FB - Chuck & Donalee

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 FB - Ed and Jason Korean American Day International Youth Day (UN) International Day of the HRC Meeting Agenda World’s Indigenous Peoples Finalized (UN)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 FB - Jessica & Suzanne HRC MEETING 4:30 Sep City Newsletter Deadline World Humanitarian Day (UN)

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 FB- Tina & Wade Women's Equality Day

International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief (UN) 29 30 31 1 2 3 4 FB - Babs (2)

5 6 Notes August '21 October '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1 2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 September 2021 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 29 30 31 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 29 30 31 1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 FB - Chuck & Donalee World Suicide Prevention Day

HRC Meeting Agenda Finalized

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FB - Ed and Jason HRC MEETING 4:30 International Equal Pay Day (UN)

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 FB - Jessica & Suzanne International Day of Sign Languages (UN)

26 27 28 29 30 1 2 FB- Tina & Wade

3 4 Notes Person of the Year preparation begins early September. September '21 November '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 October 2021 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 26 27 28 29 30 28 29 30 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 International Day of Older HRC 13th ANNIVERSARY Persons (UN)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 FB - Chuck & Donalee National German-American Day

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 FB - Ed and Jason National Coming Out Day National Stop Bullying Day World Mental Health Day HRC Meeting Agenda Nov City Newsletter Deadline (UN) Finalized

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 FB - Jessica & Suzanne HRC MEETING 4:30 International Day for the Officer Nominations Eradication of Poverty (UN)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 FB- Tina & Wade National Immigrants Day

31 1 Notes FB- Babs (2) Italian-American Heritage Month Emotional Wellness Month German-American Heritage Month National Bullying Prevention Month Global Diversity Awareness Month October '21 December '21 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 1 2 3 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 November 2021 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 26 27 28 29 30 31 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 31 1 2 3 4 5 6

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 FB - Chuck & Donalee HRC Meeting Agenda Finalized

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 FB - Ed and Jason International Day for HRC MEETING 4:30 Transgender Day of World Diabetes Day (UN) Tolerance (UN) Officer Elections Remembrance World Children's Day (UN)

21 22 23 24 25 26 27 FB - Jessica & Suzanne National Day of Mourning Native American Heritage Day International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women (UN)

28 29 30 1 2 3 4 FB- Tina & Wade

5 6 Notes Native American Heritage Month Create 2022 Calendar November '21 January '22 S M T W T F S S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 1 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 December 2021 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 28 29 30 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 World AIDS Day (UN) CITY LIGHTS JUDGING International Day of Persons with Disabilities (UN)

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 FB - Chuck & Donalee Human Rights Day (UN) HRC Meeting Agenda Finalized

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 FB - Ed and Jason HRC MEETING 4:30 International Migrants Day 2022 Planning Session (UN)

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 FB - Jessica & Suzanne

26 27 28 29 30 31 1 FB- Tina & Wade

2 3 Notes Universal Human Rights Month CC Approves 2022 Budget HRC Updates January 21, 2021

Dan Borgmeyer - Mayor 

Babs Gellman - Chair  For anyone who was not present last meeting, just letting you know that everything in the Meeting invite that Chuck sends to the Commissioners, with the exception of non-approved Meeting Minutes, is also emailed to all City Council members and available to the public via the Meeting Agendas.  The HRC working calendar has been updated with:  DEI related dates of recognition, memorialization, remembrance and celebration (Thanks Tina for a good starter list).  When (if we choose) we need to get copy to media for publication in the City Newsletters.  General 2020 budget dates.  Dates for when the Agendas need to be finalized.  POY and City Lights (just in case) reminder dates. Because there is a lot on there, I color coded true action items (as opposed to informational). Copy of the calendar included with Meeting Packet  “Nothing about you, without you” is a phrase I frequently hear. I think it something I always want to remember as I sit on the HRC. While I might do my best to be an Ally, I can’t speak for people of different identities about how to best support them.

 The St. Charles City Purchasing Manager has advised that Section 130.210, Financial Interest in City Contracts – Sales to City and Purchases from City of Surplus Property, states: “No elected official, appointed official or employee shall sell or barter anything to the City, or to a contractor to be supplied to the City, or be financially interested, directly or indirectly, in the sale to the City of any land, materials, supplies, equipment or services. Nothing herein shall prohibit an employment contract between the City and an employee.” An HRC Commissioner would be considered an Appointed Official per the above definition and therefore would not be eligible to sell goods/services to the City.

Tina Meier – Vice Chair 

Chuck Lovelace – Secretary/Treasurer and Staff Liaison  2020 End of Year- December Budget Report $1351.20 -550.00 (City Lights Ornaments) -546.10 (HRC Book Purchases from Amazon) $255.10 Remaining Total 2021 Beginning of Year- January Budget Report Total $2,000.00 (Note: Total includes $1,000.00 for City Lights)

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 HRC Person of the year- Person of the Year Alex Reichert will be announced at the January 19, 2021 City Council Meeting  Number of HRC Open Positions: One (1)  Books and Media are now available to borrow for any Commissioner, City Council member, the Mayor and any City staff. They are available in my office and available for pick-up. Current list is attached.

Jason Dunn - Commissioner 

Ed Bryant - Commissioner 

Jessica Ross-Sutton - Commissioner 

Donalee Gastreich - Commissioner  Shirt Ideas- See Attached

Suzanne Leake - Commissioner 

Wade Steinhoff - Commissioner 

Thomas Wilkison (PD)- Commissioner 

Tom Besselman - Commissioner 

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CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IN THE HRC MEDIA LIBRARY:

 Safe Enough to Soar Accelerating Trust, Inclusion and Collaboration in the Workplace- By Frederick A Miller and Judith H Katz.  Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and The American Promise- By Eboo Patel  Inventing Latinos- A New Story of American Racism- By Laura E. Gomez  We Can’t Talk About That At Work: How To Talk about Race, Relicion, Politics and other Polarizing Topics- By Mary-Frances Winters  Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships Across Differences- By Tiffany Jana and Matthew Freeman  A Queer History of the - By Michael Bronski  Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave- By Frederick Douglas  Stamped From The Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America- By Ibram X Kendi  Stony The Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy and the Rise of Jim Crow- By Henry Louis Gates, Jr.  I Am Not Your Negro- (DVD) – By Magnolia Pictures  My Autobiography of Carson McCullers: A Memoir –By Jenn Shapland  The People Could Fly: American Black Folktales By Virginia Hamilton  Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice- By Maurianne Adams and Lee Anne Bell  Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice The Shapes What We See, Think and Do- By Jennifer L. Eberhardt, PHD  The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of Americas Great Migration- By Isabel Wilkerson  Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents – By Isabel Wilkerson  X + Y A Mathematicians Manifesto for Rethinking Gender –By Eugenia Cheng  An Indigenous Peoples History of the United States- By Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz  A Disability History of the United States- By Kim E. Nielsen  So You Want To Talk About Race? –By Ijeoma Oluo  The Educators Guide to LGBTQ+ Inclusion: A practical Resource for K-12 Teachers, Administrators and School Support Staff- By Kryss Shane  Racism Without Racists: Color Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality In America- By Eduardo Bonilla-Silva  Readings For Diversity and Social Justice- By Maurianne Adams and Warren J Blumenfeld  Racism Without Racists: Color Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America- By Eduardo Bonilla-Silva  The Color of Law: Forgotten History of How Government Segregated America- By Richard Rothstein