The Future of Race in America (on The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle AlexanderĪ Conversation with Black Women on Race, New York Times Op-Docs SeriesĪ Conversation with White People about Race, New York Times Op-Docs Series
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How to Have a Voice and Lean Into Conversations on Race, Amanda Kemp The Enduring Myth of Black Criminality, Ta-Nehisi Coates via The Atlantic White Lies We Tell Our Children, Colin Stokes Reconstruction, PBS based on book by Eric Foner Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans From the Civil War to World War II, PBS based on book by Douglas Blackmon The History of White People, Nell Irvin PainterīOSS: The Black Experience in Business, PBS documentary The Business of Slavery and the Rise of American Capitalism, Calvin Schermerhorn
Slavery’s Capitalism: A New History of American Economic Development, Sven Beckert and Seth Rockman White Awake: An Honest Look at What it Means to be White, Daniel HillĮmpire of Cotton: A Global History, Sven Beckert Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X.
The Color of Law: The Forgotten Story of How Government Segregated America, Richard Rothstein So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo When Affirmative Action Was White, Ira Katznelson Slavery By Another Name, Douglas Blackmon The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle AlexanderĪmerica’s Original Sin : America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America, Jim Wallis Privilege: A Reader, Michael Kimmel & Abby Ferber Privilege: Power and Difference, Allan Johnson White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo Woke Church: An Urgent Call for Christians in America to Confront Racism and Injustice, Eric Mason White Privilege: Essential Readings on the Other Side of Racism, Paula Rothenberg Race Amity: A Primer on America’s Other Tradition, Natl Center for Race Amity
Tara Bahrampour, They Considered Themselves White, But DNA Tests Told a More Complicated StoryĬourageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools, 2nd Edition (2015) Glenn Singleton Joy Sewing, Marrianne Williamson Asked White People To Apologize. Nicholas Kristof, When Whites Just Don’t Get It, Parts 1-7 Julie Turkowicz, A ‘Historic Moment’ for Native Americans Goyette and Scheller, 15 Charts that Prove We’re Far From Post Racial NPR: Michael Martin, Fear of the Black Man, How Racial Bias Impacts Crime/LaborĮrnest Owens, 10 Messages of Wisdom We Need to Give Black Youth Right NowĪlexis Madrigal, The Racist Housing Policy that Made your Neighborhood Carson Byrd Born that Way: Scientific Racism is Creeping Back Into Our Thinking Ryan Struyk, Blacks and whites see racism in the US very very differently Levana Saxon, Allyship and Accountability Glossary Holy shit, being an ally isn’t about me!, Voices of WOC & Allies You wouldn’t believe the questions I got about slavery. Margaret Biser, I used to lead tours on a plantation. Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Case for ReparationsĪli Michael Org, 10 Quick Ways to Analyze Children’s Books For Racism and Sexism,Īllan Johnson, Excerpt from Privilege: Power and Difference Peggy McIntosh, White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Backpack Kendall, How to Be an Ally if You Are a Person with Privilege White allies don’t have it all figured out, but are deeply committed to non-complacency.įrances E. Being a white ally entails building relationships with both people of color, and also with white people in order to challenge them in their thinking about race. A white ally does not remain silent but confronts racism as it comes up daily, but also seeks to deconstruct it institutionally and live in a way that challenges systemic oppression, at the risk of experiencing some of that oppression. Sometimes, people say “doing ally work” or “acting in solidarity with” to reference the fact that “ally” is not an identity, it is an ongoing and lifelong process that involves a lot of work.Ī white ally acknowledges the limits of her/his/their knowledge about other people’s experiences but doesn’t use that as a reason not to think and/or act. Allyship is a process, and everyone has more to learn.