Resources
Ok people! I know it is tough out there trying to navigate through the scary world wide web for resources on race and diversity. Luckily, I like you and want to help you learn how to be a better ally, how to understand whiteness and privilege, how to be antiracist, and how to start conversations with your kids about race. Go through the resources and read or watch a few of them. The insight you gain will help you when in conversations with people about these subjects. It will allow you to have better answers to race-based questions people will pose. Enjoy and this will be updated semi-regularly (when I remember my password).
Here is a great starting point for many people who are wondering what books they should read regarding the wide variety of topics on race, privilege, bias, history, policing, school, work, housing, and more.
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Inclusive Cultures
Are you not sure of where to start with creating an inclusive culture within your department? If this is an issue, consider contacting Jen to bring her in for help your department create an inclusive culture.
Now looking for next steps? Are you in need of more language to help facilitate uncomfortable conversation such as:
1. I’m really nervous/scared/uncomfortable saying this and/but …
2. From my experience/perspective as (identity) …
3. I’m afraid I may offend someone, and please let know if I do, but …
4. It feels risky to say this and/but …
For more ideas of how to facilitate uncomfortable conversations please go to Silence Breakers for White People in Cross-Racial Discussions or Responses to Racist Comments Collected From the Field.
articles
- Six Freedoms Black People Do Not Have Under a White Supremacy
- The Groundwater Approach (REI)
- Difficult conversations about race make it easier to understand others’ reality
- Teachers Must Not Only Be Non-Racist, But Anti-Racist
- Being an Anti- Racist is a Verb
- How I Began to See Systemic Racism
- Your Unconscious Bias Trainings Keep Failing Because You’re Not Addressing Systemic Bias
- Should I Use The Adjective “Diverse”?
- How America Spreads the Disease that is Racism by not Confronting Racist Family Members and Friends
- Everything Is ‘Always About Race’ Because Racism Won’t Go Away
- We Told Y’all: New Study Reveals How Every Phase of Criminal-Justice System Favors Whites
- Stop peddling the black-on-black crime myth. These DOJ stats prove it’s not a thing.
- I Was A Racist Cop
- Microaggressions Are a Big Deal: How to Talk Them Out And When To Walk Away
- A Day in a Life: How Racism Impacts Families of Color [Infographic]
- Anti-Racism and Restorative Justice Classroom Resources
- Rachel Cargle Insists Rest is the Real Revolultion for Black Women
- Chicago Isn’t Just Segregated, It Basically Invented Modern Segregation
- Code-Switching Is Not Trying to Fit in to White Culture, It’s Surviving
- Tell a Hijab from a Niqab With This Helpful Guide
- Hiring a Chief Diversity Officer Won’t Fix Racial Company Culture
- The Evolving Strategy of Police: A Minority View
- The Massacre of Black Wall Street
- Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, Explained
- Straight Talk About the N-Word
- Hair Discrimination: A Timeline of Black Folks’ Hair Making White People Uncomfortable
- 24 Books for Anti-Racist Teachers- White Fragiles Beware!
- How White People Can Talk to Each Other About Disrupting Racism
Books
Please buy your books at Black Owned Businesses. Here are more ways to learn about them:
10 Black-Owned Online Bookstores to Support While at Home
22 Black-Owned Bookstores to Shop Right Now (and Always)
17 Black-Owned Bookstores to Shop from Today and Every Day
Black Owned Everything & Next Steps
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
- How to be an Anti Racist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- How to be an Anti Racist Book Club Kit by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- A Spectacular Leap by Jennifer H. Lansbury
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria, And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
- White Rage by Carol Anderson
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America 1st Edition by Richard Rothstein
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- When Affirmative Action Was White by Ira Katznelson
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- But I Am Not Racist: Tools for Well-Meaning Whites by Kathy Obear
- White Awake: An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White by Daniel Hill
- Yellow: Race in American Beyond Black and White by Frank H. Wu
- Privilege, Power, and Difference (Chapter) by Allan Johnson
- Recitatif by Toni Morrison
- The Miner’s Canary by Lani Guiner and Gerald Torres
- Possessive Investment in Whiteness by George Lipsitz
- The Bridge Called My Back Edited by Cherrie Morage and Gloria Anzaldua
- Aint I a Woman by bell hooks
- For Colored Girls Who Have Considerd Suicide When the Rinbow is Enuf by Ntozake Shange
- Assata: An Autobiography by Assata Shakur
- A Taste of Power byb Elaine Brown
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Divided Sisters by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Passing by Nella Larsen
- Whiteness of a Different Color by Matthew Frye Jacobson
- The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
- Some of Us Are Brave edited by Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, and Barbara Smith
- Women, Race, and Clas by Angela Y. Davis
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Men We Reaped by Jesmyn Ward
- Free Cyntoia by Cyntoia Brown-Long
- Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
- How We Got Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collection by Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor
- Unafraid of the Dark by Rosemary L. Bray
- Children of Blood and Bones by Tomi Adeyemi
- When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan Cullors
- Let’s Get Free: A Hip-Hop Theory of Justice by Paul Butler
- Pushout by Monique Morris
- Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Booklist for White Readers | Charis Books & More and Charis Circle
- The Tale of O (Free Pdf)
- 17 Books On Race Every White Person Needs To Read
- College Student Creates A Mobile Directory Of 600 Books That Prioritize Diversity
- Diversity Book Finder
- 15 History Books You Didn’t Get Assigned In School But Definitely Need to Read
- We Need Diverse Books
- Let’s Talk About Race
- 56 Books by Women and Nonbinary Writer of Color to Read in 2020
Co-Conspirator vs. Allyship
- AWARE-LA Workshops
- What is Allyship? Why Can’t I be an Ally?
