Reimagining Antiracism To Create Meaningful, Compassionate Change

Go deeper in understanding systemic racism, and discover the tools to advance racial equity in your workplace and community.

Building the Beloved Community and true racial equity starts with understanding the history and systems that have perpetuated inequality. In Reimagining Antiracism, we build on foundational DEIB concepts to explore systemic racism, racial bias, and actionable steps toward creating meaningful change in your organization and community. 

We also explore the roles of empathy, compassion, and the PRISM Toolkit to create deeply-grounded strategies for propelling equity and inclusion.

This 90-minute, self-paced program is designed to provide essential insights and practical tools for advancing antiracism efforts in your professional and personal life.

We're living through the 21st century Civil Rights Movement right now.

Our children, grandchildren, and descendants beyond will read about this time in their history books.

SNCC, the Freedom Riders, and the March on Washington organizers weren't born ready to change the world. In fact, they specifically trained their bodies, thought patterns, and nervous systems in nonviolent social change, following in the tradition of thousands of years of leaders before them.

Our ancestors also deeply studied movement-building -- and now, the materials that took them decades to synthesize are neatly packaged and historically contextualized to take your journey as a change agent to the next level.

Drawing on leading scholarship like Caste and Sapiens, Reimagining Antiracism is an opportunity to dive deeply into the root causes of racial hierarchies -- and an invitation to imagine your role in dismantling them while staying rooted in empathy and compassion.

What You'll Learn

By the end of this program, you'll be equipped to:

  • Define Key Terms: Deepen your understanding of concepts like caste, race, ethnicity, systemic racism, white supremacy, and antiracism.
  • Understand the Emergence of Racism: Explore the historical development of race and systemic racism, and what’s needed to dismantle them.
  • Break Down Racial Bias: Learn how conscious and unconscious racial bias are formed and their impact on your workplace.
  • Analyze Racial Disparities: Review the state of racial inequities and their financial and social costs in your industry.
  • Propel Antiracism: Develop strategies for promoting antiracism in your workplace and beyond, identifying practical steps for advancing racial equity.

Who It's For

Reimagining Antiracism is advanced training, building upon key concepts from BMA's Foundational courses. It’s designed for those ready to dig deeper into systemic racism and racial equity. This might be:

  • Professionals who want to create more inclusive workplaces
  • Leaders seeking to drive meaningful change in their organizations
  • Individuals passionate about making a difference in their communities
  • Anyone ready to take the next step in resolving DEIB challenges with clarity and confidence

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Module 1: Systemic Racism

    • What to Expect
  • 2

    Lesson 1: Introduction

    • Welcome to Reimagining Antiracism

    • Quick Recap

    • Program Flow

    • Resources
  • 3

    Lesson 2: DEIB Review

    • Reflection

    • DEIB Review

    • Quick Recap

    • Reflection

    • Resources
  • 4

    Lesson 3: Understanding Systemic Racism

    • Reflection

    • Systemic Racism

    • Quick Recap

    • Exercise #3: Comprehension Check

    • Resources
  • 5

    Lesson 4: The Neuroscience of Racial Bias

    • Reflection

    • Understanding Racial Bias

    • Quick Recap

    • Reflection

    • Exercise #4: Comprehension Check

    • Resources
  • 6

    Lesson 5: Unconscious & Conscious Racial Bias

    • Reflection

    • Racial Bias Overview

    • Exercise #5: Taking the IAT

    • Exercise #5: Interpreting the IAT

    • Reflection

    • Quick Recap

    • Resources
  • 7

    Module 2: How We Learn Racial Bias

    • What to Expect
  • 8

    Lesson 6: First Cause of Racial Bias

    • Reflection

    • Racial Bias First Cause

    • Quick Recap

    • Reflection

    • Resources
  • 9

    Lesson 7: Second Cause of Racial Bias

    • Reflection

    • Racial Bias Second Cause

    • Quick Recap

    • Exercise #7: Comprehension Check

    • Reflection

    • Resources
  • 10

    Lesson 8: Remaining Causes of Racial Bias

    • Reflection

    • Remaining Causes

    • Quick Recap

    • Exercise #8: Comprehension Check

    • Reflection

    • Resources
  • 11

    Lesson 9: Financial Costs of Racial Bias

    • Reflection

    • Financial Costs of Racial Bias

    • Quick Recap

    • Reflection

    • Resources
  • 12

    Lesson 10: Embodying Antiracism

    • Reflection

    • Embodying Antiracism

    • Quick Recap

    • Reflection

    • Resources
  • 13

    Module 3: Propelling Racial Equity Together

    • What to Expect
  • 14

    Lesson 11: Next Steps

    • Next Steps

    • Download PRISM Meditations

    • Join Breaking Racial Bias Certification Program

    • Download the Antiracism and Racial Equity Workbook

    • Download the Antiracism and Racial Equity Discussion Guide

    • Thank you!

