This guide offers resources about oppression of various kinds in our society. This is not a comprehensive guide. If there are resources you would like to recommend for the guide, please submit a recommendation.
"Anti-Oppression is a commitment to dismantle systematic violence inflicted on marginalized communities, often benefiting the powerful. This violence may be emotional, economic, physical, environmental, psychological, or generational."
Principle 1: Recognize your position in society.
Principle 2: Learn about oppressed peoples and unlearn oppressive values that the dominant culture has taught you.
Principle 3: Practice solidarity.
Principle 4: Highlight the work of those who have been systematically marginalized.
Principle 5: Continue to learn, unlearn, and teach those around you.
Read the full 5 Principles here.
Thank you to Robert Taylor, Acquisitions and Cataloging Librarian at Valdosta State University, for permission to borrow from the guide, Anti-Oppression.
GALILEO has several databases with streaming video. These resources include documentaries, news segments, feature films, how-to videos, and more. Check out our guide Films in GALILEO for a list of databases.
A Conversation with Gender Non-Conforming, Gender Non-Binary Youth, directed by Anonymous, produced by Microtraining Associates (2017), in Alexander Street, a ProQuest database in GALILEO.
Find this film and may others in Alexander Street, a ProQuest database in GALILEO. It features streaming documentaries and archival footage on the following topics and more:
Films on Demand is a GALILEO database with streaming documentaries, news, how-to videos, and more. The following is a selection of videos on the topic of oppression and social justice:
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White Privilege by Sociology Live! on YouTube
GIL-Find is College of Coastal Georgia's online catalog, a database of both print and digital materials owned by the college library. Some materials in this list may be eBooks, and in those instances, you will see a link for Online Access. To access eBooks, you may be asked to log-in using your college credentials. Other materials in this list may not be in our library's collection but may be owned by another institution in the University System of Georgia. You may request those materials using GIL Express. Need help? Ask a librarian.
Justice and the Politics of Difference by How to Outsmart Your Own Unconscious Bias by Valerie Alexander, TEDxPasedena on YouTube
Check out these sites for campus resources:
Below are multicultural and diversity organizations at Coastal.
If there is a campus organization that should be included please let us know.
The following GALILEO databases include resources on anti-oppression and social justice. GALILEO has a YouTube channel with videos that show you how to make the most of your searches. Watch Finding the Best Database in GALILEO.
