Inclusive Spaces and Resources
Antiracism and Racial Literacy Resources
To support the anti-racism efforts happening in our institution, the Jeh Vincent Johnson ALANA Cultural Center has curated an extensive list of resources geared toward improving the racial literacy of our constituents and community. As an arm of Student Growth and Engagement, it is important that we continue to shed light on this very real systemic issue that is pervasive in many areas of our lives. It is our hope that consumption of these resources will be helpful in your journey to deepening your understanding of the processes and systems that perpetuate and uphold systems of oppression.
As we continue the daily journey of being an anti-racist Center and campus, we first hold ourselves accountable as we also support peer and community accountability. To do this, we begin with the competencies of self-awareness and empathy as we work toward better understanding and supporting each other.
To supplement your actions in becoming anti-racist, we encourage you to begin with knowledge building through review of this curated list, which includes articles and readings that may be helpful in understanding different perspectives, books featuring notable authors who write about lived experiences through the lens of race and antiracism, videos including TED Talks, clips, movies, and television shows aimed at increasing individual and group awareness.
This curated list includes several categories to cater to the different needs of our campus community. This list, while extensive, is not complete. We invite you to contact us to provide any resources you believe are missing or would like to see featured.
How-to/Links
- Being Antiracist
- What does it mean to be antiracist – (handout from racial healing handbook by Anneliese Singh)
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ) – resources to combat COVID-19 racism and hate
- Resources for BLM Movement – anti-racist resources curated by the Asian American Organizing Project
- Asian Americans, Racism and Antiracism in the COVID era transcript for a conversation hosted by EmbraceRace
- Anti-Blackness in Non-Black POC communities – a starting guide to anti-racist conversations with friends and family.
Articles
- The Atlantic: “Racism is Terrible. Blackness is not” by Imani Perry (June 12, 2020)
- The Atlantic: The Case for Reparations by Ta Nehisi Coates (June 23, 2014)
- The Atlantic: “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” By Dr. Ibram X. Kendi (May 12, 2020)
- The Players’ Tribune: “Privileged” by Kyle Korver (April 8, 2019)
- The Record Boston University School of Law: “The Fire This Time” by Angela Onwuachi-Willig (June 1, 2020)
- The New York Times Magazine: The 1619 Project (all articles) by Nikole Hannah-Jones
- The Undefeated: “Why We Must Talk About the Asian-American Story, Too: Anti-Asian-American racism paints picture of a ‘Model Minority’” by Brando Simeo Starkey (November 3, 2016)
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- University of Michigan, Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: “I Am So Tired” (May 29, 2020)
Books
Some books may currently be out of stock, we encourage you to consider e-book options:
- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
- A People’s History of the United States: 1492—Present by Howard Zinn
- All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
- An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures by America Ferrera
- Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Y. Davis
- Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
- Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston
- Becoming by Michelle Obama
- Between the World & Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think and Do by Jennifer Eberhardt
- Black Appetite White Food by Jamila Lyiscott
- …But I’m Not Racist by Kathy Obear
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Black Like Me by John Howard Griffin
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji
- Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown
- Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine
- Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta L. Hammond
- Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings that Formed a Movement by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil T. Gotanda, Gary Peller & Kendall Thomas
- Can We Talk About Race? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Children of Blood and Bone (Legacy of Orïsha Series) by Tomi Adeyami
- Chokehold: Policing Black Men by Paul Butler
- Colorblind Racism by Meghan Burke
- Daring Greatly: How the Courage to Be Vulnerable Transforms the Way We Live, Love, Parent and Lead by Brené Brown
- Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Dives and Restore Balance by Edgar Villanueva
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
- Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Maree Brown
- Fire Shut up in My Bones by Charles Blow
- For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the Rest of Ya’ll Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education by Christopher Emdin
- Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis
- Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience by Sheila Wise Rowe
- Home by Toni Morrison
- Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
- How Does it Feel to Be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa Bayoumi
- How We Fight for Our Lives: A Memoir by Saeed Jones
- How We Fight White Supremacy by Akiba Solomon and Kenrya Rankin
- I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
- In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens: Womanist Prose by Alice Walker
- Internment by Samira Ahmed
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Lead from the Outside by Stacey Abrams
- Linguistic Justice Black Language, Literacy, Identity and Pedagogy by April Baker Bell
- Me & White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet A. Washington
- Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong
- Native Son by Richard Wright
- Our Time is Now by Stacey Abrams
- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy a. Degruy
- Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence by Derald Wing Sue
- Readings for Diversity and Social Justice edited by Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, Carmelita (Rosie) Castañeda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L. Peters, and Ximena Zúñiga
- Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More by Janet Mock
- Salvation: Black People and Love by bell hooks
- Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audra Lorde
- Slavery by Another Name the Re-enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II by Douglas A. Blackmon
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind and Body in the Healing of Trauma by Bessel Van Der Kolk, M.D.
