LAY A FOUNDATION

• Alexander, Michelle, The New Jim Crow

• Banks, Russell, Cloudsplitter

• Bulosan, Carlos, America Is in the Heart

• Coates, Ta-Nehisi, “The Case for Reparations”

• Crenshaw, Kimberle, “Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color”

• Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States

• Feinberg, Leslie, Transgender Warriors: Making HIstory from Joan of Arc to Dennis Rodman

• Freire, Paulo, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

• The Harriet Tubman Collective, “Disability Solidarity: Completing the ‘Vision for Black Lives’”

• Lorde, Audre, Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

• Rankine, Claudia, Citizen

• Smith, Lillian, Killers of the Dream

• Stevenson, Bryan, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption

• Tateishi, John, And Justice For All: An Oral History of the Japanese American Detention Camps

• West, Cornel, Race Matters

• Wilson, August, “The Ground on Which I Stand”

• Zinn, Howard, A People’s History of the United States

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UNDERSTANDING RACISM

• DiAngelo, Robin, "11 Ways White America Avoids Taking Responsibility for its Racism"

• DiAngelo, Robin, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism

• DiAngelo, Robin, "Nothing to Add, a Challenge to White Silence"

• DiAngelo, Robin, "White Fragility and the Question of Trust"

• Golden, Gail K., "White Privilege as an Addiction"

• Macintosh, Peggy, "White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack"

• McKenzie, Mia, "How to Tell the Difference Between Real Solidarity and ‘Ally Theater’"

• Metta, John, "I, Racist"

• Mun Wah, Lee, The Color of Fear

• Okun, Tema, "From White Racist to White Anti-Racist: the life-long journey"

• olsson, joan, "Detour-Spotting for White Anti-Racists"

• Tatum, Beverly, "Talking About Race, Learning About Racism: The Application of Racial Identity Development Theory in the Classroom"

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TAKE ACTION 

• Albert, Michael, The Trajectory of Change

• AORTA (Anti-Oppression Resource & Training Alliance)

• brown, adrienne marie, Emergent Strategy

• Catalyst Project

• Crass, Chris, Towards the "Other America”: Anti-Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter

• McKenzie, Mia (ed.), The Solidarity Struggle: How People of Color Succeed and Fail At Showing Up For Each Other In the Fight For Freedom 

• The People's Institute for Survival and Beyond

• Showing Up for Racial Justice Political Education

• WHAT’S UP?! Pittsburgh

• White Awake Manual for Group Work

• Wing Sue, Derald, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation

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TAKE CARE

• Borges, Anna, “Here’s What To Do If You Can’t Afford Therapy”

• Lorde, Audre, A Burst of Light: Essays

• Solnit, Rebecca, Hope in the Dark: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities

• Tran, Kim, ”5 Self Care Tips for Activists”

 

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OTHER RESOURCES TO EXPLORE

• 100 Titles: A Basic Library on Japanese Americans (from the Japanese American National Museum)

• Black Lives Matter Syllabus

• "Rethinking South Asian Fiction: Eleven Books to Read This Winter" (Brooklyn Magazine)

• Standing Rock Syllabus, teachings on water

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For books listed here we suggested perusing betterworldbooks.com.

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