Resources
Articles
- Refinery 29: Your Black colleagues may look like they’re okay — chances are they’re not
- Mashable: How to be anti-racist
- VOX: What it means to be anti-racist
- Psychology Today: Anti-racist action and becoming part of the solution
- Centennial: Twitter explains how To support black lives matter as a non-Black person
- American Public Health Association: Addressing Law Enforcement Violence as a Public Health Issue
- The Atlantic: Ta-Nehisi Coates “The Case for Reparations”
- “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)
- ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
Black Lives Matter Syllabus
- Marc Lamont Hill, Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond (Simon & Schuster, 2016)
- Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (New Press, 2012)
- Angela Davis, Are Prisons Obsolete? (7 Stories Press, 2003)
- African American Policy Forum, Say Her Name: Resisting Police Brutality Against Black Women (African American Policy Forum Report, 2015)
- Movement for Black Lives, A Vision for Black Lives: Policy Demands for Black Power, Freedom, and Justice (Movement for Black Lives Policy Platform, 2016)
- Assorted essays by Cornel West, Alicia Garza, Audre Lorde, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw, Shaun King, and more
Books and Publications
- Adams, M. (Ed.). (2000). Readings for diversity and social justice. Psychology Press.
- Feagin, J. (2013). Systemic racism: A theory of oppression. Routledge.
- Linder, C., Harris, J. C., Allen, E. L., & Hubain, B. (2015). Building inclusive pedagogy: Recommendations from a national study of students of color in higher education and student affairs graduate programs. Equity & Excellence in Education, 48, 178-194.doi:10.1080/10665684.2014.959270
- Johnson, A. G. (2001). Power, privilege, and difference. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
- Lau, M. Y., & Williams, C. D. (2010). Microaggressions research: Methodological review and recommendations. In: D. W. Sue (Ed.). Microaggressions and marginality: Manifestation, dynamics and impact (pp. 313–336). New York, NY: Wiley
- Nadal, K. L., Wong, Y., Griffin, K. E., Davidoff, K., & Sriken, J. (2014). The adverse impact of racial microaggression on college students’ self-esteem. Journal of College Student Development, 55, 461-474. doi:10.1353/csd.2014.0051
- Ross, L. (2016). Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America’s Campuses. Macmillan.
- Sue, D. W. (2003). Overcoming our racism: The journey to liberation. John Wiley & Sons.
Films and TV Series
Netflix
- 13th (Ava DuVernay)
- American Son (Kenny Leon)
- Dear White People (Justin Simien)
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol)
- Selma (Ava DuVernay)
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)
Hulu
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada)
via Cinemax - If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.)
via Cinemax
HBO
- King In The Wilderness
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality*
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton)
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc)
Also available on Kanopy via your library - Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
Organizations to follow on Social Media and Donate to
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- MPower Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Muslim ARC*: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Cultural Survival
Podcasts
Podcasts
- 1619 (New York Times)
- Pod For The Cause from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
Reading List
Videos
- Eyes on the prize
- We need to talk about injustice by Bryan Stevenson
- The Urgency of Intersectionality by Kimberle Crenshaw
- PBS: The Origin of Race in America
- Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be Anti-Racist at UC Berkely
- Race Matters – Dr. Cornell West at the University of Washington
- TEDxRainier – Let’s get to the root of racial injustice by Megan Ming Francis
- How to tell someone they sound racist by Jay Smooth
- Race Forward – Moving the race conversation forward
- TED – Color Blind or Color Brave by Melody Hobson
- New York Times – Peanut Butter and Jelly Racism
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
- "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
Websites
- Black Lives Matter
- National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking about race web portal
- https://www.raceforward.org/
- 21 Day Equity Challenge
- Guide to Allyship
- The Seattle Civil Rights & Labor History Project
- Coalition of Anti-Racist Whites
- About Black Perspectives
- www.WhiteAccomplices.org
- Racial Equity Tools
- Racial Equity Glossary
- NYT: An Antiracist Reading List
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Anti-Racism Project
- Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
- Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
- Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
- The [White] Shift on Instagram
- Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials