- Confronting Racism at Work a list from the Harvard Business Review
- As Protests Continue in Tampa and St. Pete Voting Becomes a Focus
- Black bodies are still treated as expendable, Vox
- Peggy McIntosh’s essay “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” is a good primer on the unnoticedprivileges that white people are afforded simply by virtue of being white.
- The book Me and White Supremacyby writer and speaker Layla Saad invites readers to examine the ways in which they personally benefit from white supremacy “so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on black, indigenous and people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.”
- Race, equity and COVID-19: How Pinellas County leaders are addressing disparities
- Ibram Kendi, author of How to Be an Anti-Racist, put together a reading list of booksto seek out that “force us to confront our self-serving beliefs and make us aware that ‘I’m not racist’ is a slogan of denial.”
- List from The Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/equality_and_anti-racism_book_list
- Librarians have been compiling reading lists to help foster understanding and cultural competence for generations. This story offers insight into this practice.
To Do
- Take the Race Equity pledge
- Review and practice the Racial Equity Primer, a framework for conversations about racial and economic inequities in the USA against the backdrop of COVID-19
- Obama Foundation’s Anguish and Action list for information about Police Violence and Antiracism in America
- Mental health activist Myisha T. offers courses and workshops, as well as one-on-one coaching, through her Check Your Privilege program, “a guided journey that deepens your awareness to how your actions affect the mental health of Black, Brown, Indigenous, People of Color.”
- To create an equitable society, there must be a commitment to making unbiased choices and being antiracist. Learn how to advocate for equity.
- 97 things white people can do for racial justice
- 11 Things To Do Besides Say ‘This Has To Stop’ In The Wake Of Police Brutality
- 21-Day Racial Equity Challenge from the Michigan League for Public Policy
To Read
- Confronting Racism at Work a list from the Harvard Business Review
- As Protests Continue in Tampa and St. Pete Voting Becomes a Focus
- Black bodies are still treated as expendable, Vox
- Peggy McIntosh’s essay “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” is a good primer on the unnoticedprivileges that white people are afforded simply by virtue of being white.
- The book Me and White Supremacyby writer and speaker Layla Saad invites readers to examine the ways in which they personally benefit from white supremacy “so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on black, indigenous and people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.”
- Race, equity and COVID-19: How Pinellas County leaders are addressing disparities
- Ibram Kendi, author of How to Be an Anti-Racist, put together a reading list of booksto seek out that “force us to confront our self-serving beliefs and make us aware that ‘I’m not racist’ is a slogan of denial.”
- List from The Advocates for Human Rights, Minneapolis https://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/equality_and_anti-racism_book_list
- Librarians have been compiling reading lists to help foster understanding and cultural competence for generations. This story offers insight into this practice.
- “The Hate U Give” by Angie Thomas
- “Harbor Me” by Jacqueline Woodson
- “This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work” by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand
- “Brown Girl Dreaming” by Jacqueline Woodson
- “Dear White People” by Justin Simien
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and you, Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- The Colors of Us, Karen Katz
- Let’s Talk About Race, Julius Lester
- The Skin I’m In: A First Look at Racism, Pat Thomas
- Sesame Street’s “We’re Different, We’re the Same” by Bobbi Jane Kates
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice, Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard
- I Am Enough, Grace Byers
- Happy in Our Skin, Fran Manushkin and Lauren Tobia
- Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, Carole Boston Weatherford and Ekua Holmes
- Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America, Jennifer Harvey
- Daddy Why Am I Brown?: A healthy conversation about skin color and family, Bedford F. Palmer
- A Terrible Thing Happened, Margaret Holmes
- One Colorful Wish Giraffes Can Fly – An Antiracist Kid’s Story for Teachers and Parents to discuss diversity, ColorChi and Alicia James
- Antiracist Baby Board Book, Ibram X. Kendi, Ashley Lukashevsky
- The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences, Y. Joy Harris-Smith – age appropriate resources to address the killings and protests honestly
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice, Marianne Celano, Marietta Colins, Ann Hazzard, Illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin, ages 4-8
- This New York Times article also provides recommendations for books for children of all ages that are about children/people of color living joyful lives, not victims.
- Ibram Kendi, How to be an Anti-racist
- Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of RAcist Ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi
- 1619 Project
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think and Do, Jennifer L. Eberhardt
- So You Want to Talk about Race, Ijeoma Oluo
Learn. Reflect. Act.
- What is the appropriate role of white people in a movement for Black lives?
- “Racism is not mine, its yours, and it’s not called “help” when it’s your mess we’re cleaning.”
- When White People Ask “What Can I Do,” the answer is complex and not in the comfort zone they are accustomed to.