(Tip: if unsure where to start, we suggest picking one of the first 3 listed!)
ANTI-RACISM TRAINING
(to get aware + figure out how to show up in your own life and work):
– Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla F Saad
– White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
– Why I’m no longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
SOCIAL CONTEXT
– Black Wealth/White Wealth by Melvin Oliver and Thomas Shapiro
– Code of the Street by Elijah Anderson
– Race and Racisms: A Critical Approach by Tanya Golash Boza
HISTORY
– The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
– When Affirmative Action was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth Century America by Ira Katznelson
– Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present by Harriet Washington
If you only pick 3, Mya would suggest:
– 13th
– I Am Not Your Negro
– Dear White People
Others include:
– 12 Years a Slave
– American Denial
– Belle
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES COMPILED BY MARIANNE CANTWELL
As an add on to Mya’s suggestions, things and people I’ve found helpful have been:
You Asked I Answered: 7 Difficult Questions About Racism
by Shola Richards
If you’re white and know for sure that you’re not racist, and even get a bit offended by the idea you might be, watch this to the end (by Robin DiAngelo).
As ever what matters most is what you do with this.
So before you click away, we recommend you pick one thing new from here to get started with!