Ways to Help
Education
- Talking About Race
- What is anti-racism? And what do experts say you can do?
- American Slavery (NY Times Article)
- The Link Between Experiences of Racism and Stress and Anxiety for Black Americans: A Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Coping Approach
- How to Be An Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi
- Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty, by Dorothy Roberts
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
- So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, by Ibram X. Kendi
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do, by Claude Steele
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria: and Other Conversations about Race, by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Critical Race Theory: An Introduction, by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
- Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement, by Kimberlé Crenshaw and Neil Gotanda
- Freedom is a Constant Struggle, by Angela Y. Davis and Frank Barat
- On Intersectionality: Essential Writings, by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed, by Paulo Freire
- Readings for Diversity and Social Justice, by Maurianne Adams (Editor), Warren Blumenfeld (Editor), Carmelita Castaneda (Editor), Heather W. Hackman (Editor), Madeline L. Peters (Editor), Ximena Zuniga (Editor)
- Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority, by Tim Wise
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, by Layla F. Saad
- Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race, by Frances Kendall
- Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, by Debby Irving
- White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
- White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, by Tim Wise
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, by Carol Anderson
Videos/TED Talks
- Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat, and Higher Education (Russell McClain)
- An Interview with the Founders of Black Lives Matter (Alicia Garza, Opal Tometi, Patrisse Cullors)
- The Urgency of Intersectionality (Kimberlé Crenshaw)
- The Dangers of Whitewashing Black History (David Ikard)
- We Should All Be Feminists (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
- What If Gentrification Was About Healing Communities Instead of Displacing Them? (Liz Ogbu)
- Let’s get to the root of racial injustice (Megan Ming Francis)
- The Danger of a Single Story (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
- No. You Cannot Touch My Hair! (Mena Fombo)
- 50 years of racism — why silence isn’t the answer (James A. White Sr.)
- What I am learning from my white grandchildren — truths about race (Anthony Peterson)
- Systemic Racism Explained
- Racism Is Real
- White Men: Time to Discover Your Cultural Blind Spots (Michael Welp)
- Three-pronged B.E.A.S.T: study of mass shootings as a complex American issue (Jayla Hodge)
- The racial politics of time (Brittany Cooper)
- Racial Choices: Justice or “Just Us”? (OiYan Poon)
- The Mental Tuition of Marginalization (Janaye Matthews)
Children's Literature
- The Undefeated – Kwame Alexander, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
- Something Happened In Our Town – Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard, illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin
- Anti-Racist Baby – Ibram X. Kendi, illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky
- Separate Is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez And Her Family’s Fight For Desegregation – Duncan Tonatuih
- The Day You Begin – Jaqueline Woodson, illustrated by Rafael Lopez
- Moses: When Harriet Tubman Led Her People To Freedom – Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Kadir Nelson
Parenting
- The First R: How Children Learn Racism – Debra Van Ausdale & Joe R. Feagin (white author)
- Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting In America – Nefertiti Austin
- Teaching Your Kid About Black History Month (Article) – Nefertiti Austin
- Raising White Kids:Bringing Up Children In A Racially Unjust America – Jennifer Harvey
- We Live for the We: The Political Power of Black Motherhood – Dani McClain
Health & Medicine
- Just Medicine: A Cure For Racial Inequality In The American Health Care System – Dayna Bowen Matthew
- The Immortal Life Of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot (White Author)
- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History Of Medical Experimentation On Black Americans From Colonial Times To The Present -Harriet A. Washington
- Flatlining: Race, Work, And Healthcare In The New Economy – Adia Harvey Wingfield
Land & Housing
- Evicted: Poverty And Profit In The American City – Matthew Desmond (white author)
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History on How Our Government Segregated America – Richard Rothstein (white author)
Movies/Shows/Documentaries
- 13th
- Happy Birthday Marsha by Tourmaline Gossett
- When They See Us (content warning)
- Pose
- Detroit
- LA 92
- Rodney King
- Time: The Kalief Browder story
- Malcom X
- Dear White People
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