- The Anti-Oppression Network
- Privilege and Allyship
- So You Call Yourself an Ally: 10 Things All ‘Allies’ Need to Know
- What White Allyship Looks Like
- When White Women Practice the Politics of Polite, The Violence of Nice
- 16 Words and Definitions to Kickstart Your Anti-Racism Journey
Combat Anti-Asian Racism
- Yellow Peril: An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear By: John Kuo Wei Tchen & Dylan Yeats
- Not Quite Not White Losing & Finding Race in America By: Sharmila Sen
- Disoriented Asian Americas, Law, & the Nation-State By: Robert S. Chang
- Racial Worldmaking: The Power of Popular Fiction By: Mark C. Jerng
- From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chen and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement By: Paula Yoo
- Storied Lives: Japanese American Students & World War II By: Gary Y. Okihiro
- Her Father’s Daughter By: Gene Stratton-Porter
- Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States By: Lon Kurashige
- The Making of Asian America: A History By: Erika Lee
- Chains of Babylon: The Rise of Asian America By: Daryl J. Maeda
- A Different Shade of Justice: Asian American Civil Rights in the South By: Stephanie Hinnershitz
- The Color of Success Asian Americans & the Origins of the Model Minority By: Ellen D. Wu
- We Too Sing America: South Asian, Arab, Muslim, & Sikh Immigrants Shape Our Multiracial Future By: Deepa Iyer
- News for All The People: The Epic Story of Race & the American Media By: Juan Gonzalez
- Hmong & American: From Refugees to Citizens
- How to Be Less Stupid About Race On Racism, White Supremacy, & The Racial Divide By: Crystal M. Fleming
- Women Filmmakers of the African & Asian Diaspora: Decolonizing the Gaze, Locating Subjectivity By: Gwendolyn A. Foster
- Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice By: Paul Kivel
- We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race & Resegregation By: Jeff Chang
- Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black & White By: Frank H. Wu
- Immigrant Acts: On Asian American Cultural Politics By: Lisa Lowe
- Minor Feelings an Asian American Reckoning By: Cathy Park Hong
- Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People By: Helen Zia
- No-no Boy By: John Okada
- I Hotel: [A Novel] By: Karen Tei Yamashita
- The Leavers: A Novel By: Lisa Ko
- Driven Out: The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans By: Jean Pfaelzer
Cultural Appropriation
Find More Resources on Cultural Appropriation from Adrienne Keen. You can find her website here: https://www.adriennekeene.com/.
- What Defines Cultural Appropriation
- A Guide to Understanding and Avoiding Culural Appropriation
- What is Cultural Appropration and Why Is It So Offensive?
- What Is Cultural Appropriation Exactly, and How Do I Avoid It?
- What is “Cultural Appropriation” and how does it play into representations of Native peoples? How have debates around cultural appropriation shaped Native peoples abilities to push back on these instances? What does the law say about protecting Native communities and cultural markers?
- Tsosie, R. A. (Yaqui) (2002). Reclaiming native stories: an essay on cultural appropriation and cultural rights. Arizona State Law Journal, 34, 299.
- Riley, A. R. (Chickasaw), & Carpenter, K. A. (Cherokee Nation) (2015). Owning Red: A Theory of Indian (Cultural) Appropriation. L. Rev., 94, 859.
- Hooks, B. (1994). Outlaw culture: Resisting representations. Routledge. “Eating the Other: Desire and resistance” Pgs 21-39
- Min-ha Pham, Fashion’s Cultural Appropriation Debate: Pointless (TheAtlantic)
- NYtimes (online) Room for debate: “whose culture is it anyhow?”
