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BOOKS
White Fragility
by Robin D'Angelo
The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.
Caste
by Isabel Wilkerson
In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched, and beautifully written narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system.
In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched, and beautifully written narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system.
Me & White Supremacy by Layla Saad
by Layla Saad
This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
PODCASTS
Nice White Parents
A five-part series from the makers of Serial and The New York Times
When Chana Joffe-Walt, a reporter, looked at inequality in education, she saw that most reforms focused on who schools were failing: Black and brown kids. But what about who the schools are serving? In this five-part series, she turns her attention to what is arguably the most powerful force in our schools: White parents.
When Chana Joffe-Walt, a reporter, looked at inequality in education, she saw that most reforms focused on who schools were failing: Black and brown kids. But what about who the schools are serving? In this five-part series, she turns her attention to what is arguably the most powerful force in our schools: White parents.
Seeing White – Scene on Radio
A fourteen-part documentary series from John Biewen with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika
Police shootings of unarmed African Americans. Acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists. The renewed embrace of raw, undisguised white-identity politics. Some of this feels new, but in truth it’s an old story.
Police shootings of unarmed African Americans. Acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists. The renewed embrace of raw, undisguised white-identity politics. Some of this feels new, but in truth it’s an old story.
1619
From The New York Times Magazine
The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
TV/FILM
13th
Netflix Documentary
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
Just Mercy
Feature Film
World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner, Walter McMillian. Stevenson encounters racism and legal and political maneuverings as he tirelessly fights for McMillian’s life.
World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner, Walter McMillian. Stevenson encounters racism and legal and political maneuverings as he tirelessly fights for McMillian’s life.
When They See Us
TV Mini Series
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story of Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, and Raymond Santana.
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park. Based on the true story of Kevin Richardson, Antron McCray, Yusef Salaam, Korey Wise, and Raymond Santana.
WORKSHOPS
Undoing Racism ® Community Organizing Workshop
From People's Institute for Survival and Beyond
Participants will experience a humanistic process for laying a foundation to explore how we have been racialized, socialized, and conditioned to think about race and racism.
Participants will experience a humanistic process for laying a foundation to explore how we have been racialized, socialized, and conditioned to think about race and racism.
NCCJ Anti-Racism Training
From National Conference for Community and Justice
A four part workshop over 4 weeks, where participants will engage in critical community building dialogue on topics including bias, discrimination and social power. This interactive training will include historical and current perspectives, affinity groups, skill building, and action planning.
A four part workshop over 4 weeks, where participants will engage in critical community building dialogue on topics including bias, discrimination and social power. This interactive training will include historical and current perspectives, affinity groups, skill building, and action planning.
Calling In Course
Loretta J. Ross
A four part workshop over 4 weeks, where participants will engage in critical community building dialogue on topics including bias, discrimination and social power. This interactive training will include historical and current perspectives, affinity groups, skill building, and action planning.
A four part workshop over 4 weeks, where participants will engage in critical community building dialogue on topics including bias, discrimination and social power. This interactive training will include historical and current perspectives, affinity groups, skill building, and action planning.
COMMUNITIES
Social Media
Follow Instagram and Facebook accounts such as:
Check Your Privilege ®
so informed
Decolonize Myself
Color Of Change
Sonya Renee Taylor
Check Your Privilege ®
so informed
Decolonize Myself
Color Of Change
Sonya Renee Taylor
Book club with friends
Use CWC book recommendations.
SURJ
(Showing Up for Racial Justice)
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national organization that brings hundreds of thousands of white people into fights for racial and economic justice.
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) is a national organization that brings hundreds of thousands of white people into fights for racial and economic justice.
Local communities
Research communities in your region.
OTHER RESOURCES
1619 Project Series
6 part docuseries on Hulu
An expansion of “The 1619 Project” created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine. The series seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
An expansion of “The 1619 Project” created by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Nikole Hannah-Jones and the New York Times Magazine. The series seeks to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
Reimagined (formerly Anti-Racism Daily)
E-newsletter
To build a better tomorrow, we have to reimagine today. Led by cultural strategist and magician Nicole Cardoza, join for community-driven conversations, reflections and practices that guide us toward a better, brighter tomorrow.
To build a better tomorrow, we have to reimagine today. Led by cultural strategist and magician Nicole Cardoza, join for community-driven conversations, reflections and practices that guide us toward a better, brighter tomorrow.
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Article by Peggy McIntosh
McIntosh outlines “invisible systems” at work, as well as the main theme of an “invisible package of unearned assets”, examined in the form of a metaphorical knapsack. The essay features 50 of her insights into experiential white privilege, listed numerically.
McIntosh outlines “invisible systems” at work, as well as the main theme of an “invisible package of unearned assets”, examined in the form of a metaphorical knapsack. The essay features 50 of her insights into experiential white privilege, listed numerically.
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