Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources
BOOKS
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
So You Want to Talk About Race? by Ijeoma Oluo
What If All the Kids Are White? by Louise Derman-Sparks and Patricia Ramsey
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
Whistling Vivaldi by Claude Steele
Waking up White by Debby Irving
Raising White Kids by Jennifer Harvey
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
ARTICLES
What Is Owed by Nikole Hannah-Jones
America, This is Your Chance by Michelle Alexander
Letter to My Son by Ta-Nehisi Coates
White Awake’s list of essays (also check out the whole site), in particular David Dean, “Roots Deeper than Whiteness”; Lyla June, “The Vast and Beautiful World of Indigenous Europe“; and Derek Rasmussen, “Qallunology 101” and “Qallunology 201“
Tada Hozumi, “The Key to Healing Whiteness is Understanding Cultural Somatic Context,” “What it Means to Heal White Supremacy,” and “The Revolution Will be Titrated”
MOVIES
Eyes on the Prize (documentary series)
The Hate U Give
13th
I Am Not Your Negro
Traces of the Trade
Selma
Do The Right Thing
The Long Walk Home
Hidden Figures
Robin DiAngelo and Resmaa Menakem did a workshop in May on “Covid-19 and racial embodiment” that was very powerful to watch.
Geographies of Racial Capitalism with Ruth Wilson Gilmore
Race: The Power of an Illusion (3 parts, available to rent on vimeo, or watch a free 30 min excerpt on How the Racial Wealth Gap was Created)
PODCASTS
1619
Scene on Radio – Season 2 “Seeing White”
Speaking of Racism