Resources to Support Antiracist Practice and Advocacy
These resources have been compiled by the faculty and staff at the Graduate School of Education and Counseling. The page will be updated often as new resources are submitted.
Read
Articles
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
- “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
- “My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
- Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
- ‘Teachers Cannot Be Silent’: How Educators Are Showing Up for Black Students Following Protests by Madeline Will
- The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
- What Is an Antiracist Reading List For?
- “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
- ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
- PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
Books
These titles are available to read as ebooks or in print at Watzek Library. Please check the library catalog or email librarian@lclark.edu for assistance. In addition to many being available as ebooks, Watzek hopes to have an open holds shelf available in the library foyer beginning 6/15 so print titles in the collection can be requested and picked up on campus as Multnomah County moves into Phase 1.
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood…and the Rest of Y’all Too by Chris Emdin (2016)
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
- Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brown
- Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris (2018)
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Sing a Rhythm, Dance a Blues by Monique Morris (2019)
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Teaching for Black Lives edited by Dyan Watson, Jesse Hagopian, and Wayne Au
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Body is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
- The Poverty Industry: The Exploitation of America’s Most Vulnerable Citizens by Daniel L. Hatcher
- 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
- We Want to Do More Than Survive by Bettina Love (2019)
- 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, PhD
Reading Lists
- 35 books about race, recommended by black Portland writers
- Black Lives Matter in Children & YA Literature
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
Websites and Online Resource Collections
- 100 Year Hoodie: Why Is This Happening?
- Ally Resources
- Antiracism Project
- Antiracism Resources for All Ages
- Antiracist Pedagogy Guide from USC Libraries
- Black Girl Dangerous
- Clapp with Jane with Jane Clapp
- Forward Together
- Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
- Journalists of Color Racial Equity Focused Articles (compiled by Equity Matters)
- Justice in June: A Starting Place for Individuals Trying to become Better Allies
- K-12 Resources on Racism
- Morningside Center for Teaching Social Responsibility: Black Lives Matter
- National Museum of African American History and Culture - Talking about Race
- Oregon Foster Youth Connection
- Oregon Humanities
- PBS News Hour: Race Matters
- Political Education, Toolkits, and Other Resources
- Rachel Rickett’s Antiracism Resources
- Racial Equity Tools
- Racism Recovery Center: April Harter LCSW
- Resources for Educators Focusing on Antiracist Learning and Teaching
- Resources for Talking About Race, Racism, and Racialized Violence with Kids
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
- Rethinking Schools
- Socialogical Images
- Southern Poverty Law Center
- Teaching About Race, Racism, and Police Violence
- Teaching for Change
- Teaching Tolerance
- Zinn Education Project: Teaching Materials
Follow
Social Media
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together:Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Style Like U: YouTube
- The [White] Shift: Instagram
- Them: Instagram
- United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- We.Define Beauty: Instagram
Listen
Podcasts
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race
- Alex Vitale - The End of Policing (In Conversation)
- Decolonize Social Work
- Fare of the Free Child podcast
- Feminist Killjoys PhD
- Henrietta’s Tumor (a brief telling of Henrietta Lacks’ story)
- Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Irresistible Podcast (formerly Healing Justice)
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
- Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
- The Sexually Liberated Woman podcast
Watch
Videos
- 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)
- The Racist Signature Theory (April Dawn Harter)
Films and TV Series
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- Albina: Portland’s Ghetto of the Mind (1967) - KGW
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Arresting Power: Resisting Police Violence in Portland, OR
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or 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 for free in June in the U.S.
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- Lake “No Negro” (2020) - Mya Gordon (Lakeridge High School)
- Local Color - OPB
- Pushout: A Documentary
- 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
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality - documentary on HBO
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
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