FAQ

  • What makes this course different from other courses on "diversity"?

    This isn’t just another training program. This course digs deeper, while designed to be engaging, shame-free, and reflective, with built-in checkpoints to help you process and apply what you’ve learned.

  • Is this course just for executives?

    No! While we believe that leaders and those with authority can definitely benefit from engaging in this work, this course is built for anyone ready to take the next step in developing practical skills around equity and inclusion.

  • Can I actually learn this content online?

    Absolutely. As a matter of fact, we believe that DEIB concepts are best learned online, where we're most likely to bring our whole selves, and least likely to worry about how we're showing up in front of colleagues or friends. We've created a shame-free environment that prioritizes psychological safety to explore these important topics with confidentiality.

  • How long do I have access? Is there a schedule?

    Complete the course at your own pace, and return to it as often as you like. You'll receive additional resources and a certificate after completing the course. Access is lifelong.

  • I still have questions -- who should I contact?

    Reach out to our team anytime at [email protected].

Testimonials

Mordy Walfish

Leading Edge

“This course was an incredibly eye-opening experience and Anu is an incredible teacher. The course seamlessly wove together the personal, professional, institutional, societal and historical -- such an important approach to tackling racial bias. I appreciated all of the tools and the optimistic approach.”

Keedra McNeill, MD

Kaiser Permanente

“This course provided an extensive background on the origins of race in America and how the systems which oppress came to be. Through this understanding, guided self reflection, and interactions with colleagues in the course, I feel as though I can continue the process of self learning to break my own biases and hopefully bring this learning to my institution as well.”

Diana Gasperoni, LCSW-R

Be Well Psychotherapy

“This was the best deep dive into Breaking Bias, I have been in. I have taken many courses on unconscious bias and cultural competency and this one was the kindest and most comprehensive course I have taken.”

Amina AlTai

Business Coach, Entrepreneur & Marketing Executive

“Anu's course on breaking racial bias is incredible! As a scientist and educator, he is second to none and his deep knowledge and wisdom is expressed throughout the course. I learned so much and was able to apply the content in my work right away. I'm so grateful for this offering and will be signing up for the next training.”

Lia Avellino, LCSW

Psychotherapist & Facilitator

“I feel more hopeful, energized and connected to myself after taking this course. I believe I have the tools to do more heart work within myself as well as impact organizational change. Anu and the course tools allowed me to soften and open up. I feel immense gratitude!”

Rachel Davis

Corporate Executive

“I learned so much from this course with Anu. His approach of combining mindfulness practices with education and sharing of experiences was really powerful to be a part of - I found myself feeling challenged, nourished, encouraged, overwhelmed, and so much more throughout this course. I would wholeheartedly recommend this to anyone interested in learning more about bias and how to change ourselves so that we can improve society.”

About Anu

Anu is the author of the bestselling Breaking Bias, and has been leading the movement to bring these consciousness shifts to the social forefront for years. He founded BE MORE with Anu in 2015 to support people exactly like you: people who know they want to take the next step toward Breaking Bias, but who aren't sure how.

✅ Author of Breaking Bias, the only book that combines a deep historic overview of exclusion and inclusion consciousness with an actionable, practical toolkit

✅ NSF-funded scientist and NYU Law & Cambridge-trained lawyer and entrepreneur with 10,000+ hours of mindfulness experience

✅ 10 years of instructional design and adult learning expertise at 300+ organizations, reaching over 100,000 professionals

About Breaking Bias

Imagine a world without bias. A world where all human beings can truly be just as they are and unleash their full potential. Take a moment to imagine how you feel in such a world—not what you think about it, or whether you believe it's possible, but how you feel.

This is the proposition that opens the bestselling Breaking Bias. It’s your invitation to embark on a journey that will radically change your experience and show you how you, in turn, can help reshape our world.

Blending ancient Buddhist wisdom with modern scientific evidence, Anu takes us on a deep-time journey to explore human identities and identity-based biases and to recognize that breaking bias is the key to unlocking multiple crises in our world—from racism, sexism, classism, and other -isms to burnout, loneliness, and climate change. Then he offers his signature PRISM toolkit—a science-backed, somatically informed set of contemplative tools—to help us dismantle learned bias within ourselves and in the world around us, moment by moment, with probing questions and writing prompts throughout the book that invite us to put these tools to use right from the start.

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