Anti-Racism Resources: Educate Yourself

We compiled some suggestions from our Project HOME staff for educational resources. We know this page has a lot, so if you’re overwhelmed we’d recommend you start here: Justice in June. You can use this for any month.

Trainings & Courses

• Justice in June
• Institutionalized Racism: A syllabus
• Scaffolding for anti-racist resources
• Talking About Race, National Museum of African American History and Culture

Articles and Essays

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• 5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Response to White and State-Sanctioned Violence, by SURJ
• The Case for Reparations, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• The Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture, by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
• A Brief History of Slavery, NY Times
• I’m not White, I’m Jewish: Standing as Jews in the Fight for Racial Justice, by Paul Kivel
• Relinquishing the Patriarchy, adrienne maree brown 
• Calling In and Calling Out, by Roxy Manning
• Wear Your Voice Magazine

Resources for Parents and People Who Work with Children

• Talking to Young Children About Race and Racism (PBS Kids Resource Roundup))
• Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids (Center for Racial Justice Education)
• Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
• Talking to kids about race
• How to talk to kids about race and racism, according to experts
• Talking Race With Young Children
• Are Your Kids Too Young To Talk About Race
• Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice (Southern Poverty Law Center)
• Preparing Young Children for the Inclusion of Children with Disabilities into the Classroom (National Association for the Education of Young Children)
• Helping Youth After Community Trauma: Tips for Educators
• Understanding Child Trauma
• Age-related Reactions to a Traumatic Event

Videos and Film

• Clint Smith’s How to Raise A Black Son in America TedTalk
• Roots of Justice Front Porch Conversation
• 13th (Netflix Documentary)
• Race: The Power of an Illusion
• I am Not Your Negro
• What Matters: #BLM Documentary series
• The Color of Fear (Documentary by Lee Mun Wah)
• American Son (Netflix)
• Dear White People (Netflix)
• If Beale St Could Talk (Hulu)
• King In The Wilderness (HBO)
• See You Yesterday (Netflix)
• The Hate You Give (Netflix)
• When They See Us (Netflix)
• White Like Me

Podcasts and Audio

• 1619 (NY Times Podcast)
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Show About Race (Panopoly)
• Intersectionality Matters! (Kimberlé Crenshaw)
• Momentum: A Race Forward (Color Lines)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Fare of the Free Child (Raising Free People)
• Small Doses (Amanda Seales)
• Therapy for Black Girls (Dr. Bradford)
• Seeing White: Scene on Radio (Podcast series on whiteness)
• Talking about Whiteness (Eula Bliss, On Being)

Social Media

• @theconsciouskid
• @blackhistoryuntold
• @blklivesmatter
• @blmphilly
• @ckyourprivilege

Books

Where to begin (designed for white allies):

• Me and White Supremacy, by Layla Saad
• Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nahesi Coates
• Stamped from the Beginning, by Ibram X. Kendi
• How to Be An Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi  
• So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People about Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race, by Beverly Daniel Tatum
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarnation in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
• Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, by Paul Kivel
• Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, by Debby Irving
• White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, by Tim Wise
• Witnessing Whiteness, by Shelly Tochluk
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, by Robin Diangelo
• Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color, by Andrea Ritchie

Going Deeper

• killing rage: Ending Racism, by bell hooks
• When They Call You a Terrorist, by Patrisse Cullors
• Eloquent Rage, by Brittany Cooper
• Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, by Charlene A. Carruthers
• Homegoing, by Yaa Gyasi
• I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
• The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
• Learning to Be White: Money, Race and God in America, by Rev. Thandeka
• The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
• Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
• They Can't Kill Us All, by Wesley Lower
• Many here Ibram X. Kendi Antiracist reading List

Mental Health Resources

• Therapy for Black Girls 
• Dear Black Women Project – therapy resources, daily affirmations, and more
• Black Men Heal - free therapy for Black men
• Men’s Resource Center of Philadelphia - individual, group counseling
• Where to find Virtual Therapy & Mental Health Resources in the Philly Area
• Black Philly therapists are raising $15K to provide free mental health resources to people of color – scroll to the bottom of the article for a list
• 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country