Thank You for participating in our Becoming Anti-Racist Discussion
Thank you so much for joining us at our virtual session, Becoming Anti-Racist, on Thursday July 9th!
Thank you for your sharing and your transparency during the conversation.
We wanted to provide you with some of the material we discussed both in terms of what we had prepared and also what came up in the discussion. We are also sharing some additional resources to help us all create a level of awareness and understanding along the journey to becoming anti-racist.
These lists are not exhaustive by any means and please note that we have compiled these lists based on our own research and are still reading and viewing the material. There are many more books, films and articles out there for you to explore.
Understanding the concept of Black Lives Matter:
Becoming Anti-Racist:
Self-Reflection Diversity Questions:
When was the last time you had to think about your ethnicity, race, gender identity, ability level, religion, and/or sexual orientation? In addition to that, what provoked you to think about or acknowledge it?
When watching TV, how likely are you to watch a show with characters that represent you (based on the characteristics mentioned above)?
How diverse are your social media feeds? Is there diversity amongst your friends and followers?
How often do you attend a social gathering with people different to yourself (i.e. people of a different race, gender, religion, etc.)?
How do you respond when people around you make negative comments about individuals of other races, genders, religions, etc. than you?
How diverse is the community/neighborhood in which you live?
How do you feel when you are in a community different to yours?
How would you make your community/neighborhood more inclusive and sensitive?
If you have ever reflected and found that you benefit from privilege, what did you do with that realization?
Tips To Become An Anti-Racist (Ibram X. Kendi)
Understand the definition of racist
Conversations about racism often suffer when participants can't define the meaning of the word
Stop saying "I'm not racist.“
By saying you are not something that can be viewed as a self-serving sentiment and not allow you to recognize an opportunity that lies within
Identify racial inequities and disparities
Racism yields racial inequities and disparities in every sector of private and public life
Confront the racist ideas you've held or continue to hold
Once you've begun identifying racial disparities, examine whether your own views or beliefs have justified racial inequality
Understand how your antiracism needs to be intersectional
racist ideas and policies target many different people within racial groups
Champion antiracist ideas and policies
You cannot strive to be antiracist without action
Other materials (websites, books, articles):
Websites & podcasts:
Books (fiction and non-fiction):
Stamped From The Beginning - Ibram X. Kendi
How To Be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi
Antiracist Baby - Ibram X. Kendi
Blink - Malcolm Gladwell
Outliers - Malcolm Gladwell
Stamped - Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
Book of Negros - Lawrence Hill
The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander
White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Maya Angelou
Chokehold - Paul Butler
The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin
How to Kill a City - Peter Moskowitz
The History of White People - Nell Irvin Painter
Conversations in Black - Ed Gordon
Woke - Mahogany L. Brown, Elizabeth Acevedo & Olivia Gatwood
An African American and Latinx History of the United States - Paul Ortiz
Native Son - Richard Wright
Their Eyes Were Watching God - Zora Neale Hurston
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
If Beale Street Could Talk - James Baldwin
An American Marriage - Tayari Jones
Stony the Road - Henry Louis Gates Jr.
So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Baracoon - Zora Neale Hurston
Deacon King Kong - James Mcbride
The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett
The WaterDancer - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Song of Solomon - Toni Morrison
Notes of a Native Son - James Baldwin
Antiracist Baby Picture Book - Ibram X Kendi
All are Welcome - Alexandra Penfold
Let's Talk About Race - Julius Lester
Little Leaders: Bold Women in Black History - Vashti Harris
Little Leaders: Exceptional Men in Black History - Vashti Harris
Film & Television:
Trigger Warning with Killer Mike
United Shades of America
When They See Us
13th
I Am Not Your Negro
A Raisin in the Sun
Fruitvale Station
Loving
The Joy Luck Club
Gook
Malcolm X
Blindspotting
Beatriz at Dinner
12 Years a Slave
Black-ish
Seven Seconds
Dear White People
Gentefied
Self Made
Time: The Kalief Browder Story
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