LOS Racial Justice Resources

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1		BOOKS	AUTHOR(S)	RECOMMENDATION (add a short review + your name)
2		I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness	Austin Channing Brown	Memoir, great book. -Sara
3		Just Mercy	Bryan Stevenson	Compelling narrative using different cases Stevenson was involved in and exposing the rife injustice in our "justice" system -Sara
4		The New Jim Crow	Michelle Alexander	Describes how the present criminal justice system is just a continuation of the Jim Crow laws which were put in place after Reconstruction was ended to ensure that Black people were "kept in their place." Kathryn LIss
5		White Fragility	Robin DiAngelo	if you prefer to listen to her, this is a good summary in the context of church: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGM6SVwcvm0 Kathryn
6		Stamped from the Beginning	Ibram X. Kendi	Very interesting thesis that it isn't racism that creates prejudice, but that racism was intentionally created to maintain power by the wealthy -- very academic with lots of details; the introduction is well worth reading. Kathryn Liss
7		How to be an Antiracist	Ibram X. Kendi	Good book that walks through intersectionality and the journey of its author. Also provides a framework for antiracism work.-Sara
8		The Cross and the Lynching Tree	James H. Cone	Theologically complex, rich history, Christocentric. -Sara
9		When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir	Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele	Memoir, great book. Quick read. -Sara
10		Killing the Black Body	Dorothy Roberts
11		Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria	Beverly Daniel Tatum	Makes the point about how to make a relationship of integrity with people of color
12		Racism Without Racists	Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
13	***	Between the World and Me	Ta-Nehisi Coates	Difficult and painful book. -Sara
14		The Fire Next Time	James Baldwin
15		My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Bodies	Resmaa Menakem	Book that identifies the trauma that keeps us from engaging the important work before us, looking through the lens of whiteness, and the experience of black people and and police officers.
16		I Am Troy Davis	Jen Marlowe
17		The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching About Race & Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know	Tema Okun
18		White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America	Margaret A. Hagerman
19		Americanah	Chimimanda Adichie	American racism seen from an African's experience - Kathryn
20		Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome	Dr. Joy Degruy	A brilliant analysis of how the history of slavery has created trauma which has turned on epigenetic behaviors that can be understood when you think what was life affirming under slavery. Kathryn
21		Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower	Brittany Cooper
22		Thick: And Other Essays	Tressie McMillan Cottom
23		Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race	Reni Eddo-Ledge
24		An Indigenous Peoples' History of the US	Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
25		Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today	Jacqueline Battalora	If you are looking to explain how legal history created whiteness, this is your book. Battalora is both a lawyer and an historian and she paints an important picture of how things got the way they are. A quick look at this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TM6ehzu3p4c will give you the essence of the book. Kathryn
26	***	So You Want to Talk About Race	Ijeoma Oluo	Essential first book!
27		An African American and Latinx History of the United States	Paul Ortiz
28		The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model MInority	Ellen D. Wu
29		Waking up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race	Debby Irving	A powerful and vulnerable look at someone coming to recognize how whiteness operates. Kathryn
30		This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror	Moustafa Bayoumi
31		The Hidden Rules of Race: Barriers to an Inclusive Economy	Andrea Flynn, Susuan R. Holmberg, Dorian T. Warren, Felicia J. Wong
32		Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism	Safiya Umoja Noble
33		Native Voices	Editors: Grounds/Tinker/Wilkins
34		The Positive Investment in Whiteness: How white people benefit from identity politics	George Lipsitz
35	***	Understanding Racism...	Joseph Barndt	Includes exercise and practical strategies to live into a new identity
36		Becoming an Anti-Racist Church: Journeying Toward Wholeness	Joseph Barndt
37		White Like Me	Tim Wise	Tim Wise is a very insightful anti-racist and this was one of the first books that recognized the importance of looking at whiteness instead of blackness. Kathryn
38		Unraveling the white cocoon	Jeff Hitchcock	Written in 2001 by the founder of the Center for the Study of White American Culture
39		White Rage	Carol Anderson	She chronicals the negative ways that white people have reacted to advances made by blacks in this country. Kathryn
40		In Between: Memoir of an Integration Baby	Mark Morrison-Reed	A black Unitarian minister, Mark tells his story of growing up during the time of the Civil Rights Act. Kathryn
41		It's the Little Things	Lena Williams	"What blacks and whites say about each other, bu not to each other." Everyday interactions that anger, annoy and divide the races. Kathryn
42		Uprooting Racism	Paul Kivel	Provides practical tools and advice on how white people can work as allies for racial justice, directly engaging the reader through questions, exercises, and suggestions for action. Kathryn
43		Me and White Supremacy	Layla Saad	Excellent book that urges deep personal reflection through journal prompts. Sara
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49		Good Ancestor Podcast	Layla F. Saad	Incredibly powerful conversations between Black women about what it means to be a good ancestor and about how to center people of color (rather than whiteness) in our work. - Melissa Garrett
50	***	Seeing White	John Biewen & Chenjerai Kumanyika
51		The Problem We All Live With	This American Life
52		How the Systemic Segregation of Schools in Maintained by Individual Choices	Fresh Air	If you're interested in how our individual choices about what's "best" for our kids is impacting the entire system of educational inequality (very relevant to Asheville given reports on the massive achievement and discipline disparity gaps between white & black students), this is a really powerful listen. - Melissa Garrett
53		Three Miles	This American Life	Devasting discussion of school inequity
54		Miss Buchanan's Period of Adjustment	Revisionist History	Impact of Brown vs. Board; unintended consequences of integration of schools; progress on the backs of the marginalized.