- Keene, A. J. (Cherokee Nation) “Dear Christina Fallin” (Native Appropriations)
URBAN OUTFITTERS CASE:
- Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation), Urban Outfitters is Obsessed with Navajos. (Native Appropriations)
- Adrienne Keene (Cherokee Nation), What’s next for the Urban Outfitters Case? (Indian Country Today)
- Thelma Young, Native Americans v. Urban Outfitters (Prezi—just click through & watch): https://prezi.com/yziuhanooo9n/native-americans-vs-urban-outfitters/
- Navajo Nation’s case against Urban Outfitters just took a hit (Yahoo News):https://www.yahoo.com/style/navajo-nations-case-against-urban-150700793.html
- OPTIONAL:
Scafidi, S. (2005). Who owns culture?: Appropriation and authenticity in American law. Rutgers University Press. Chapter 1: The commodification of culture (pgs 1-12)
For Children
- Top 147 Recommended African-American Children’s Books
- 60 Empowering Books Starring Latina Mighty Girls
- 15 Books to Help Kids Understand The Black Lives Matter
- Anti-Racism for Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race
- White Mobs Riot Against Racial Intergration in Detroit
- Guide Book to Gift Books
- How White Families With Young Children Can Work To Undo Racism
- The Best 45 Diverse Children’s Books of 2019
- Stories of Japanese, Muslim Internment Camps Told in Children’s Books
- 15 Children’s Books on Extraordinary Black Athletes by Black Authors
- The Reality of Being Adopted: Validating Stories For Adopted Kids)
- 31 Children’s Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance
- 11 Books to Teach Students About the Refugee Experience
- 37 Children’s Books to help talk about Racism & Discrimination
- 21 Inspiring LGBTQ-Themed Children’s Books
- 60 Mighty Girl Books About Standing Up for Others
- 7 Books That Help Kids Better Understand People Affected By Disabilities
- Children’s Books About Disabilities
- 37 Children’s Books to Help Us Talk About Racism & Discrimination
- 7 Picture Books About Black Father Figures
- A Black Woman Did That
- How To Talk To Your Kids About Race and Justice (Recording)
Implicit Bias
- Bias Interruptors
- Exploring Unconscious Bias with Vernā Myers
- Implicit Bias Training through the Kirwan Institute
- Look Different through MTV
- Mitigating unconscious bias in learning: Resources
- What Bias? Not me
- Immaculate Perception
- How Unconsious Bias Affects The Workplace Experience
- We All Have Implicit Biases. So What Can We Do About It?
- Unpacking the biases that shape our beliefs
- Implicit Bias, Lifelong Impact
- Your Unconscious Bias Training Keep Failing Because You’re Not Addressing Systemic Bias
- Adress Unconscious Bias with Modern Learning
- Implicit Bias: Peanut Butter, Jelly, and Racism
native
- Interactive Map: Loss of Indian Land
- Books for Essential Reading if Interested in the Native American Experience
- American Indians in Children’s Literature
- 10 Essential Native American Novels
- Decolonize Your Bookshelf With These Books by Native American Writers
- The Best Books on Native Americans and Colonisers
- Native Languages of the Americas: Books on American Indian History and Culture
- 40 Children’s Books Celebrating Native American and Indigenous Mighty Girls
- 14 Contemporary Books By Native American Writers To Get Excited About
The N-Word
- Resources for Teaching about the N-Word By: Erica Pernell
- The N-Word Discussion with Dr. Lester
- The N-Word: Connected Through Historical Disconnect
- Straight Talk About the N-Word
- Who has the “Right” to Use the N-Word?
- How the N-Word Became Unsayable
- “The Meanings of a Word”
- “White people should never rap the n-word: A linguist breaks it down”
- “How the N-Word Became Unsayable”
videos
- Jen Fry TedxDuke: Radical Social Justice Education Through High Fives
- 26 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias, and Identity with Students
- The Look: A Story about Bias in America
- 13th Amendment- Netflix
- Shouldn’t Sports be Colorblind?
- How to train employees to have difficult conversations
- A Tale of O on Diversity
- We need to talk about an injustice
- Does racism affect how you vote?
- The freakonomics of crack dealing
- Color blind or color brave?
- How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them
- How to raise a black son in America
- The urgency of intersectionality
- Get comfortable with being uncomfortable
- Implicit Bias — how it affects us and how we push through
- How microaggressions are like mosquito bites
- We need to talk about an injustice
- 25 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity With Students
- When to Take a Stand and When to Let It Go?
