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Anti-Racism Resources

EDUCATION - READ, WATCH, LISTEN

BOOKS

This History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts
Onward: Cultivating Emotional Resilience in Educators by Elena Aguilar
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander (with accompanying study & organizing guides)
Caste - Isabel Wilkerson (with accompanying reader’s guide)
So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo (with accompanying discussion guide)
The Diversity Gap - Bethaney B. Wilkinson (with accompanying Conversation Guide for Race Conscious Leaders and Teams)
Rest is Resistance: A Manifesto - Tricia Hersey (with accompanying group discussion guide)
The Color of Law - Richard Rothstei (with accompanying discussion questions)
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
“Multiplication Is for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children by Lisa DelpitTeaching to Transgress by bell hooks
Mindful of Race by Ruth King
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love
Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (with accompanying reading guide)
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverley Daniel Tatum (with accompanying discussion guide)
Indigenous Community: Rekindling the Teachings of the Seventh Fire by Gregory Cajete
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo (with accompanying reading guide)
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements – Walidah Imarisha & Adrienne Maree Brown
Emergent Strategy - Adrienne Maree Brown
Parable of the Sower - Octavia Butler (with accompanying reading guide)

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ARTICLES

Garcia & Sharif 2015 Black Lives Matter
Performative allyship isn’t what I need from you, white men from Tenure, She Wrote
Here’s the Problem with Performative Allyship by Kristen Mae
For minority students, the pipeline to an M.D. is leaky. Here’s how I managed to make it through by Paula Magee
To Stop, Listen, and Act: How You Can Help Protesters and Black Lives Matter Groups by IndieWire Staff
Guide to Allyship by Amélie Lamont
Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma from Teaching Tolerance
5 Ways to Show Up for Racial Justice Today by Nastia Voynovskaya
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Why We Should All Be Angry by General Assembly
Identity-Affirming Schools Need Race-Conscious Educators by Erica Buchanan-Rivera
The Future of Healing: Shifting From Trauma Informed Care to Healing Centered Engagement by Shawn Ginwright
When SEL is Used as Another Form of Policing by Cierra Kahler-Jones
Transformative Social and Emotional Learning (SEL): Toward SEL in Service of Educational Equity and Excellence by Robert Jagers, Deborah Rivas-Drake, and Brittney Williams
74 Interview: Researcher Gloria Ladson-Billings on Culturally Relevant Teaching, the Role of Teachers in Trump’s America & Lessons From Her Two Decades in Education Research
How to Be an Antiracist Educator by Dena Simmons
Why COVID-19 Is Our Equity Check by Dena Simmons
Decolonizing our Minds and Actions by Waziyatawin and Michael Yellow Bird
We’re In a Moment of Collective Trauma. But There are Glimmers of Hope by john a. Powell
The Characteristics Of White Supremacy Culture by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Why White Liberals Are So Unwilling to Recognize Their Own Racism by Isaac Chotiner
Avoiding Racial Equity Detours by Paul Gorski
Helping Students Discuss Race Openly by Julie Landsman
How Can We Build Anti-Racist White Educators? by Charlie McGeehan
How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race | NPR
Teaching Your Child About Black History Month | PBS
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good

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PODCASTS

MOVIES / TV SHOWS / VIDEOS

How to Be an Anti-Racist from MoveOn
I am Not Your Negro
Dear White People
Making Talking about Race Our Work by Ken Hardy
Weaponization of White Kindness by Lama Rod
Black Parents Describe How to Deal with the Police
James Corden Gets a Lesson in White Privilege: Three Things YOU Can Do to Help
How to Deconstruct Racism One Headline at a Time by Baratunde Thurston
Let’s Get to the Root of Racial Injustice by Megan Ming Francis
The Myth of Race: Debunked in 3 Minutes by Jenée Desmond-Harris and Estelle Caswell
Deconstructing White Privilege by Robin Di’Angelo
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)
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