Start with checking our own biases and privileges:
We all have implicit biases. That’s OK to admit! But civilization is about working against our baser instincts. We won’t be able to change our prejudices until we address that we have them in the first place.
Harvard’s Project Implicit. It allows you to take a series of tests to see where your unconscious biases lie—looking at race, gender, age, weight, disability and sexuality.
Learn about privilege and its intersectionality
Check(list) your privilege.
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)
”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 developed by Craig Elliott PhD
“Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
”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)
Podcasts to subscribe to:
1619 (New York Times)
Code Switch (NPR)
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Pod For The Cause from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Books to read:
Start Here
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad (Bookshop.org)
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi (Bookshop.org)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou (Bookshop.org)
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (Bookshop.org)
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo (Bookshop.org)
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (Bookshop.org)
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD (Bookshop.org)
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown* (Bookshop.org)
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD* (Bookshop.org)
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas* (Bookshop.org)
Next Level
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins (Bookshop.org)
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper (Bookshop.org)
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon (Bookshop.org)
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold (Bookshop.org)
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (Bookshop.org)
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (Bookshop.org)
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison (Bookshop.org)
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin (Bookshop.org)
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs (Bookshop.org)
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson (Bookshop.org)
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (Bookshop.org)
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga (Bookshop.org)
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson (Bookshop.org)
Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:
Books
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* Podcasts
Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey” Articles
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
Films and TV series to watch:
Netflix
13th (Ava DuVernay)
American Son (Kenny Leon)
Dear White People (Justin Simien)
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol)
Selma (Ava DuVernay)
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)
Hulu
Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) via Cinemax
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) via Cinemax
HBO
King In The Wilderness
True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s FIght for Equality*
Rent
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) Free in the U.S. in June
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) Also available on Kanopy via your library
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
Organizations to follow on social media & Donate to
Antiracism Center: Twitter
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:
Books
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* Podcasts
Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey” Articles
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
Videos to watch:
"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
More anti-racism resources to check out:
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