The following are recommended resources that you can utilize to further develop your understanding of race and racism.
- “13th” A documentary (available to watch on Netflix)
- Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequality
- I am not your Negro
- Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible
- Race: The Power of an Illusion
- TED talks to help you understand racism in America
- TED talks to help you understand social justice
- TED Talk: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: “The Danger of a Single Story”
- “The Racism of Mass Incarceration Visualized,” The Atlantic
- The Way Home: Women Talk About Race in America
- This American Life: “Cops See It Differently” (two-part series)
- “Woke Up Black” A documentary (DVD and teaching guide available upon request from Morten Group)
- Alexander, E. “The Light of the World”
- Alexander, M. “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness”
- Baldwin, J. “The Fire Next Time”
- Calderon, J. & Runell Hall, M. “Love, Race and Liberation: ‘Til the White Day is Done”
- Coates, T. “Between the World and Me”
- Emdin, C. “For White Folks Who Teach In the Hood”
- Goldstein, D. “The Teacher War: A History of America’s Most Embattled Profession”
- Hobbs, J. “The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace”
- Morris, M. “Black Stats”
- Morris, M. “Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools”
- Packer, Z “Drinking Coffee Elsewhere”
- Rankine, C. “Citizen”
- Singleton, L. “Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools”
- Tatum, B. “Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”
- Taylor, K. “From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation”
- Wijeysinghe, C.L., Griffin, P., and Love, B. “Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook”
- Winfrey-Harris, T. “The Sisters Are Alright”
- Woodson, Dr. C “The Mis-Education of the Negro”
- “10 Ways to Practice Institutional Racism at Your Non-Profit”, Korbett Mosely
- “15 Tools for Creating Healthy, Productive Interracial-Multicultural Communities”
- “The Case for Reparations”, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic
- “On Internalized Racism: 4 Lessons I learned as an Undercover Asian”, Amy Sun
- “Poverty Outcomes: Structural Racism”, Keith Lawrence, Aspen Institute on Community Change and Terry Keleher, Applied Research Center at UC Berkeley For The Race and Public Policy Conference, 2004
- “Racial Disparities in Sentencing”, ACLU
- “Race and Racial Identity Are Social Constructs”, Angela Onwuachi-Willig, The New York Times
- “Sharing the Lessons Learned: Reflections on Six Years of Anti-Racism Work”
- “The Undergirding It Factor is POWER: Toward an Understanding of Prejudice and Racism”
- “Citizenship and Social Justice: Curriculum for White Americans”
- “Training for Racial Equity and Inclusion”
- “The Storytelling Project Curriculum”
- “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack”
- “Unconscious Bias Workbook”, Cook Ross, Inc.
- “Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism”, Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- “Yes, You Can Measure White Privilege”, Michael Harriot
- Are you ready to do Racial Equity work?: The Morten Group
- Black Lives Matter
- Black Youth Project 100 (BYP100)
- Organizing for Power, Organizing for Change
- Racial Equity Tools
- The Race Institute for K-12 Educators
- Undoing Racism®: The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
- Teaching Tolerance – Diversity, Equity and Justice
- Teaching for Change: Teaching Social Justice Starting in the Classroom
- W.K. Kellogg Foundation
- Center for Social Inclusion