Education doesn’t just help us understand the world around us. It also opens up new avenues of discovery for us to share our new found knowledge with others. During the past week, I’ve had several people reach out to me about their desire to learn how to talk about racism in America. I don’t have all the answers. But the least I can do is help point people in the direction where they can get some. Below are 40+ resources I’ve compiled to help accomplish that. Just click and dive in. Because the conversations have to start somewhere.
ARTICLES
Start here: Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life
Then explore more:
- Why You Need to Stop Saying “All Lives Matter”
- The racist roots of American policing: From slave patrols to traffic
- The American Nightmare
- How White People Can Hold Each Other Accountable to Stop Institutional Racism
- The death of George Floyd, in context
- Black People Need Stronger White Allies — Here’s How You Can Be One
- 75 things White people can do for racial justice
- Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life
- Dear White Women: A letter reminding modern white women of their relationship with black women throughout history
- How to talk to your family about racism
- Microaggressions don’t just ‘hurt your feelings’
- 5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Response to White and State-Sanctioned Violence
HOW TO TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT RACISM
Start here: How to talk to kids about race, privilege amid George Floyd protests
Then explore more:
- George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. What do we tell our children?
- We need more white parents to talk to their kids about race. Especially now
- Are your kids too young to talk about race?
BOOKS
Start here: Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race
Then explore more:
- I’m Still Here: Black dignity in a world made for whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- White Fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism by Robin Deangelo
- How to be an antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Check Your Privilege by Myisha T Hill & 2 more
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- So you want to talk about race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
- Women, race and class by Angela Davis
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
ONLINE RESOURCES
Start here: Collection of Articles: The 1619 Project by The New York Times
Then explore more:
- Rachel Cargle’s TED Talk: Coming to terms with racism’s inertia
- Why whiteness must be named – Live with Layla
- ANTI-racism Center
- Mindful of Space workshop
- How the U.S. Got Its Police Force
- For White people who are asking what can you do?
ORGANIZATIONS
- NAACP
- Black Lives Matter
- The Antiracist Research & Policy Center
- Equal Justice Initiative
- ACLU
- Showing Up For Racial Justice