The other day, I wrote a post with an extensive list of resources for opportunities to learn more about White Privilege and White Fragility. I had added to an already existing resource list that was compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein in May 2020, and in my additions, inadvertently omitted that citation, so in the spirit of giving credit where credit is clearly due, I wanted to state that.
In the past week, there have been tons of other resources shared that I also feel compelled to share. A particular resource I want to highlight is this online course: Hard Conversation: Introduction to Racism. A respected colleague raved about the course years ago and I’m finally making it a priority to take. I’m inviting you to join me and have secured a $20 off coupon code, making the course $79.
Additional Resources:
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources –This is a REALLY well organized list of anti-racist resources, and it stands out because it is ‘scaffolded’ in stages of ‘identity development’ which will be crucial to real change. This document is being heavily ‘shared’, so if you can’t access it, try again later. it’s updated regularly. The Document was created by: Anna Stamborski, M. Div Candidate (2022) , Nikki Zimmermann, M. Div candidate (2021) , Bailie Gregory, M. Div, M.S. Ed.
- 12 Ways You Can be an Activist Without Going to a Protest
- My favorite person and podcast, Brené Brown, interviewed Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist and it’s so good.
- ‘Raising White Kids’ Author On How White Parents Can Talk About Race – 7 minutes and so important
- Short e-course designed by trauma therapist Resmaa Menakam, called “Racialized Trauma” – a FREE, relevant, and gentle introduction to understanding trauma in a way to increase compassion. Check out this interview with Menakam as well: Breaking the Chain: Healing Racial Trauma in the Body
- 8 Mental Health Resources for Black Folks
- A Teens Unwritten Rules His Mom gave him
- ‘Just Mercy’ is now free to stream through June to help educate people on systemic racism
- This video highlights what black parents must teach their children in an honest, to-the-point, and painful way.
- CNN and ‘Sesame Street’ to host a town hall addressing racism – The 60-minute special “Coming Together: Standing Up to Racism. A CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall for Kids and Families” will air on Saturday, June 6, at 8 a.m. MST. How to watch: The town hall will air on CNN, CNN International and CNN en Español. It will stream live on CNN.com’s homepage and across mobile devices via CNN’s apps, without requiring a cable log-in.
- 9 Phrases Allies Can Say When Called Out Instead of Getting Defensive
If you don’t know where to start but will consider taking one next step ….here are some things you can do:
- Take a free online Implicit Bias Test here: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/
- Practice mindfulness, in other words: PAY ATTENTION. Become aware of your automatic thoughts, question them, and notice how your thoughts impact your behavior.
- Choose to give others the benefit of the doubt.
- Practice empathy … if you need a refresher, watch this 3-minute video on empathy.
Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:
- Check out these books for children and young adults from the list of Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
- Listen to the Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
- Read PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- Follow The Conscious Kid on Instagram
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
- ”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)
- “You’d Never Know How Racist I Was, If You Met Me on the Street” by Samuel O. Ortiz
- The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- 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:
- 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)
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- Good Ancestor Podcast
- Scene On Radio – Seeing White
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
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- 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
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Stamped From the Beginning: The Defenitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- Me and White Supremacy: A 28-Day Challenge to Comabat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by by Layla F. Saad and Robin J DiAngelo
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America by
- An African American and LatinX History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
- The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michael Eric Dyson
- Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris
- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington
- Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line by Michael Dyson
- We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood … and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reaity of Pedagogy and Urban Education by Christopher Edmin
- Why Are All the Black Kids Setting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
- When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
- The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy by Andrea Flynn, Dorian T. Warren, Felicia J. Wong, Susan R. Holmberg
- Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism by Safiya Noble
- This Muslim American Life by Moustafa Bayoumi
- Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
- The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
- Salvation: Black People and Love by bell hooks
- What Does It Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy by Robin DiAngelo
- Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race by Derald Wing Sue
Films and TV series to watch:
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — 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
- 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
- The Color of Fear – Vimeo
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
- White Nonsense Roundup is a group of mostly white people who volunteer to address white supremacy & racism by fellow white people on social media. We are not experts, but as white people we are responsible for addressing racism in ourselves and in our communities. …. is a group that can be tagged in public FB spaces that will step in to educate white people so that people of color aren’t put in that position.
- The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
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
- Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
- Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
- Dissecting Whiteness
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
- https://adawaygroup.com/
- Racial Equity Tools
- Working Class History
- Be The Bridge
- Equal Justice Initiative
Online Courses:
