Articles to read:
- General resources links – Articles to read, podcasts to subscribe to, books to read (by level), resources for white parents, film & tv to watch separated by streaming service, organizations to follow and donate to, videos to watch, and other resources.
- White Allyship 101
- Wake up call – Articles and books to read, what to watch, who to follow, what to listen to, resources for kids and teens.
- Robin DiAngelo – White Fragility Reader’s Guide, general resources, tools for white parents, handouts, tools & how-to, education & schools & teachers.
- June resources – Although this is meant to be followed along with for the month of June, there are so many great resources here and the way these women organized it is super specific and helpful when following along.
- Anti-Racism Resource List
Instagram Posts:
- Ways Non-Black People Can Transition to a Long-Term Movement / Keeping Up Momentum After the News Cycle:
- Exploring Your Privilege
- Systemic Racism Facts & Figures
- Terminology to Know
- Performative vs. Authentic Allyship
- How to Actively Be Anti-Racist & Becoming Anti-Racist
- White Supremacy
- Put Your Solidarity into Action
Anti-Racism Book List (Top 8):
How to Be An AntiRacist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
White Fragility: Why it’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Bookstores that aren’t Amazon:
(most, if not all, are black owned)
US
- detroitbookcity.com
- frugalbookstore.net
- Semicolonchi.com
- thelitbar.com
- unclebobbies.com
- mahoganybooks.com
- loyaltybookstores.com
- darebooks.com
- blackworldbooks.org
Canada
Podcasts (Top 8):
- 1619 (NY Times)
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
- About Race
- Intersectionality Matters! (Kimberle Crenshaw)
- Pod for the Cause from the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Articles (Top 9):
- NY Times 1619 Project (all the articles
- White Privilege – Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston
- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement – Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
- The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- How White Feminists Oppress Black Women: When Feminism Functions as White Supremacy by Monnica T. Williams
- How to Tell Someone You Love They’re Being Racist by Kim Gillan
- What Exactly is a Microaggression? By Jenee Desmond-Harris
- I Need to Talk to White Women About White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Movies/TV:
Netflix
- 13th (Ava Duvernay)
- Selma (Ava Duvernay)
- When They See Us (Ava Duvernay)
- American Son (Kenny Leon)
- Dear White People (Justin Simien)
- Becoming (Michelle Obama documentary)
Hulu
- The Hate U Give (George Tilam Jr.) via Cinemax
- Blindspotting (Carlos Lopez Estrada) via Cinemax
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
HBO
- King in the Wilderness
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality
For Rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin documentary) also available on Kanopy via your library
- Just Mercy (Dustin Daniel Cretton) – free in US in June
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
Organizations to Donate to/Follow on Social Media (Top 8):
(It’s argued by some people that it is better to donate to smaller & local orgs rather than National Orgs)
People to Follow:
- Rachel Cargle – writer & lecturer who explores the intersection b/w race and womanhood
- No White Saviors – National organization
- Ibram X. Kendi – author of How To Be Antiracist and Director of the Antiracism Center
- Brittany Packnett Cunningham – co-founder of Campaign Zero (policy platform to end police violence) and host of Pod Save the People
- Charlene Carruthers – founder of the Black Youth Project 100
- Andrea Ranae
- Layla F. Saad
- Rachel Ricketts
- Check Your Privilege – National Organization