KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As protests pop up across the country in response to the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, many people in the Kansas City area are asking what they can do to get involved and make a difference.
41 Action News reached out to local experts to provide practical steps anyone can take to learn more about issues surrounding race and ways to identify systemic racism, advocate for equality, push for legislative reform and much more.
Nicole Price, owner of Lively Paradox, said the first step in getting educated about race is learning what your implicit biases are with a tool like the Harvard Implicit Association Test.
"It will highlight the things that you think when you're not thinking, and that's what's most important," Price said.
From there. she recommends reading a book, like "Lively Paradox," to establish a foundation on race-related issues.
"If you have never thought about these issues before, the first half of the book is completely designed for you," Price said. "If you feel like you're underrepresented and sometimes you get left out, the second half of the book is for you."
She also recommends "White Fragility" by Robin DiAngelo.
"The title is off-putting, but I need people to trust me," Price said. "That singular resource is a really good tool to help people after they've read a book like 'Lively Paradox' to then tackle issues of race."
Finally, she points to Race and Equity Tools, a free website is a wealth of resources to dive deeper into issues of race.