55		This Land	Crooked Media	Examines potential impact of a case currently in the Supreme Court (2019-2020) that could decide the future of Indigenous Land rights in the US. Goes into Indigenous-centered histories in Oklahoma, Trail of Tears until present day. Great storytelling and includes multiple perspecives, including Cherokee Elders, speaking Cherokee. - Jack Henry
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60		ARTICLES/BLOG POSTS	AUTHOR(S)	RECOMMENDATION (add a short review + your name)
61	***	White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack	Peggy McIntosh	Classic article examining what makes up white privilege. -Melissa Garrett
62		Me & White Supremacy	Layla F. Saad
63	***	The Case for Reparations	Ta-Nehisi Coates
64		Ta-Nehisi Coates Revisitis The Case for Reparations: 5 Years Later	Ta-Nehisi Coates (interviewed in The New Yorker)
65		“Qallunology 101: A Lesson Plan for the Non-Indigenous”	Derek Rasmussen	An exploration of whiteness and colonization that explores how uprootedness and savior mentality undergirds colonization--Heather Laine Talley
66	***	White Supremacy Culture		A primer on the ways of thinking and behaviors that reflect unhealthy ways of doing power and navigating difference in cultures characterized by white supremacy. This piece asks us to reflect deeply about how internalized supreriority shows up. --Heather Laine Talley
67		Ta-Nahisi Coates' Congressional Testimony on Reparations	Ta-Nehisi Coates	On June 19, 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates testified before congress on H.R. 40, a bill that would establish a committee to study reparations. You can read the transcript to his testimony in this article in The Atlantic or watch the full video of his testimony at the link in the Short Video section below.
68		Qallunology 201	Derek Rasmussen
69	***	1619 Project - free full pdf	NYTimes Magazine - multiple authors
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74		MOVIES	PRODUCERS	RECOMMENDATION (add a short review + your name)
75	***	13th	Ava DuVernay	An amazing film tracing ongoing legacy of slavery and its impacts on the criminal justice system-- Heather Laine Talley
76		I Am Not Your Negro	James Baldwin
77		Race: The Power of An Illusion	PBS Documentary	A three part series that shows how race is a social construct. The first part looks at DNA and shows how our DNA doesn't vary based on "race." The third part is my favorite, showing how race has been differently determined at different times in U.S. history and giving a vivid representation of how difficult it has been for black people to accumulate wealth through home ownership, largely as a result of the GI bill after WW2. Kathryn
78		United Skates -	HBO Documentary	Great documentary on how roller skating rinks became a cultural mecca for POC and different parts of country developed differnt styles of skating. Skating rinks started disappearing with zoning issues and rules enacted that targeted POC types of skates, dress etc. that kept certain groups out.
79	***	Do the Right Thing	Spike Lee
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84		SHORT VIDEOS AVAILABLE ONLINE	PRODUCERS	RECOMMENDATION (add a short review + your name)
85	***	The Unequal Opportunity Race	The African-American Policy Forum	Short (4 minutes), powerful illustration using the model of a track event of how structural racism continues to have a powerful impact on our country. -Melissa
86	***	NY Times Video Series on Implicit Bias	NY Times	Set of 6 short videos that illustrate various aspects of implicit bias. These are quick and powerful for both adults and kids.
87		Unpack That: What Are Reparations?	The Root	Short intro to the concept of reparations, the history of discourse and policy around reparations and what reparations could look like in the here and now.
88		Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture - Part 1	CNN	Series of segments produced by CNN (Anderson Cooper) about racial bias in children.
89		Kids on Race: The Hidden Picture - Part 2	CNN	Series of segments produced by CNN (Anderson Cooper) about racial bias in children.
90		Subconscious Racial Bias in Children	CNN	Series of segments produced by CNN (Anderson Cooper) about racial bias in children.
91		Marley Dias and structural racism	National Education Association	This video was created to introduce kids to the idea of structural racism - it's just a beginning, but appropriate for 2nd grade and up. - Melissa
92		Understanding Unconscious Bias	The Royal Society	Intro from the UK about how understanding our brain can help see how/why unconscious bias exists in all of us.
93		Reperations: From Conversation to Action	Fellowship of Reconciliation and the Truth Telling Project
94		Ta-Nehisi Coates' Congressional Testimony on Reparations	PBS NewsHour	On June 19, 2019, Ta-Nehisi Coates testified before congress on H.R. 40, a bill that would establish a committee to study reparations.
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99	*************	Hood Huggers Tour	https://www.hoodhuggers.com/	Hood Hugger International, LLC builds greater communication, connection and wealth in systemically marginalized neighborhoods in the Affrilachian region through the arts, environment, and social enterprise.
100		Racial Equity Institute		The first part is a two day intensive of information about race relations. The group is always about 40 people with two or three trainers of different backgrounds. There is a volunteer committee locally which recruits participants and contracts with the trainers who come from Greensboro (or other parts of the state). Kathryn