Resources for Current Events

Anti-Racism

Talking about Race and Racism

• ADL: Fighting Hate for Good: Race Talk: Engaging Young People in Conversations About Race and Racism

• Center for Racial Justice in Education: Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Radicalized Violence with Kids

• CNN: How to Talk to Your Children about Protests and Racism

• Future of Learning: Race Conversations in the Classroom

• Medium--Lion's Story: Talking to Children After Racial Incidents

• National Geographic: Talking to Kids About Race

• National Museum of African American History & Culture: Talking About Race

• Race Forward: 10 Ways to Start a Conversation About Race

• NASP: Understanding Race and Privilege

Resources and Trainings:

• Race Matters for Juvenile Justice: https://rmjj.org

• Racial Equity Institute (REI): www.racialequityinstitute.com

• Government Alliance on Race and Equity (GARE): www.racialequityalliance.org

• National Action Network: https://nationalactionnetwork.net

• University of North Carolina at Charlotte Urban Institute is leading a web series about the racial wealth gap and a weekly #WealthGapWednesday twitter chat on Wednesdays at 7:30 PM. You can join on Twitter for a discussion using the hashtag #WealthGapWednesday to follow along and ask questions: https://ui.uncc.edu

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 Combahee River Collective Statement

• “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)

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" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

Podcasts to subscribe to:

• 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

• Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’

• Fare of the Free Child podcast

• Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”

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) — 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

• 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

• 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

Organizations to follow on social media:

• 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

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

• The [White] Shift on Instagram

• “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie

Coronavirus Resources

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• Talking to Kids About COVID-19

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