Resources

The following resources are collated from recommendations made from the Partnership Community and existing antiracism resource collections.  This is an evolving list that will continuously build through the community’s recommendations.  Please send suggestions to info@thepartnershipinc.org 

Articles

• “The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)
• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
• The Combahee River Collective Statement
• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
• “The Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates (The Atlantic 2014)

Videos

• George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper | The Daily Social Distancing Show
• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
• “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
• President Obama Virtual Town Hall on George Floyd Protests
• 5 ways to approach racial equity at work – PBS NewsHour
• Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man – YouTube Channel
• The Truth About the Confederacy in the United States | ACLU’s top racial justice expert: Jeffrey Robinson [FULL Version] [King Cotton Discussion]
• P&G: The Talk
• P&G: The Look

Podcasts

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• 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
• Upstander International 

Books

• Success Through Diversity Why The Most Inclusive Companies Will Win by Carol Fulp
• Listen In:  Crucial Conversations on Race in the Workplace by Allison Manswell
• Healing Racial Trauma: The Road to Resilience by Sheila Wise Rowe
• The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
• The Lies That Bind Us by Kwame Appiah
• The Making of the Minority Executive by David Thomas
• Race, Work & Leadership by David Thomas, Tony Mayo, and Laura Morgan Roberts
• The Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela
• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock 
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 
  by Michelle Alexander
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century 
  by Grace Lee Boggs
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
• Waking up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race  by Debby Irving
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
• The Color of Money:  Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran

Films and TV series

• Racism: Coverage and Context – WGBH
• 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
• Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
• Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
• Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent
• King In The Wilderness  — HBO
• See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
• Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• Do The Right Thing (Spike Lee)

Organizations & Voices to Follow on Social Media

• The Partnership, Inc: Twitter | LinkedIn | Facebook
• Antiracism Center: Twitter
• Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Torin Perez 
• Alison Manswell (Author of Listen In)

Additional Resources & Suggestions for Allies

• National Museum of African American History and Culture – Talking About Race
• Do the work: an anti-racist reading list by Layla F Saad
• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Anti-Racism Project
• Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
• Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources
• Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
• Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
• Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
• “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
• Anti-racism resources for white people via Alyssa Klein and Sarah Sophie Flicker
• An Antiracist Reading List via Ibram X. Kendi for the New York Times
• Maintaining Professionalism In the Age of Black Death Is… A Lot
• HBR on Meaningful Action for Businesses
• What does it mean to be an active ally?
• 10 Books About Race To Read Instead Of Asking A POC To Explain It To You via Sadie Trombetta for Bustle
• Towards a Racially Just Workplace by Laura Morgan Roberts and Tony Mayo
• Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Conversation of Race (Debbie Irving)
• Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay – Chances are They’re Not
• Reflections from a Token Black Friend
• Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community – Sunshine Behavioral Health

Resources for Parents

Books

• Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
• 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
• Books about Racism and Social Justice

Podcasts:

• Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
• Fare of the Free Child podcast

Articles:

• PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
• Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
• How to talk to kids about racism:  An age-by-age guide
• Talking to Children About Racial Bias

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Common Sense Media Resources About Race and Racism

Ground Control Parenting – A resource for parents of Black & Brown children, with a focus on boys