Anti-Racism Resources

Resources For White Parents To Raise Anti-Racist 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

PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month

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Articles To Read

• "America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us" by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
• "Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)" by Barbara Ransby
• "My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant" by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
• "The 1619 Project (all the articles)" | The New York Times Magazine
• "The Intersectionality Wars" by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
• "Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups" by Craig Elliott PhD
• "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack" by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
• "Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?" by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

Videos To Watch

• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
• How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion by Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

Podcasts To Subscribe To

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Seeing White
• The Combahee River Collective Statement

Books To Read

• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

Films And TV Series To Watch

• 13th (Ava DuVernay) on Netflix
• American Son (Kenny Leon) on Netflix
• Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 on Available to rent
• Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) on Available to rent
• Dear White People (Justin Simien) on Netflix
• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) on Available to rent
• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) on Available to rent or on Kanopy
• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) on Hulu
• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) on Available to rent
• King In The Wilderness on HBO
• See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) on Netflix
• Selma (Ava DuVernay) on Available to rent
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution on Available to rent
• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) on Hulu with Cinemax
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) on Netflix

Organizations To Follow On Social Media

• Antiracism Center Twitter
• Audre Lorde Project TwitterInstagramFacebook
• Black Women’s Blueprint TwitterInstagramFacebook
• Color Of Change TwitterInstagramFacebook
• Colorlines TwitterInstagramFacebook
• The Conscious Kid TwitterInstagramFacebook
• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) TwitterInstagramFacebook
• Families Belong Together TwitterInstagramFacebook
• The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights TwitterInstagramFacebook
• MPowerChange TwitterInstagramFacebook
• Muslim Girl TwitterInstagramFacebook
• NAACP TwitterInstagramFacebook
• National Domestic Workers Alliance TwitterInstagramFacebook
• RAICES TwitterInstagramFacebook
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) TwitterInstagramFacebook
• SisterSong TwitterInstagramFacebook
• United We Dream TwitterInstagramFacebook

More Anti-Racism Resources To Check Out

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Anti-Racism Project
• 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
• Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
• "Why Is This Happening?" — An Introduction To Police Brutality From 100 Year Hoodie
• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
• Financial Literacy in the Black Community

Call To Action Racial Injustice

Letter and voice call template for legislators by Zoe Marie and Joshua Crowder.