Anti-racism Resources

Read-Articles

• Peggy McIntosh: “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”: https://nationalseedproject.org/Key-SEED-Texts/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack
• Ijeoma Oluo: “Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/28/confronting-racism-is-not-about-the-needs-and-feelings-of-white-people
• Ruth King blog “Dear White People”: https://ruthking.net/the-untold/
• The New York Times 1619 Project: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html
• “These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids: https://nyti.ms/2ZWMjsm

Read-Books

• “Mindful of Race” by Ruth King
• “The Inner Work of Racial Justice” by Rhonda Magee
• “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo
• “Let's Talk about Race” by Ijeoma Oluo
• “My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies” by Resmaa Menakem
• “Just Mercy” by Bryan Stevenson
• “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Watch

• The documentary “13th” on Netflix based on Michelle Alexander's book “The New Jim Crow” about race and mass incarceration. https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741
• Selma, a film that chronicles the marches of the Civil Rights Movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6t7vVTxaic
• Ted Talks to help you understand racism in America: https://www.ted.com/playlists/250/talks_to_help_you_understand_r
• “How They See Us” docu-drama series about the Central Park Five: https://www.netflix.com/title/80200549
• Robin DiAngelo on White Fragility: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45ey4jgoxeU&feature=youtu.be

Listen

• “On Being” podcast interview with Resna Menakeem, author of “My Grandmother's Hands”: https://onbeing.org/programs/resmaa-menakem-notice-the-rage-notice-the-silence/
• Code Switch, an NPR podcast tackling race from all angles https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch