Racial Injustice Information and Resources
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In an effort to enact change, confront racism, and support the Black community, here is a Guide to Solidarity, a collaborative list of resources aimed to educate people on how to create safer, stronger, and more inclusive spaces for Black people, minorities, and people of color. All ideas are welcome – please comment with any resource that you believe should be added to this list.
Reading Material
Books
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – Austin Channing Brown
- How To Be An Antiracist – Ibram X. Kendi
- So You Want To Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
- The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander
- When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir – Asha Bandele and Patrisse Cullors
- Me and White Supremacy – Layla Saad
- Stamped From the Beginning – Ibram X. Kendi
- White Tears/Brown Scars – Ruby Hamad
- The Nickel Boys – Colson Whitehead
- Emergent Strategy – Adrienne Maree Brown
- Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Citizen – Claudia Rankine
- Race Matters – Cornel West
- Black Feminist Thought– Patricia Hill Collins
- Ebony & Ivy– Craig Steven Wilder
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower – Brittney Cooper
- Raising Our Hands – Jenna Arnold
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century – Grace Lee Boggs, Scott Kurashige
- The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin
- The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color – Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America – Ira Katznelson
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism – Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- Hair Story: Untangling the roots of Black Hair in America– Ayana D. Byrd and Lori L. Tharps
- Heavy: An American Memoir – Kiese Laymon
- Elizabeth’s Bookshop and Writing Center’s #Revolution Reading List
- The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace – Jeff Hobbs
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X – Malcolm X
- Overcoming Bias: Building Authentic Relationships across Differences – Tiffany Jana and Matthew Freeman
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice – Rhonda V. Magee
- Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Booklist for White Readers
- A People’s History of the United States – Howard Zinn
- The Princeton Fugitive Slave: The Trials I was Said of James Collins Johnson – Lolita Buckner Inniss
- The Color of Law – Richard Rothstein
- Untamed – Glennon Doyle
- Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
- BECOMING – Michelle Obama
- THE SPLENDID AND THE VILE – Erik Larson
- BORN A CRIME – Trevor Noah
- WHY ARE ALL THE BLACK KIDS SITTING TOGETHER IN THE CAFETERIA? – Beverly Tatum
- My People are Rising: Memoir of a Black Panther Party Captain – Aaron Dixon
- They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement – Wesley Lowery
- Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty-First Century – Barbara Ransby
Articles
- “How to Change Ourselves to Grow as Allies” – Corey Ponder
- “How to be an Ally in the youuu Office” – Natalie Stevens
- “Why Diversity Matters” – Vivian Hunt, Dennis Layton, and Sara Prince
- “America’s Racial Contract Is Killas Killing Us” – 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” – Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011) u
- The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- A Letter to Asians
- “The Intersectionality Wars” – Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups – developed by Craig Elliott PhD
- ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” – Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” – Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
- “Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is….A Lot”
- The Quiet Casualties of the Movement for Black Lives – John Eligon (March 2018)
- There’s one epidemic we may never find a vaccine for: fear of black men in public spaces – John Blake (May 2020)
- Shaun King Keeps Raising Money, and Questions about Where It Goes – Kali Holloway, (May 2020)
- Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide
- Dazed Digital: Anti-Racism Resources
- How to Protest Safely During a Pandemic
- Does Military Equipment lead police officers to be more violent? – Ryan Welch and Jack Mewhirter (June 2017)
- Two Crises Convulse a Nation: A Pandemic and Police Violence – Jack Healy and Dionne Searcey (May 2020)
- How to Protest Safely During a Pandemic – Katie Way (June 2020)
- Addressing Anti-Black Microaggressions in Filipino Families – E. J. R. David Ph.D. (June 2020)
- Black Lives Matter
- Understanding racism and inequality in America, Washing Post
- Teaching about Racism, Violence, Inequality and the Criminal Justice System, ADL Fighting Hate for Good
- The Diversity Dividend in Southeast Asia – BCG
- 2019/2020 Hays Asia Diversity & Inclusion Report – HAYS Recruiting Experts Worldwide
- Being black in the EU often means racism, poor housing and poor jobs, FRA
- Racism persists in the heart of the EU, Politico
- The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture, Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun
- Why Every Environmentalist Should Be Anti-Racist, Leah Thomas
Books for children
- A is for Activist – Innosanto Nagara
- The Power Book : What is it Who Has it and Why? – Roxanne Gay
- Let’s Talk About Race – Julius Lester and Karen BarBour
- Skin Again – Bells Hooks, Chris Raschka
- The Colors of Us – Karen Katz
- Brick by Brick – Giuliano Ferri
- The Skin You Live In – Michael Tyler and David Lee Csicsko
- An ABC of Equality – Chana Ginelle Ewing and Paulina Morgan
- Something Happened in Our Town – Marianne Celano
- Missing Daddy – Mariame Kaba
- Raising White Kids – Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust World – Jennifer Harvey
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
- 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
- A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
Books for teens
- This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons On How to Wake Up, Take Action, And Do The Work – Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand
- Say Her Name – Zetta Elliott
- The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
Other Media
Podcasts
- 1619 is a New York Times audio series, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, that examines the long shadow of American slavery
- Code Switch NPR reporters, editors and guest contributors, the podcast will invite listeners to re-examine their perspectives about race and identity in ways that might inspire, entertain and challenge them.
- Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
- Fare of the Free Child podcast
- PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
- About Race
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Seeing White
- Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
- Justice in America
- Angela Davis’s talk at the Southbank Center – 2017
- The Color of Fear – 1994
- The Appeal – “A podcast on criminal justice reform, abolition and everything in between”
- Resmaa Menakem ‘Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence’ – On Being Podcast with Krista Tippett
- ‘Historically Black’ An eight-episode audio miniseries that brings black history to life through personal heirlooms and their stories. Listen to the series.
- NPR’s Code Switch – Conversations about race hosted by journalists of color.
- Red, Black, Green – Dives into Black history with subjects like Leopold II of Belgium’s genocidal rule and what COVID-19 shows us about racism.
Videos
- Inclusion Video VLS – Dear team, Sean Cady our BOD Chair shared this video with us for internal use only. Please do not share outside of the organization.
- Allyship is the Key to Social Justice, Whitney Parnell at TEDx Talks
- Are You Biased? I Am, Kristen Pressner at TEDx Talk
- The Urgency of Intersectionality, Kimberlé Crenshaw at TEDWomen
- The Paradox of Diversity, Dr. Marilyn Sanders Mobley at TEDx Talks
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives, Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers
- How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion, Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools
- A Class Divided– Frontline
- How Southern socialites rewrote Civil War history – VOX Media
- Color blind or color brave?, Mellody Hobson | TED2014
- Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man – Emmanuel Ancho series, YouTube
- Hasan Minhaj Patriot Act – “We cannot stay silent about George Floyd” episode, Netflix & YouTube
Movies
- Just Mercy – book and movie
- 13th – Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
- 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 or Google Play
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- The Help – Netflix
- The Black Godfather – Netflix
- Ali
- Brian Banks
- The Secret Life of Bees
- Green Book
- Malcolm X
- 12 Years a Slave
- BlackKklansman
- Django
- Remember the Titans
- Hidden Figures
- The Butler
TV shows
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap – Netflix
- TNQ Show – Austin Channing Brown
- Mr. Iglesias – Netflix
Social media accounts
- Ibram X. Kendi – Twitter | Instagram
- Eddie S. Glaude Jr. – Twitter | Instagram
- Brittany Packnett Cunningham – Twitter | Instagram
- Healing While Black – Twitter | Instagram
- Akonadi Foundation – Twitter | Instagram
- 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
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: 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
- @ACLU_Nationwide
- @revolttv
- @eji_org
- @bailproject
- @iamrachelricketts
- @mspackyetti
- @rachel.cargle
- @laylafsaad
- @theconciouskid
Podcasts, shows, & movies for children
Data Sets
- Fatal Encounters
- Mapping Police Violence
- Coronavirus Cases in NYC
- Police Use of Force Project
- Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice, and Health
Online Courses (by Black women – synopses here)
- Rachel Cargle: #dothework free 30-day Course and The Great Unlearn
- Nova Reid: Anti-Racism & White Privilege and free Anti Racism Guide
- Rachel Ricketts: Spiritual Activism 101
- Monique Melton: Anti-Racism 101 Crash Course, Unity Over Comfort 10-week anti-racism learning program, and the Unity Over Comfort curriculum
- Austin Channing Brown: The ACB Academy
- Layla F. Saad: How to show up in BIPOC-only spaces without white centering, Allyship in the workplace, Dismantling white feminism and Parenting & white supremacy
Organizations to support and join
Allyship
- Anti-Racist Alliance
- PISAB
- 10 steps to Non-Optical Allyship (This is a graphic I found on Twitter. It should be a thread of about 3 tweets once you click the link)
- Twitter thread on Black owned businesses
Protestor bail funds
- National Bail Out – https://secure.actblue.com/donate/freeblackmamas2020
- Minnesota Freedom Fund – https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
- Bail Project – https://bailproject.org/
- List of ALL community Protest bail funds
- Trans Emergency Release Fund – https://emergencyreleasefund.com/contribute/
- North Star Health Collective – https://www.northstarhealthcollective.org/donate
Charitable Organizations
- Black Vision Collective
- Color of Change
- BYP100
- ACLU.org
- NAACP legal defense fund
- National Bail Fund Network
- Equal Injustice Initiative
- 135 Ways to Donate in Support of Black Lives and Communities of Color
Schools
- Boukman Academy: A Black-owned school offering free lessons and educational resources for Black history, politics, psychology, and sociology.
Resources for Parents
Talk to your kids about racism
- Teaching your children about Black History Month via PBS
- NY Times: Books to teach children about racism and protests
- Resources to teach kids to be Antiracist
- CNN/Sesame Street Racism Town Hall
- A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
Teach your children to be an ally
- Teaching Tolerance offers discussion starters and lessons for teachers that parents can turn into ways to talk to their children about allyship.
Mental Health Resources
National Hotlines
Organizations
- Therapy for Black Girls
- The Association of Black Psychologists
- National Association of Black Social Workers
- National Black Child Development Institute
- National Medical Association