Anti-Racism

Thank you for showing up. As a white person I benefit from white supremacy and am complicit with white supremacy unless I am actively anti-racist. We perpetuate white supremacy until we actively do the work (silence and doing nothing means we support white supremacy) and are responsible for destroying and dismantling white supremacy, everyday. White supremacy is insidious, it is living and breathing within all of us, weaved into every fabric of our life. We must unlearn racism, learn anti-racism, engage in uncomfortable and often difficult conversations with ourselves and others, understand how white supremacy works and how our lives uphold it, dismantle white supremacy within us while calling in fellow white friends, family, and coworkers, and learn from, listen, support, and follow Black people and People of Color leading, educating, organizing, and guiding the way. Keep an open heart, cultivate fierce self-awareness, hold space with non-judgement, take full responsibility, keep a student mind, be teachable, check the ego, carry courage and humility, lead with vulnerability, and be consistent. We can co-create the world we so deeply desire by dismantling and destroying what is deadly to our people, our hearts, our empathy, and our spirit of what it is to be human.

 Here you will find a list of resources, books, articles, trainings, people to learn from, videos and films to watch, podcasts to listen to, and organizations to join about anti-racism for white folks, which in itself is white centering (the insidious white supremacy). The list is a compilation from over the many years of work, guidance, research, anti-racism trainings, and educators, leaders, and facilitators who I hope you will follow and learn from like an empty cup. It will continue to grow and be updated.

My intention is for this space to be a a guide to anti-racism teachers out there, so that as white friends we can move aside, share, and center, and elevate Black voices. I am indebted to every BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) educator, leader, and voice in the anti-racism movement and hope this is only an entry point into the necessary work we must do as we embark on the life-long journey of anti-racism.

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Watch

Videos to start with

13th by Ava DuVernay

Showing Their True Colors by Lee Mun Wah

Why White American's Don't See Themselves When They Hear the Word 'Race' by Michael Eric Dyson 

Racism Has a Cost for Everyone by Heather C McGhee

How Studying Privilege systems Can Strengthen Compassion by Peggy McIntosh

Films

13th by Ava DuVernay
Showing Their True Colors by Lee Mun Wah
Freedom Riders by Stanley Nelson
When They See Us by Ava DuVernay
Slavery by Another Name by 
Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee
BLACKkKLANSMAN by Spick Lee
Get on the Bus by Spike Lee
Just Mercy by Destin Cretton 
Malcom X by Spike Lee
When They See Us 
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
The Hate U Give by George Tilman Jr.
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
Selma
A Conversation About Race by Craig Bodeker
Dear White People by Justin Simien
12 Years A Slave by Steve McQueen
White Right: Meeting The Enemy by Deeyah Khan
Fruitvale Station by Ryan Coogler
The Uncomfortable Truth by Loki Mulholland
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution 
Black Power Mixtape 
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992

Ted Talks/Youtube

Racism Has a Cost for Everyone by Heather C McGhee

How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline At a Time by Baratunde Thurston

How Studying Privilege systems Can Strengthen Compassion by Peggy McIntosh

Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin Di Angelo

Wale - Sue Me

White Privilege

TED Talks and Race

Layla F. Saad Me and White Supremacy

Housing Segregation in Everything by NPR Code Switch

Read

Readings to start with

Where Change Started: Anti-Racism Starter Kit

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
Mindful of Race: Transforming Race from the Inside Out
The White Ally Toolkit Workbook by David W. Campt 
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack

Tool: Interrupting Microaggressions

From White Racist to White Anti-Racist: The Life-Long Jorney by Tema Okun

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

Welcome to the Anti-Racism Movement- Here's What You've Missed by Ijeoma Oluo

Articles

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack

Black People Need Stronger White Allies — Here’s How You Can Be One by Stephanie Long

5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Repsonse to White and State-Sanctioned Violence by SURJ

What is White Supremacy by Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez

From White Racist to White Anti-Racist: The Life-Long Jorney by Tema Okun

The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy by Yawo Brown

White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism by Jesse A Myerson

Detour-Spotting for White Anti-Racists by Jona Olsson

Welcome to the Anti-Racism Movement- Here's What You've Missed by Ijeoma Oluo

Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice by Jonathan Osler

Coalition Politics: Turning the Century by Bernice Johnson Reagon

A Reading List for Ralph Northam by Ibram X. Kendi

Understanding White Privilege by Francis E. Kendall

Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Ibram X. Kendi

The Whiteness of Police by Nikhil Pal Singh

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo

5 Racist Anti-Racism Responses "Good" White Women Give to Viral Posts by Kaie Anthony

The Costs of Racism to White People by Paul Kivel

Antiracist Checklist for Whites by Dr. John Ralbe

White People, It's Time to Prioritize Justice Over Civility by Tauriq Moosa

The 1619 Project

White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement by Dr. Robin Diangelo

How to Talk About Privilege to Someone Who Doesn't Know What That Is by Jamie Utt

Whiteness As Property by Cheryl Harris

Solidarity Not Charity: Racism in Katrina Relief Work by Molly McClure

The First White President by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Do-it-Yourself

Reparations by Chris Moore-Backman

100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating For People of Color by Kesiena Boom

Reparations by Chris Moore-Backman

What is White Privilege, Really? by Cory Collins

Helm's White Racial Identity Development Model

Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here's What to Do Instead) by Holiday Phillips

How to be a good white ally, according to activists by Emily Stewart

Letter From A Region In My Mind by James Baldwin

How to Talk to Your Family About Racism on Thanksgiving by Rachel Cargle 

20 Actions White people & non-Black POCs in Corporate (and otherwise) can take to show up for Black People right now by Michael J.A. Davis 