- ‘Against All Odds’ Is Required Viewing for White Progressives – Talk Poverty
- Jane Elliott Speaks on Racism and White Supremacy
- Tim Wise: On White Privilege (Clip)
- Understanding My Privilege
- The Power of Privilege
- Netflix: Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
- Black Self/White World- Lessons on Internalized Racism
- Your Privilege is Showing
- I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype
- Netflix: LA 92
- Netflix: Time: The Kalief Browder Story
- Housing Segregation in Everything
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
- The Children’s March
- 1968-2020: A Tale of Two Uprisings
- Jesus Was Divisibe: A Black Pastor’s Message To White Christians
- The Code Switch Guide to Race and Policing
- No! You Cannot Touch My Hair!
- The Missing Century of Black History in The Americas
- White Men: Time to Discover Your Cultural Blind Spots
- Confessions of a D Girl: Colorism and Global Standards of Beauty
- Netflix:7 Seconds
- Fruitvale Station
- Higher Learning
- Do the Right Thing
- Netflix: Dear White People
- Netflix: When They See Us
- Race is a Fiction. Racism is Not
- I Am Not Your Negro
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Disrupting the Miseducation of African American Youth
- The Dangers of Whitewashing Black History
- The Promise: A Lesson in White Privilege
- 50 years of Racism — Why Silence Isn’t the Answer
- Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- Let’s get to the root of racial injustice
- Systemic Racism Explained
- #HatchKids Discuss Microaggressions
- We Need to Talk About An Injustice
- The Trauma of Systemic Racism is Killing Black Women
- Racism Has Cost for Everyone
- The Human Stories Beyond Mass Incarceration
- Am I Not Human?
- From Reform to Abolition: The Future of the U.S. Prison System
- Don’t Be A Savior, Be An Ally:
- Robin DiAngelo on “White Fragility” | Amanpour and Company
- How to be an Antiracist
- Tools for Anti-Racist Teaching
- Terry Jess | YouTube Channel
Whiteness
- About the Weary Weaponizing of White Women Tears
- Silence Breakers for White People in Cross-Racial Discussions
- Understanding White Privilege
- Privileged
- I am Drowning in Whiteness
- Bhagat Singh Thind’s Case Shows the Link Between Whiteness and Citizenship
- Here’s my Challenge to White Parents This School Year
- Beth Moore: Leaders Who Are Silent About White Supremacy Are Cowardly
- In “Highway of Tears”, A Missed Chance to Hold White Journalists Accountable
- White People Assume Niceness is The Answer to Racial Inequality. It’s Not.
- How to Be a Better White Person in 2020
- White People Need to Call Out Other White People’s Racism- Every Single Time
- 10 Defensive Reactions to White Privilege That Make No Damn Sense – But Are Super Common – Everyday Feminism
- The Sugarcoated Language Of White Fragility
- 10 things every white teacher should know when talking about race
- Why I Stopped Talking about Racial Reconciliation and Started Talking about White Supremacy
- White People Assume Niceness is the Answer to Racial Inequality. It’s Not.
- White Silence is Violence: How to be a White Accomplice
- White Silence Is Not An Option
- Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person
- I Don’t Discuss Racism With White People
- Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism–from Ferguson to Charleston
- 65 Things White People Can do for Racial Justice
- The Other Epidemic: Are Whites Dying of Anger
- How Well-Intentioned White Families Can Perpetuate Racism
- The White Space
- “Against All Odds” is Required Watching for White Progressives
- I’m White and I’m Outraged by Ahmaud Arbery’s Murder. Now What?
- Black History is a chance for white parents to learn how to talk about racism
- I’m a White Mom of a Black Son, and I Won’t Stop Talking About Racism
- Why White Parents Need to Do More Than Talk to Their Kids About Racism
- White Denial- Bad Apple Edition
- Contemporary White Antiracism
- The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture
Workbooks
- The Anti Racism Starter Kit
- How To Talk About Race
- Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
- Becoming AntiRacist Journal
- Racial Justice Syllabus
- 21- Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge
- Stamped Educator’s Guide
- A Racial Justice Guide to Thanksgiving for Educators and Families
- Singing a Black Girl’s Song: Black Girlhood Studies
- Black Lives Matter at School
- Dismantling Racism Workbook
- The Asian American Tool Kit
- The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books
- Minneapolis Uprising Syllabus
- 2018 History & Resistance in Representations of Native Peoples Online Syllabus By: Adrienne Keene
Miscellaneous
- 65 Resources for Racial and Health Equity
- 18 Podcasts from diverse voices to add to your listening lineup
- Podcasts for multicultural families
- Being Kind is not the Same as Being Anti-Racist with Dr. Terri Watson– Podcast
- Indigenous Cinema– films by indigenous Canadians
- Join Campaign Zero– Police Accountability
- Check the Police
- Colonization of Africa – summary from mid-15th century to 1980
- A Geography Class for Racist People
- Ghosts of Football Past | Podcast
