ARTICLES
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
Whiteness by the National Museum of African American History and Culture
Who Gets to be Afraid in America? by Ibram X. Kendi
My Mother’s Dreams for Her Son and All Black Children by Hilton Als
Another Day, Another Hashtag. White People, You Gotta Get to Work NOW by Awesomely Luvvie
James Baldwin Was Right All Along by Raoul Peck
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
How Protest Works by Kenneth T. Andrews
Lynching Preachers: How black pastors resisted Jim Crow and white pastors incited racial violence by Malcolm Brian Foley
A Timeline of Events that Led to the Fed-Up Uprising by Michael Harriot
As Mayor of Minneapolis, I Saw How White Liberals Block Change by Betsy Hodges
As US Faces Surge In Coronavirus Cases Study Shows Black Americans Most Likely to Know Someone Who’s Died From the Virus by Anne Branigin
Terrorism in Charleston by Jelani Cobb
Reconstructing the American Tradition of Domestic Terrorism by Heather Richardson Cox
I, Racist a sermon by John Metta
When a White Guy Walks Into a Waiting Room by R. Nash
10-minutes of Terror by Roberto Carlos Garcia
White Privilege: Let’s Talk – A Resource for Transformational Dialogue by the United Church of Christ (includes links to videos and additional reading resources in a single website)
97 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
Learn to Talk About Race a website resource by the National Museum of African American History & Culture
Du Bois Gave Voice to Pain and Promise by Chad Williams
America is on Fire: a Message from the President of Emerson College by M. Lee Pelton
Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances Are They’re Not by Danielle Cadet
US Businesses Must Take Meaningful Action Against Racism by Laura Morgan Roberts & Ella F. Washington
We Need to Talk About Dog-Whistle Diversity by Christine Michel Carter
PODCASTS – If you have some time to listen, these podcasts are free and capture some important, complex conversations. Also, please note that language on several podcasts is often meant for adult listeners.
“A Conversation Between Robin DiAngelo and Resmaa Menakem” from On Being
“Green Book” from the Black Men Can’t Jump in Hollywood Podcast
“The Birth of American Music” from New York Times’ 1619 Project
“1619 Podcast Series” from the New York Times
“What About Your Friends” from NPR’s Code Switch Podcast
“Status Update” from NPR’s Code Switch Podcast (about immigration)
“A Strange and Bitter Crop” from NPR’s Code Switch Podcast
“It’s Hard to Be a Bachelor Fan” from 2 Black Girls, 1 Rose Podcast
“Pretty Hurts” by NPR’s Code Switch Podcast
“Mexican American Iowan” from Beautiful Anonymous Podcast
“Soy Andres, A Tu Pies” from the Scattered Podcast
“White People Shouldn’t Talk About Privilege” from the Yo! Is this Racist? Podcast
“Rationalizing a Racist Mom” from the Yo! Is this Racist? Podcast
“Co-workers and Microaggressions” from the Yo! Is this Racist? Podcast
BOOKS –consider purchasing them from a black-owned bookstore or consider downloading the audiobook version and listening to the book, which is often in the author’s own voice. Many libraries also have these titles for lending in print, digital, or audiobook format.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Pre-Post Racial America: Spiritual Stories from the Front Lines by Sandhya Rani Jha
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America by Jim Wallis
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Renni Eddo-Lodge
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations by Mira Jacob
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji and Anthony G. Greenwald
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nahisi Coates
How the Jews Became White Folks: and What That Says About Race in America by Karen Brodkin
How Does It Feel to Be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa Bayoumi
The Fire This Time by Jesmyn Ward
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism Robin Diangelo
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Collors and Asha Bandele
An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fatphobia by Sabrina Strings
Mindful of Race: Understanding and Transforming Habits of Harm by Ruth King
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by Michelle Eric Dyson
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James Cone
Jesus and the Disinherited by Howard Thurman
FEATURE FILMS
13th by Netflix (full-length movie)
Just Mercy: https://www.justmercyfilm.com/
I Am Not Your Negro by Raoul Peck featuring James Baldwin
12 Years a Slave: via YouTube Movies
INFORMATIONAL TED TALKS
SHORT VIDEOS & NARRATIVES
“The First Time I Realized I Was Black” by CNN – 20 video narratives from prominent black people describing their experiences with racism