NPhA is committed to advancing racial and health equity within the pharmacy profession and across healthcare systems.

This Anti-Racism Resource Hub provides a curated collection of materials designed to help pharmacists, student pharmacists, and healthcare professionals confront bias, promote equity, and advocate for systemic change.

These resources encourage reflection, continuous learning, and action, equipping pharmacy practitioners to create inclusive spaces and deliver culturally responsive care.

Understanding Racism in Healthcare

Foundational readings and tools that explain how racism shapes health systems, outcomes, and the practice of pharmacy.

Books

• Black Man in a White Coat by Damon Tweedy, MD
• Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
• Just Medicine: A Cure for Racial Inequality in American Health Care by Dayna Bowen Matthew
• Unmasking Racism in Healthcare: Alive and Well by Marie Edwige Seneque, PhD, RN
• The Health Gap: The Challenge of an Unequal World by Michael Marmot
• Black and Blue: The Origins and Consequences of Medical Racism by John Hoberman
• Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts

Articles and Reports

• Unequal Treatment: Institute of Medicine Report 
• Unequal Treatment Revisited: The Current State of Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health Care — National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
• Structural Racism and Health Inequities in the US 
• Racial Residential Segregation: A Fundamental Cause of Racial Disparities in Health 
• Perspective: Stolen Breaths — New England Journal of Medicine
• Racial Disparities and COVID-19–Associated Death — Clinical Care Options
• Race, Healthcare, and Health Disparities: A Critical Review and Recommendations for Advancing Health Equity
• AHA Statement on Structural Racism in Cardiovascular Care
• Racism is a Public Health Crisis — American Public Health Association (APHA)
• Racism & Health Equity — AMA Center for Health Equity
  
• Health Equity: A Guide for Clinicians, Medical Educators, and Healthcare Organizations
  
• Social Determinants of Health Framework — World Health Organization
  
• Social Determinants of Health — Dr. Camara Jones
  
• Health Disparities Landscape Assessment
  
• Pharmacists’ Role in Expanding Healthcare Equity

Videos and Documentaries

• Social Determinants of Health — Dr. Camara Jones
• Segregated by Design (Short Documentary)
  
• How Structural Racism Works — Dr. Tricia Rose
  
• Stolen Breaths — Racial health disparities in the COVID-19 era
  

Building Cultural Competency and Inclusive Care

Tools and trainings to strengthen cultural humility, communication, and equity-focused practice.

Guides and Toolkits

• CLAS Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services — U.S. HHS
• HRSA Cultural Competency Modules
  
• Addiction Language Guide — respectful communication on substance use disorders
  
• Racial Equity Tools – Glossary
  
• Racial Terms & Definitions
  
• Health Equity Guide — “15 Strategic Practices”
  
• Cycle of Socialization Handout — Bobbie Harro

Interactive Tools

• Harvard Implicit Bias Test — Project Implicit
• Social Determinants of Health by Camara Jones (Video)
• Health Disparities Landscape Assessment (Toolkit)

Articles and Frameworks

• Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) — how housing, education, income, and racism influence outcomes
• Structural Racism and Health Inequities — The Lancet
  
• The Health Gap — Michael Marmot
• Racial Residential Segregation & Health Outcomes
  

Learning, Reflection, and Allyship

Resources for deepening understanding of race, privilege, identity, and social responsibility.

Books

• How to Be an Antiracist — Ibram X. Kendi
• So You Want to Talk About Race — Ijeoma Oluo
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism — Robin DiAngelo
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America — Ira Katznelson
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor — Layla F. Saad
• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America — Richard Rothstein
• The Warmth of Other Suns — Isabel Wilkerson
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century — Grace Lee Boggs
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness — Michelle Alexander
• A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America — Ronald Takaki
• Native Son — Richard Wright
• Sister Outsider — Audre Lorde
• Lies My Teacher Told Me — James Loewen
• A People’s History of the United States — Howard Zinn
• Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America’s Heartland — Jonathan Metzl

Articles and Essays

• America’s Enduring Caste System — New York Times
  
• An Open Letter to My Non-Black Friends: My Life Matters More Than Your Comfort — The Lily
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Anti-Racism Project Resources
• Rachel Ricketts’ Anti-Racism Resources
• Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
• Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide — Tatiana Mac
• Showing Up for Racial Justice Educational Toolkits (SURJ)
• “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” — Peggy McIntosh, TEDxTimberlaneSchools
• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” — Adam Serwer, The Atlantic
• “Why Is This Happening?” — An Introduction to Police Brutality — 100 Year Hoodie
• Zinn Education Project Teaching Materials
• Anti-Racist Checklist for Whites — John Raible
• The 1619 Project — New York Times Magazine

Videos, Documentaries, and Media

• How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time — Baratunde Thurston
  
• The Power of Privilege — Tiffany Jana
• How Structural Racism Works — Dr. Tricia Rose
• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion — Peggy McIntosh
• The 13th (Documentary)
• American Son (Film)
• Just Mercy (Film)
• Dear White People (TV & Film)
• The Hate U Give (Film)
• I Am Not Your Negro (Documentary)
• Malcolm X (Film)
• Selma (Film)
• When They See Us (TV Series)

Taking Action: From Awareness to Advocacy

Purpose: Practical tools, organizations, and frameworks to move from learning to sustained anti-racism and equity work.

Organizations & Movements

• White Coats for Black Lives (WC4BL)
• White Coats, Black Lives – Racial Trauma in Black Pharmacists (Study)
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
• Anti-Racism Project
  
• A Home for White People Working for Justice (SURJ)
• RESOURCES | Anti-Racism Project
  
• Racial Equity Tools

Articles & Frameworks

• Racism & Health Equity — AMA Center for Health Equity
  
• Social Determinants of Health Framework — WHO
• Health Equity: A Guide for Clinicians and Organizations
• Cycle of Socialization Handout — Bobbie Harro
• Social Determinants of Health by Camara Jones
• Just Medicine — Dayna Bowen Matthew
• The Case for Reparations — Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic)

Advocacy Tools

• 106 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race
  
• Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide — Tatiana Mac
  
• Jump to Better Conclusions | Grammarly — talk on understanding privilege
  
• How Structural Racism Works — Dr. Tricia Rose
  
• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion — Peggy McIntosh

Reflection & Continued Learning

Purpose: Encourage sustained engagement, team discussion, and personal growth.

Self-Reflection & Team Discussion

• Cycle of Socialization (PDF Handout)
  
• Harvard Implicit Bias Test — Self-assessment tool

Discussion Prompts: 

• How does bias show up in your clinical or educational environment?
  
• What actions can you take to model anti-racism in pharmacy practice?
  
• How can NPhA help remove barriers in patient access or representation?