In our recent community conversation we looked at recent examples of how design has subtly (and sometimes not-so-subtly) perpetuated stereotypes, prejudices, and racism. Design is all around us and we all participate in the system as either creators or consumers, by learning how to think more critically about design, we can challenge societal norms in our own work. 

Below is a list of resources, sources, and references we used in our presentation:

Universal Declaration of Human Rights

• History behind the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• Illustrated version of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 

H&M Controversy and “Monkey Racism” History 

• H&M faced backlash over its ‘monkey’ sweatshirt ad. It isn’t the company’s only controversy  | The Washington Post
• Discrimination against blacks linked to dehumanization, study finds | Stanford News
• Comparing black people to monkeys has a long, dark simian history  | The Conversation
• Now that Danny Baker’s been fired by the BBC, a brief history of ‘monkey racism’ | gal-dem.com

Kodak

• How Kodak’s Shirley Cards Set Photography’s Skin-Tone Standard | NPR
• How 20th Century Camera Film Captured a Snapshot of American Bias | TIME
• A brief history of color photography reveals an obvious but unsettling reality about human bias. | UpWorthy
• Color film was built for white people. Here’s what it did to dark skin. | Vox/YouTube

Cheerios

• Original Commercial
• Vitriol Online for Cheerios Ad With Interracial Family | The New York Times
• An American Family Returns to the Table | The New York Times

Barbie

• Barbie: Campaign 2020 Doll Set
• Barbie is evolving to reflect today’s diverse world | The Lily

Racist Figures

• Viral Video about Aunt Jemima
• Quaker Oats to Retire Aunt Jemima After Acknowledging Brand’s Origins as ‘Racial Stereotype’ | Smithsonian Magazine 
• R.T. Davis Exhibit | Chicagology
• ‘Eskimo Pie’ Owner Calls Brand ‘Derogatory,’ Vows to Change Name | Rolling Stone
• Inuit or Eskimo? Which Name to Use | Alaska Native Language Center
• Indo-American Teens End Racist Logo of “Mahatma Rice” from Houston’s Riviana Foods | Indo-American News
• Atlanta siblings instrumental in pushing Mahatma brand rice to drop logo depicting negative stereotype | 11Alive
• Original Chiquita Banana Commercial
• The Red on Yellow — Chiquita’s Banana Colonialism in Latin America | David B Lauterwasser, Medium
• From ‘NEVER’ to Name Change, How Dan Snyder Lost Redskins Battle | Newsweek

Maps

• The True Size of Africa | Kai Krause
• Are your maps racially biased? | The Concordian
• Why Map Historians Are Annoyed With Boston Public Schools | Atlas Obscura
• The Problem With Our Maps | Visual Capitalist

Diversity, Design, and Bias

• More Evidence That Company Diversity Leads To Better Profits | Forbes
• equityXdesign | Medium 
• Racism Untaught
• A brief history of how racism manifests itself in design and how we can learn from it. | UX Planet
• W.E.B. Du Bois’ Visionary Infographics Come Together for the First Time in Full Color | Smithsonian Magazine
• The designer who illustrated racism, inequality, and black life in America, 120 years ago | Fast Company 
• Book of W. E. B. Du Bois’s Data Portraits | PA Press
• Harvard Implicit Bias Test | Harvard 
• Implicit Biases toward Race and Sexuality Have Decreased | Scientific American
• Combatting Unconscious Bias in Design | UX Design
• Why We Need Universal Design | Michael Nesmith, TEDxBoulder
• The 7 Principles of Universal Design | National Disability Authority
• Design for Diversity™(D4D) Framework | Inkblot, The Creative Independent
• Learn about Mission Partners Racial Equity Plan

Organizations working to increase representation: 

• AIGA DC Design Continuum Fund (or the scholarship for your local AIGA Chapter) 
• National Museum of African American History and Culture
• The Identité Collective
• The Black Schoolhouse
• The Black Artists and Designers Guild
• Black Designers Collective

Stock Resources

1. Black Illustrations
2. scop.io
3. Tetra Images (purchased Blend)
4. Stocksy 
5. Women in Tech
6. UK Black Tech
7. Nappy.co
8. Create Her Stock
9. Tonl.co
10. Picnoi
11. POC Stock
12. Iwaria
13. DiversityPhotos.com
14. Eye for Ebony
15. Panos
16. Jump Story 
17. Bouquet Stock Photography 
18. The Gender Spectrum Collection by Vice   
19. Libertipix
20. Queer People in Tech 
21. Body Diversity Photos
22. Affect the Verb
23. Creative Commons (Be aware of copyright issues, the need for model releases, etc. Always read and follow the end user license agreement)