Articles
Articles
10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools, by Jamie Utt
21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear on a Daily Basis, by Heben Nigatu
Climbing the White Escalator, by Betsy Leondar-Wright
Explaining White Privilege To A Broke White Person, by Gina Crosley-Corcoran
Guide to Allyship, Created by Amélie Lamont
For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies by Courtney Ariel
It’s Not Just the South: Here’s How Everyone Can Resist White Supremacy, by Sarah van Gelder
White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo
Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus A list of free articles on the context/history of institutionalized racism available through JSTOR
Making America White Again, by Toni Morrison
Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap, by Amy Traub, Laura Sullivan, Tatjana Mescheded, & Tom Shapiro
What White Children Need to Know About Race, by Ali Michael and Elenora Bartoli
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
My President Was Black, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?, by Ibram X Kendi
The Injustice of This Moment Is not an ‘Aberration,’ Michelle Alexander
White mom to racists: ‘Don’t use my child to further your hate-filled ignorance,’ by Rev. Edith Love
People of colour have to ‘code-switch’ to fit in with white norms by Natalie Morris
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
On Being White and Other Lies by James Baldwin
“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer
The 1619 Project (all the articles) The New York Times Magazine
The Combahee River Collective Statement Statement on the foundations of Black Feminism
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)
“Black Male Writers For Our Time,” by Ayana Mathis
What's Race Got to Do With ______? a series of articles by Sojourners Magazine on the interconnectedness of humanity and the ways race converges with gender, eco-justice, sexuality, leadership, technology and more.
Articles specific to our current context
“Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
“The Death of George Floyd, In Context,” by Jelani Cobb
“Of Course There Are Protests. The State Is Failing Black People,” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
“This Is How Loved Ones Want Us To Remember George Floyd,” by Alisha Ebrahimji
“You shouldn’t need a Harvard degree to survive birdwatching while black,” by Samuel Getachew, a 17-year-old and the 2019 Oakland youth poet laureate
“It’s exhausting. How many hashtags will it take for all of America to see Black people as more than their skin color?” by Rita Omokha
“How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real Change,” by Barack Obama
Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay — Chances Are They’re Not by Danielle Cadet
“I Was The Mayor Of Minneapolis And I Know Our Cops Have A Problem,” by R.T. Rybak
“Don’t understand the protests? What you’re seeing is people pushed to the edge,” by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Los Angeles Times
“I’m Black. My Mom is White. This Is The Talk We Had To Have About George Floyd’s Killing,” by Kimberly J. Miller
Defund the Police? Here’s what that really means. by Christy Lopez
Robin DiAngelo: How 'white fragility' supports racism and how whites can stop it interview with Sandee LaMotte