Anti-Racist Resources

Articles to read:

-"The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying" 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 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine

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

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

-“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)

-Under Our Skin Project by The Seattle Times

Books to read:

-Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

-W. E. B. Du Bois's Data Portraits: Visualizing Black America

-White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

-Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad

-Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch

-Think Like a White Man: A Satirical Guide to Conquering the World . . . While Black by Nels Abbey and Dr Boulé Whytelaw III

-The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla 

-Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

-Superior: The Return of Race Science by Angela Saini

-White Privilege: The Myth of a Post-Racial Society by Kalwant Bhopal

-How to Argue with a Racist by Adam Rutherford

-So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

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

-How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

-Breaking Hate: Confronting the New Culture of Extremism by Christian Picciolini

-Soeurs Volées by Emmanuelle Walter (only available in French) 

-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

-I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

-Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

-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 Bogg

-The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

-Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

-This Bridge Called My Back by Cherrie Moraga 

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

Organizations to follow on social media:

-Audre Lorde Project: Instagram  

-Black Women’s Blueprint: Instagram 

-Color Of Change: Instagram 

-Colorlines: Instagram 

-The Conscious Kid: Instagram 

-Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Instagram 

-Families Belong Together: Instagram 

-The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Instagram 

-MPowerChange: Instagram  

-Muslim Girl: Instagram 

-NAACP: Instagram 

-National Domestic Workers Alliance: Instagram 

-RAICES: Instagram 

-Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Instagram 

-SisterSong:  Instagram 

-United We Dream: Instagram 

Podcasts to subscribe to:

-1619 (New York Times)

-About Race

-Code Switch (NPR)

-Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

-Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

Videos to watch:

-The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution by Stanley Nelson Jr. (available on Youtube)

-3 1/2 Minutes 10 Bullets by Marc Silver (available on Amazon)

-The Central Park Five by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns and David Mcmahon (available on Itunes)

-Strong Island by Yance Ford (available on Netflix)

-The Interrupters by Steve James (available on YouTube)

-I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck (available on YouTube)

-13TH by Ava DuVernay (available on Netflix)

More anti-racism resources to check out:

-103 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

-Rachel Ricketts’ Racial Justice Resources

-Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism

Sources

Cleo Wade |