Teaching Resources:
Advocacy and Ally-Ship Resources:
Books to Read:
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Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
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Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
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How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
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Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
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Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
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Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
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Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
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Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
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The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
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The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
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This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
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White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Racial Justice Resources
Podcasts to Subscribe to:
Articles to Read:
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“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
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”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
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The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
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“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
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Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
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“Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
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”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
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“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
Videos, Films and TV Series to Watch:
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"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
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13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
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American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
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Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
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Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
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Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
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Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
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Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
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I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
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If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
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Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
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King In The Wilderness — HBO
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See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
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Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
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The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
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When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix