ANTIRACISM RESOURCES
ADAPTED FROM THE ANTIRACISM RESOURCES GOOGLE DOC COMPILED BY SARAH SOPHIE FLICKER & ALYSSA KLEIN.
ARTICLES TO READ:
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“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)
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”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
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The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
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“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
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Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
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“Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
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”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
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“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
PODCASTS TO SUBSCRIBE TO:
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1619 (New York Times)
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Code Switch (NPR)
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Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
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Pod For The Cause from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
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Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
BOOKS TO READ:
Start Here
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Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad (Bookshop.org)
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How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi (Bookshop.org)
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Bookshop.org)
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Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (Bookshop.org)
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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Bookshop.org)
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (Bookshop.org)
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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD (Bookshop.org)
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I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown* (Bookshop.org)
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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD* (Bookshop.org)
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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas* (Bookshop.org)
Next Level
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Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins (Bookshop.org)
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper (Bookshop.org)
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Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon (Bookshop.org)
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Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold (Bookshop.org)
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Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (Bookshop.org)
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Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (Bookshop.org)
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Bookshop.org)
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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (Bookshop.org)
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The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs (Bookshop.org)
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The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Bookshop.org)
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (Bookshop.org)
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This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga (Bookshop.org)
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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson (Bookshop.org)
RESOURCES FOR WHITE PARENTS TO RAISE ANTI-RACIST CHILDREN:
Books
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Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
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31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
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Podcasts
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Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
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Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
Articles
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Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
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The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
FILMS AND TV SERIES TO WATCH:
Netflix
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13th (Ava DuVernay)
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American Son (Kenny Leon)
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Dear White People (Justin Simien)
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See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol)
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Selma (Ava DuVernay)
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When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)
Hulu
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Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada)
via Cinemax -
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
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The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.)
via Cinemax
HBO
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King In The Wilderness
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True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s FIght for Equality*
Rent
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Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
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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)
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Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
ORGANIZATIONS TO FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA & DONATE TO
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Antiracism Center: Twitter
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Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
VIDEOS TO WATCH:
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“How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
MORE ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES TO CHECK OUT:
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Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
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“Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
- Racial Equity Tools
- YouTube: Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Ancho
- Until Justice Is Justice
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