Resources for Anti-Racism
Make your first stop these 75 bite-sized actions you can take for racial justice.
Not sure where you are in the journey? Trust the National Museum of African American History and Culture to guide you: Talking About Race
BOOKS FOR ADULTS
TOP 3 OVERALL
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
MEMOIR
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
Fire Shut Up in my Bones by Charles M. Blow
FOR CHRISTIANS
Dear Church: a love letter from a black preacher to the whitest denomination in the US by Lenny Duncan
Be The Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation by LaTasha Morrison
Race in a Post-Obama America: The Church Responds by David Maxwell
PODCASTS
Subscribe to these radio stories for your ears, free and accessible at any time. Best listened to while walking, driving, or doing dishes:
Nice White Parents - a New York Times/Serial five-part series on how white parents continue to perpetuate structural racism through education - even in diverse schools.
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
FOR FAMILIES
BOOKS FOR PARENTS
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey (plus - check out the NPR interview with Jennifer Harvey below)
Essential Reading for Fighting Racism (Buzzfeed News)
Books on Racial Justice from the PC(USA) Store
BOOKS FOR KIDS
Children's Book List (embracerace.org) - books primarily for ages 12 and under
Books to Teach White Children and Teens How to Undo Racism and White Supremacy (Charis Books)
Anti-Racist Baby by Ibram X. Kendi - board book
A Good Kind of Trouble by Lisa Moore Ramee (ages 8+)
BOOKS FOR YOUTH
Book List for young children, elementary, youth, and adults
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi (youth)
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
I am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina
QUICK VIDEOS FOR BIG IMPACT
What is Biblical Justice? (The Bible Project)
Systemic Racism Explained (video, 4 minutes)
Black Lives Matter: Videos for Kids (excellent playlist of videos for children and youth)
Privilege (video, 4 minutes)
Talking to Kids about Protesting (video of two books that explain what protesting is and why it is important, 14 minutes)
ANTIRACISM AT WORK
Here’s Harvard Business Review’s powerful articles on confronting racism in the workplace.
OTHER RESOURCES
Our resources have been curated from these sites, many of which are being constantly updated:
Anti-Racism Resources from Jenna Campbell at Forming Faithful Families (First Presbyterian Church in Stillwater, OK - lots for children/youth here).
Anti-racism resources from compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein.
Scaffolded anti-racism resources from Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann, & Bailie Gregory (really great for thinking theologically at all ages about racism).