Anti-Racism Resources

Educational

Anti-Racism Resources

Books to Read:

• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

• Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington

• Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky

• How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming

• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock

• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs

• 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

Articles to Read:

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)

• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine

• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD

• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

Films and TV Series to Watch:

• 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

• American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix

• 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

• 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 Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent

• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax

• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

Videos to watch:

• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)

• "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

Podcasts to subscribe to:

• 1619 (New York Times)

• About Race

• Code Switch (NPR)

• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)

• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

• The Combahee River Collective Statement

Organizational

National Resources

• Black Lives Matter

• Minnesota Freedom Fund

• Anti-Police Terror Project

• Showing Up For Racial Justice

• Letters for Black Lives

• Fair Fight

• Campaign Zero

• Reclaim the Block

• Brooklyn Community Bail Fund

• The Bail Project

• Black Visions Collective

• Communities United Against Police Brutality

• The National Bail Fund Network

Local Resources

• The Legal Project in Albany

• In Our Own Voices

• Citizen Action of New York

• Albany Bail Fund for Black Lives

• Capital District Showing up for Racial Justice

• All of Us

• Justice for Dahmeek

  • They are also organizing a walk/rally on June 7th @3pm starting at Rensselaer County Courthouse for those in the area who would like to join

• Albany Social Justice Center

• Center for Law and Justice

• ICE-Free Capital District