Spalding University Library: Anti-Racism Resources: Resources for Anti-Racist Learning and Solidarity

Concepts to Explore

Columbia University professor Derald Wing Sue, who studies the psychology of racism and anti-racism, defines microaggressions as "the everyday verbal, nonverbal, and environmental slights, snubs, or insults, whether intentional or unintentional, which communicate hostile, derogatory, or negative messages to target persons based solely upon their marginalized group membership."

"Colorblindness is the racial ideology that posits the best way to end discrimination is by treating individuals as equally as possible, without regard to race, culture, or ethnicity." Source: Psychology Today

White Privilege Checklist

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Introduction to Anti-Racism: Resource Compilations

Articles and Essays

Books

Films and Shows

13th Available on Netflix and streaming on YouTube
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 Available on Amazon Prime
Dear White People Available on Netflix
I Am Not Your Negro Available to rent on Amazon Prime or on Kanopy, coming soon to Netflix
If Beale Street Could Talk Available on Hulu
The Hate U Give Available on Amazon Prime
When They See Us Available on Netflix
Just Mercy Streaming free on YouTube
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution Full film available via PBS.org
Whose Streets?
Fruitvale Station

Podcasts

Seeing White Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for? Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series, released between February and August 2017.
1619 From The New York Times: An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.
Teaching While White
Good Ancestor
Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast A Decolonized Podcast for lovers on the margins, join your resident sexuality educator Ericka Hart and Deep East Oakland's very own Ebony Donnley, as we game give, dismantle white supremacy and kiki in the cosmos somewhere between radical hood epistemological black queer love ethics, pop culture, house plants and a sea of books.
Angela Davis (lectures on Spotify) Four complete albums of speeches and lectures by Dr. Angela Davis
Code Switch Code Switch is the fearless conversations about race that you've been waiting for! Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on. We explore how it impacts every part of society — from politics and pop culture to history, sports and everything in between.
Uncivil A history podcast from Gimlet Media, where we go back to the time our divisions turned into a war, and bring you stories left out of the official history.
White Lies In 1965, Rev. James Reeb was murdered in Selma, Alabama. Three men were tried and acquitted, but no one was ever held to account. Fifty years later, two journalists from Alabama return to the city where it happened, expose the lies that kept the murder from being solved and uncover a story about guilt and memory that says as much about America today as it does about the past.

Organizations

Black Lives Matter
The Movement for Black Lives
SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice) National Network SURJ is a national network of groups and individuals working to undermine white supremacy and to work for racial justice. Through community organizing, mobilizing, and education, SURJ moves white people to act as part of a multi-racial majority for justice with passion and accountability.
Louisville SURJ (Showing Up for Racial Justice)
Kentucky Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression
Louisville Urban League
Racial Equity Institute
Center for Antiracist Research

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Ijeoma Oluo Ijeoma Oluo is a Seattle-based writer, speaker, and Internet Yeller. She’s the author of the New York Times Best-Seller So You Want to Talk about Race. Oluo’s work focuses primarily on issues of race and identity, feminism, social and mental health, social justice, the arts, and personal essay.
Layla F. Saad Layla F. Saad is a bestselling author, anti-racism educator, international speaker, and podcast host on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation and social change. She is the author of the ground-breaking Me and White Supremacy (2020), an anti-racism education workbook.
Patrisse Cullors Patrisse Cullors is an artist, organizer, and freedom fighter from Los Angeles, CA. Cofounder of Black Lives Matter and founder of Dignity and Power Now, she is also a performance artist, popular public speaker, and a New York Times bestselling author.
Ericka Hart Ericka Hart, M.Ed., D/s, pronouns: she/they, is a black queer femme activist, writer, highly acclaimed speaker and award-winning sexuality educator with a Master’s of Education in Human Sexuality from Widener University.
Rachel Cargle As an academic, writer, and lecturer, Rachel Cargle explores the intersection of race and womanhood on her public platforms.
Black Lives Matter Black Lives Matter is a national movement calling for action and response to anti-Black racism. It’s also an excellent resource for organized action steps. Find your local chapter to get involved.
Ibram X. Kendi IBRAM X. KENDI is one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist voices. He is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and the Founding Director of The Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University in Washington, DC. A professor of history and international relations, Kendi is a contributor at The Atlantic and CBS News. Beginning July 1, 2020, Kendi will become Professor of History and the Founding Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research. He will also become the 2020-2021 Frances B. Cashin Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for the Advanced Study at Harvard University.
The Conscious Kid The Conscious Kid offers books, resources, and tips for hosting the conversations about race and racism.
Rachel Ricketts Rachel Ricketts is a racial justice educator, lawyer, healer, speaker, and author.