Anti-Racism Resources

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We have compiled the following list of articles, podcasts, books, films, and other resources to provide you with additional information about anti-racism and social justice. Have something to add? Please email us the details.

Articles

• “100 Ways to Support—Not Appropriate From—Native People” by Simon Moya-Smith on Vice, November 21, 2018
• “106 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice” by Corinne Shutack on Equity Includes You via Medium, updated September 22, 2021
• “The 1619 Project” in The New York Times Magazine, August 2019 (NOTE: must be a NYTimes.com subscriber to view)
• “Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Black Lives Matter Movement” by Courtney Martin on The Bold Italic via Medium, June 1, 2020
• “How Mindfulness Can Defeat Racial Bias” by Rhonda Magee on Greater Good Magazine, May 14, 2015
• “What Is Racism? Racism Defined” on Dismantling Racism Works (dRworks), last updated May 2021
• “What’s Wrong with Cultural Appropriation? These 9 Answers Reveal Its Harm” by Maisha Z. Johnson on Everyday Feminism via Medium, June 14, 2015

Podcasts

• “Code Switch” on NPR aims to put race in your face.
• “Intersectionality Matters!” is hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate and a leading scholar of critical race theory.
• “Pod Save the People” on Crooked Media explores news, culture, social justice, and politics.
• “Seeing White” by Scene on Radio is a 14-part documentary series taking a deep dive into the notion of “whiteness” and what it means.

Books

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity by C. Riley Snorton
• How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
• 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
• When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
• Why We’re Polarized by Ezra Klein

Films

• 13th (Netflix)
• Dear White People (Netflix)
• The Hate You Give (Amazon Video)
• I Am Not Your Negro (Amazon Video)

Other Resources

• Therapy for Black Girls (Website)
• Alkeme Health (App)