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys by Ali Michael, Eddie Moore, Jr. Et.al.
- The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V. Magee
- The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
- The Mis-Education of the Negro by Carter G. Woodson
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Dubois
- The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh
- The Source of Self Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches and Meditations by Toni Morrison
- The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
- This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell
- This Will Be My Undoing by Morgan Jenkins
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Trauma Stewardship: An Everyday Guide to Caring for Self While Caring for Others by Laura van Dernoot Lipsky and Connie Burk
- We Are Not Here to Be Bystanders: A Memoir of Love and Resistance by Linda Sarsour
- We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For: Inner Light in a Time of Darkness by Alice Walker
- We Got This. Equity, Access, and the Quest to Be Who Our Students Need Us to Be by Cornelius Minor
- We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors
- When Affirmative Action Was White: The Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth Century America by Ira Katznelson
- White Guilt: How Blacks and Whites Together Destroyed the Promise of the Civil Rights Era by Shelby Steele
- White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
- White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad
- Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Podcasts
- ‘1619,’ a A Podcast from the New York Times
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Pod for the Cause (from the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
- Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
- Small Doses with Amanda Seales
TED Talks
- The difference between being “not racist” and antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The urgency of intersectionality by Kimberle Crenshaw
- How can we make racism a solvable problem—and improve policing by Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
- How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time by Baratunde Thurston
- The danger of a single story by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- We need to talk about injustice by Bryan Stevenson
- What it takes to be racially literate by Priya Vulchi and Winona Guo
- Color blind or color brave by Mellody Hobson
- My identity is a superpower—not an obstacle by America Ferrera
Video Clips/TV/Film
- Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- Why “I’m Not Racist” is Only Half the Story | Robin DiAngelo
- Systemic racism explained (4-minute animated video)
- PBS—Bryan Stevenson: How to Change the Culture of Policing (06.02.2020)
- “We Cannot Stay Silent About George Floyd” | Patriot Act Digital Exclusive | Netflix (12 min video)
- Trevor Noah Breaks Down Reparations & White Privilege (4 min video)
- Jane Elliott on Her “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise” and Fighting Racism (7 min video)
- Jane Elliott’s “Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes” Anti-Racism Exercise | 1992 Oprah Winfrey Show (32 min video)
- “The Unequal Opportunity Race” (4 min video)
- PBS—Black in America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
Netflix
- 13th (Ava DuVernay)
- American Son (Kenny Leon)
- Dear White People (Justin Simien)
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol)
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)
- Seven Seconds (Veena Sud)
- They’ve Gotta Have Us (Docuseries)
- Malcolm X (Spike Lee)
- Who Killed Malcolm X (Rachel Dretzin and Phil Bertelsen)
- Time: The Kalief Browder Story (Jenner Furst)
- Moonlight (Barry Jenkins)
- Self-Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker (Kasi Lemmons)
- Becoming (Nadia Hallgren)
- Teach Us All (Sonia Lowman)
- Trigger Warning with Killer Mike
- LA 92 (Daniel Lindsay & T.J. Martin)
- The Force (Peter Nicks)
- The Innocence Files (Roger Ross Williams)
Hulu
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.—Hulu with Cinemax)
- Black-ish (Kenya Barris)
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (George C. Wolfe)
- Whose Streets (Sabaah Folayan)
- Crime + Punishment (Stephen Maing)
Amazon Prime/ HBO/ Rental
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin documentary directed by Raoul Peck)
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) free rental for the month of June 2020
- Selma (Ava DuVernay)
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
- Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi)
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.)
- Loving (Jeff Nichols)
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
- Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee)
- Belle (Amma Asante)
- Black Kkklansman (Spike Lee)
- Marshall (Reginald Hudlin)
- Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi)