The resources below are a collection of those shared by members of our community during our All College Forum and since. We are currently working on developing a LibGuide resource for as many of these resources as we can and will update soon.
LaChance Library: Racial Injustice: Where To Start
Resources For Parents
- Books:
- Podcasts:
- Articles:
Speaking To Kids About Racism
- Talking to Kids about Racism and Justice: a list for parents, caregivers & educators
- Raising Social Justice Warriors – Pt. 1: White parents, talk to your children about race
- White parents, here’s how to start talking to your children about race – Pt. 2: Raising Social Justice Warriors
- The New Playbook for Anti-Racism Parenting – Pt 3: Raising Social Justice Warriors
- 7 Reminders for White Parents Talking to Their Kids About Police Killing Black People
- Stages in Children’s Development of Racial and Cultural Identity & Attitudes (An age-by-age guide to how kids learn about race )
- Here are some FAQ’s on raising race-conscious children to get you started. But please, explore the whole site. Raising Race Conscious Children
- Here’s How To Raise Race-Conscious Children
- A resource on Talking About Race from the Smithsonian/Nat’l African-American Museum of History and Culture that includes a section for Parents – https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race
- Animation Series: Something Happened In Our Town
- https://www.embracerace.org/resources/young-kids-racial-injustice This link will take you directly to 8 Tips for Talking to Your Child About Racial Injustice
- https://www.embracerace.org/resources This is the main page of the website “Embracerace” which is filled with many resources for parents, educators, and children.
- American Psychological Association Reading and RES Parent Tip Tool https://www.apa.org/res/, https://www.apa.org/res/parent-resources/reading
Dialogue – Talking to Children About Racism from Mt Wachusett Community College on Vimeo.
Articles
- Interrupting Bias: Inside and Outside the Courtroom
- Implicit Bias in the Age of Trump: Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do. (Book Review)
- Moving Towards an Impartial Judiciary: Recommendations to Prevent and Discipline Judicial Bias
- The Unfinished Mission of Title VII: Black Parity in the American Workforce
- The Violent State: Black Women’s Invisible Struggle Against Police Violence
- Criminalization of Poverty
- Firepower to the People! Gun rights & the Law of Self-defense to Curb Police Misconduct
Books
- Race Matters by Cornel West
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Deadly Injustice: Trayvon Martin, Race, and the Criminal Justice System (New Perspectives in Crime, Deviance, and Law) by Devon Johnson
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- White Rage by Carol Anderson
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo,
- The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
- Policing the Black Man edited by Angela Davis
- Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing
- Philosophy of Race: An Introduction by Naomi Zack
- Keeping Faith: Philosophy and Race in America by Cornel West
- The Idea of Race by Robert Bernasconi and Tommy Lee Lott
- A Realist Metaphysics of Race: A Context-Sensitive, Short-Term Retentionist, Long-Term Revisionist Approach by Jeremy Pierce
- What Is Race? Four Philosophical Views by Joshua Glasgow, Sally Haslanger, Chike Jeffers, and Quayshawn Spencer
- Race and Epistemologies of Ignorance (Suny Series, Philosophy and Race)by Shannon Sullivan and Nancy Tuana
- Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing by Miranda Fricker
- The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race. by Jesmyn Ward
- Our Declaration by Dr. Danielle Allen
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life. By Dr. Allyson Hobbs
- Survival Math: Notes on an All-American Family, by Mitchell Jackson
- An American Marriage by TAYARI JONES (fiction)
- Oppression and Resistance Smart History.org
- White Trash, by Nancy Isenberg.
- Reconstruction, by Eric Foner
- Stony the Road, by Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
- Those Terrible Carpetbaggers, by Richard Current
- This History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
- The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward Baptists
- The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by
- Do The Work: Rachel Cargle
- For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies
- No White Saviors
- Physiological & Psychological Impact of Racism and Discrimination for African-Americans
- The Link Between Experiences of Racism and Stress and Anxiety for Black Americans: A Mindfulness and Acceptance-Based Coping Approach
- Social Justice Lib Guides
- Epistemic Injustice: Power and the Ethics of Knowing
Websites, Blogs & Videos
- Southern Poverty Law Center www.splcenter.org
- Peoples Institute for Survival and beyond to come and do their training “Undoing Racism”
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion by Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- White Like Me by Tim Wise
- Tim Wise – The Creation of Whiteness
- 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 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 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
- PBS documentary Strange Fruit, directed by Joel Katz
- Resource Lists – Racial Equality Tools
- Understanding Race – www.understandingrace.org
- Teaching Brave | Jill DeTemple | TEDxSMU
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