Resources Page

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Racism & Racial Equality

Articles to Read

• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
• “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
• White Supremacy is Deadly to Everyone by Jessie Daniels | HuffingtonPost (September 14, 2018)
• 11 Step Guide to Understanding Race, Racism and White Privilege by Jon Greenberg | (October 14, 2017) 

Books

• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Citizen, An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• 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
• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnol
• So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Whistling Vivaldi, How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude M. Steele

Movies & Television

• 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
• Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi) – Hulu
• 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

Podcasts

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Diversity Deep Dive
• Diversity Gap
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Latinos Who Lunch
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Nice White Parents (Serial and The New York Times)
• Pod Save the People
• Reveal
• Seeing White
• Self Evident: Asian American Stories
• United States of Anxiety

Videos to Watch

• 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)

Resources for Children

• Books
  • Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
• Podcasts
  • Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
  • Fare of the Free Child podcast
• Articles
  • 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
• Other
  • The Conscious Kid
  • 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
  • Anti-Racism Project
  • How to Teach Kids About Race
  • 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
  • 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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