Antiracism rescources

Below are some resources compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein to help you learn, reflect and engage with these questions. We encourage you to pick some up at Reader’s Books or the public library.

BOOKS TO READ:

Start Here

• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

• I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown*

• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD*

Next Level

• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold

• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs

• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga

• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson

ARTICLES TO READ:

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

• “The Case For Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates | Atlantic (June 2014)

• 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 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine

• The Combahee River Collective Statement

• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD

• “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)

• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

VIDEOS TO WATCH:

• 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)

PODCASTS TO SUBSCRIBE TO:

• 1619 (New York Times)

• About Race

• Code Switch (NPR)

• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

• Pod For The Cause from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights

• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

• Seeing White

FILMS AND TV SERIES TO WATCH:

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*

Rent

• Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975

• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution

• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton)
  Free in the U.S. in June

• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc)
  Also available on Kanopy via your library

• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)

• Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)

MORE RESOURCES TO CHECK OUT:

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

• Anti-Racism Project

• Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)

• Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources

• 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

• “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie

• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials