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Racial Equity

Books

  • 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

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

  • I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

  • Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie

  • Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

  • Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

  • Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold

  • Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

  • Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

  • So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

  • The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

  • The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

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

  • 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

Podcasts

  • 1619 (New York Times)

  • About Race

  • Code Switch (NPR)

  • Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

  • Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

  • Nice White Parents (Serial and The New York Times)

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

  • Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

  • Seeing White

Articles

  • "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 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

  • Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)

  • Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses 'White Fragility' (1:23:30)

  • "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

Films and TV Series

  • 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

  • American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix

  • Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent

  • Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent

  • Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent ● Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix

  • Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent ● I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy

  • If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu

  • Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.

  • King In The Wilderness — HBO ● See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix

  • Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.

  • The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent

  • The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Available to rent for free

  • When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

Organizations

  • 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

  • Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram

  • The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

  • The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

  • MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

  • Muslim Girl: 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

Additional Resources

  • 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

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