4 Ways White People Can Process Their Emotions Without Hijacking the Conversation on Racial Justice by Jennifer Loubriel

The Language of Antiracism by Sydney Worth

White Racial Consciousness by Daphne Murphy

Racial Identity Development

Books

This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
Uprooting Racism by Paul Kivel
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks
Antagonists, Advocates, & Allies by Catrice Jackson
Mindful of Race: Transforming Race from the Inside Out by Ruth King
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Radical Dharma: Taking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo williams
The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V Magee
The White Ally Toolkit Workbook by David W. Campt 
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Compassionate Warrior Boot Camp for White Allies by David W. Campt 
White Spaces Missing Faces by Catrice Jackson
Between the World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
How to Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal M Fleming
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Dr. Joy Degruy
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
The Michael Eric Dyson Reader by Michael Eric Dyson
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? by Toure
White Privilege by Paula S Rothenberg
What Truth Sounds Like by Michael Eric Dyson
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
White Rage by Carol Anderson
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
Choke Hold by Paul Butler 
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
White Awake by Daniel Hill
Dear White America by Tim Wise
The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Understanding Privilege by Frances E Kendall
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
Waking Up White, and Find Myself in the Story of Race by Derby Irving
Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts
Raising Our Hands : How White Women Can Stop Avoiding Hard Conversations, Start Accepting Responsibility, and Find Our Place on the New Frontlines by Jenna Arnold
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis
Assata by Assata Shakur
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks
Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

Act

Trainings

David Campt: Doing My Part To Dismantle Racism: Introduction To The White Ally Toolkit (Coming up June 4th Online Training)

Training for Change: White People Confronting Racism (Philadelphia)

Undoing Racism

Teach the Children

Anti-Racist Parenting While White: An Inquiry by Sherri Spelic

It's My Job to Raise Children Who Are Not Only Not Racist But Actively Anti-Racist by Mandy Hitchcock

Mom, Why Don't You Have Any Black Friends? by Michelle Silverthorn

Books To Teach White Children and Teens How to Undo Racism and White Supremacy

6 Things White Parents Can Do to Raise Racially Conscious Children by Bree Ervin

100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say To Your Child To Advance Racial Justice by Raising Race Conscious Children

White Parents Must Confront Racism By Teaching Kids How to Be Antiracist 

Parenting & White Supremacy: A 90-minute Good Ancestor Academy Masterclass by Layla F Saad

They're Not Too Young to Talk About Race

Talking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests

18 Powerful Children's Books About Race and Racism

Booklists: 60 carefully selected lists of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators 

Anti-Racism Organizations for White Folks

Showing Up For Racial Justice

Coming To The Table

Coalition of Anti Racist Whites

Race Forward Racial Justice Trainings

Crossroads Antiracism Organization and Training

Spiritual Activism 101 by Rachel Ricketts

Where Change Started

Racial and Social Justice 101 by Erika Hart

Good Ancestor Academy by Layla F Saad

Anti-Racism 101 "crash course" by Monique Melton

30-Day Crash Course for White Women by Catrice Jackson

Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higinbotham

Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano

Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey

16 Resources You'll Need For Raising an Antiracist Child by Rebecca Ruiz

Raising Little Allies to Be by Lucy Song

Resources for Parents and Caregivers About Race and Racism

Support

Reperations

Reparations Roundtable

10 Ways to Pay Reparations If You're a Broke Ass White Person by DiDi Delgado

Coming to the Table Reparations Working Group

Organizations

Bread and Roses Community Fund

National Bail Out

Black Lives Matter

Movement for Black Lives

Audre Lorde Project

Equal Justice Initiative 

BOLD: Black Organization for Leadership and Dignity 

Black Owned Businesses

Shoppe Black

Official Black Wall Street

Black Owned Bookstores 

125 Black Owned Businesses

Support Black-Owned Businesses By Shopping Online From These 31 Awesome Stores by Hannah Marder

101 Black Owned Restaurants You Need to Try In All 50 States 

Find Black Owned Restaurants in your area 

Racial Equity Tools: Reparations

The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Ally Ship

7 Black-Owned Hotels Across the US

(Leaders + Educators) Instagram Acct. Linked

Lee Merritt 

Grassroots Law  

Rachel Cargle

The Conscious Kid

The Great Unlearn

Black Lives Matter

Alicia Garza

Layla F. Saad

Austin Channing Brown

Ibram X Kendi

Andrea Ranae

Check Your Privilege

Speaking of Racism

Dr. Tee Williams

McKensie Mack

Dr. Jennifer Mullan

Color of Change

Training for Change

No White Saviors 

CTZNWELL

Antiracism Center

From Privilege to Progress - The #ShowUp Movement

Action St. Louis

BYP100

Movement for Black Lives

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Resource List

Anti-Racism Resource Collection by Resource Sharing Project

Racial Equity Tools

Anti-Racism Book List

Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus

Justice in June

Anti-Racism Resource List: For Beginners

158 Resources to Understand Racism in America

Master List of Black Revolutionary Readings

Black Revolutionary Texts

Friendly Reminder

Keep learning! Everyday pick something to watch, listen, read, join, or follow.

It is your duty to educate yourself.

Seek to learn from Black educators and leaders in the anti-racism movement, with self-awareness and responsibility. 

As white people we are going to fail and slip up many, many times. Keep moving forward, keep speaking up, keep showing up. Take responsibility, drop the ego, be humble, own it, and move forward.

Engage with your friends, family, coworkers. It starts with a conversation.