Anti-Racism Resources
This page is intended to serve as a resource to people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family and colleagues.
Initially compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein (May 2020) and updated by The University Office for Diversity & Inclusion
General Resources
- 4 Ways to Apply Your Anti-Racism Efforts to Virtual Environments by Marcelius Braxton | Presence (September 3, 2020)
- 10 Documentaries to Watch About Race Instead of Asking a Person of Colour to Explain Things for You by Ben Clay | DocPlay.com (June 3, 2020)
- The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
- 29 Movies, Shows, and Documentaries to Watch to Educate yourself on Racial Injustice by Ashley Selleke | Theeverygirl.com (June 4, 2020)
- After George Floyd Changes College Campuses by Evan Thompson | Thebestschools.org
- America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- Code of Ethics for White Anti-Racists by Tim Wise | Medium.com (June 16, 2020)
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies by Courtney Ariel | Sojo.net (August 16, 2017)
- How Did We Get Here? by Gillian B. White | The Atlantic (June 16, 2020)
- How to Talk to Relatives Who Care More About Looting Than Black Lives by Rachel Miller | Vice.com (June 3, 2020)
- How to Talk to your Children About Protests and Racism by Sandee LaMotte | CNN.com (June 2, 2020)
- How to Turn White Privilege Into Antiracist Allyship | WGPH.org (June 5, 2020)
- How White Managers Can Respond to Anti-Black Violence by Michael W. Kraus (Yale University) (June 1, 2020)
- How White People Can Hold Each Other Accountable to Stop Institutional Racism by Elly Belle | teenvogue.com (August 2, 2019)
- How White Women Can Use their Privilege to End Racism by Tikia K. Hamilton, PhD | Zora.medium.com (May 28, 2020)
- The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- Is it a Microaggression? by Myron R. Anderson, PhD, and Kathryn S. Young, PhD
- Is Your Company Actually Fighting Racism, or Just Talking About It? by Kira Hudson Banks and Richard Harvey | Harvard Business Review (June 11, 2020)
- Message to White Allies from a Black Racial Dialogue Expert: You’re Doing it Wrong by Dr. David Kempt | Medium.com (April 27, 2020)
- My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
- Racial Equity at Work Isn’t Rocket Science by Dorianne St. Fleur | Medium.com (June 14, 2020)
- Racial Microaggressions: Examples and Phrases for Productive Dialogue by Kristen Rogers | CNN (June 6, 2020)
- Ready to Be an Ally for Black Academics: Here’s a Start by Ebony O. McGee | The Chronicle of Higher Education (November 11, 2020)
- Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groupsdeveloped by Craig Elliott PhD
- What Black Scientists Want From Colleagues and their Institutions by Virginia Gewin | Nature (June 22, 2020)
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi |Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
- Why You Should Stop Saying, “I Don’t See Color” by Dawn Porter | msn.com (June 7, 2020)
- Bryan Stevenson: Bear Witness, Take Action (video)
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
- Diversity Training Isn’t Enough: Racism, Trauma and Justice w/Dr. Joy Degruy (2:02:46)
- Dog Whistle Politics: Ian Haney Lopez at TedxUOregon (18:14)
- How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall: How to Explain Racism to Kids (21:28)
- CNN/Sesame Street Town Hall: Elmo and his dad Louie Talk About Racism and Protesting (2:31)
- How to Resolve Racially Stressful Situations | Howard C. Stevenson Ted Talk (17:27)
- Overcoming Microaggressions as a Faculty Member | Academic Impressions (55:07)
- Biased by Jennifer Eberhardt
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Anthony Greenwald and Mahzarin Banaji
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- False Cause: Fraud, Fabrication, and White Supremacy in Confederate Memory by Adam H. Domby
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Talking to Strangers by Malcolm Gladwell
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do by Claude Steele
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- The 1619 Project Curriculum | Curriculum
- Accountability Statement | Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- Anti-Asian Violence Resources Card
- The AntiRacist Table (30 day challenge)
- Anti-Racism Project
- Beyond This Moment virtual series: Doing Our Work: White Folks Engaged in the Movement for Racial Equity (Zoom recording)
- Black Americans are Twice as Likely to Die from COVID-19 than White Americans | Nursefly
- Center for Urban Education (CUE) Racial Equity Tools | w/USC’s Race & Equity Center (Laying the Groundwork, Defining the Problem, Creating Solutions Through Inquiry, Scaling & Sustaining the Work)
- Crises as a Catalyst: A Call for Race Equity & Inclusive Leadership | ProInspire
- Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
- Keep It Real-Diverse2 (games/cards to be used as tools for difficult conversations)
- Medium.com
- Mindfulness Project (EP of meditations about allyship, racism and lovingkindness)
- NYTimes.com Race/Related
- Race Matters: Eradicating Racism in the Corporate World: A webinar series | Korn Ferry
- Race Matters: What Can I Do Infographic | Korn Ferry
- Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources
- Racism in the Workplace (statistics and tips) | Fingerprintforsuccess.com
- Resources for White Allies | UNC Athletics’ Heels at Home
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
- Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
- Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
- Talking About Race (National Museum of African American History & Culture)
- Teaching While White | Blog
- TED Talks
- Women Advancing Together Blog
- Women of Color Need Courageous Allies in the Academy: An Open Dialogue with White and Black Women | Insight Into Diversity
- Why is this happening? — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
- Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
- 11 Black People Share Big and Small Ways They’re Caring for Themselves by Tonya Russell | SELF (June 5, 2020)
- 13 Black Women in Wellness Share what Wellness & Self-Care Means to them by Leah Thomas | The Good Trade
- For Colored Girls in Academia Who Have Burned Out/When Rest is Enough by Jasmine Abukar | Medium.com (June 9, 2020)
- How Black Americans can practice self-care during these trying times. And how everyone else can help them by Elizabeth Wellington | The Philadelphia Inquirer (June 4, 2020)
- Live Another Day (mental health and substance use resources for people of color).
- Self-Care Tips for Black People Who Are Struggling with this Very Painful Week by Rachel Miller | Vice.com (May 28, 2020)
- Talking About Race: Self-Care | National Museum of African American History & Culture/Smithsonian
Resources for Parents to Raise Anti-Racist Children
- Additional resources for families (provided by UNC Daycare)
- Do Black Children’s Lives Matter if Nobody Writes About Them? by Daniel Jose Older | The Guardian (November 6, 2015)
- How to Talk to Kids About Racism: An Age-by-Age Guide by Alex Miynek | Todaysparent.com (February 9, 2017)
- PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- Starting to Talk About Race with Kids | Books for Littles
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
- What Kids are Really Learning About Slavery by Melinda D. Anderson | The Atlantic (February 1, 2018)
- Where’s the Color in Kids’ Lit? Ask the Girl with 1,000 Books (and Counting) by Meg Anderson | NPR.org (February 26, 2016)