Like many of you, I have been on a cycle of awareness, self-reflection, discomfort, and understanding over the last few weeks. I understand this is nothing in comparison to what the Black and Indigenous communities have endured for hundreds of years.
I’m sorry it took so long and such horrifying murders to finally realize and admit that I have been a “non-racist,” that I was adopted into and hid behind the guise of white privilege, and that I have been part of the problem. Now, I embark on a lifelong journey to be an antiracist. I promise to listen, (un)learn, grow, and act for as long as it takes for our society to achieve equity and dismantle racism.
But this is not about me. This is about BIPOC lives.
The purpose of this blog is to start a library of books, media articles, academic papers, podcasts, videos, TV shows, and movies that highlight antiracism and equity. This is a safe place to share what we are reading, listening, and watching to become antiracists. So please, pass along any suggestions.
I hope you join me because only together can we fight the good fight against racism.
With love,
Chris
PS. As of 2021, I've started adding some general social justice content to this list! Take that patriarchy, misogyny, ableism, and more!
THE ANTIRACISM AND SOCIAL JUSTICE LIBRARY
Books
A People's History of the United States - Dr. Howard Zinn
All Our Relations: Finding the Path Forward - Tanya Talaga
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Caste - Isabel Wilkerson
Disability Visability - Alice Wong et al.
How to Be an Antiracist - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
I'm Still Here - Austin Channing Brown
Inferior - Angela Saini
Know My Name - Chanel Miller
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor - Layla F. Saad
Mediocre - Ijeoma Oluo
Minor Feelings - Cathy Park Hong
Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present - Robyn Maynard
Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death and Hard Truths in a Northern City - Tanya Talaga
Sitting Pretty - Dr. Rebekah Taussig
So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
Stamped from the Beginning - Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You (A Remix) - Jason Reynolds & Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Superior - Angela Saini
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America - Richard Rothstein
The Book of Negroes - Lawrence Hill
The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities - Frances Henry et al.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander
The Reconciliation Manifesto: Recovering the Land, Rebuilding the Economy - Arthur Manuel & Grand Chief Ronald Derrickson
The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power - Desmond Cole
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism - Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together at the Cafeteria - Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum
Media Articles
Beyond territorial acknowledgments - Chelsea Vowel (link)
Dear epidemiology: a letter from two Māori researchers - Drs. Donna Cormack & Sarah-Jane Paine (link)
George Floyd's autopsy and the structural gaslighting of America - Dr. Ann Crawford-Roberts et al. (link)
It's more than racism: Isabel Wilkerson explains America's 'caste' system - Terry Gross & Isabel Wilkerson (link)
Officer who stood by as George Floyd died highlights complex Asian American, black relations - Kimmy Yam (link)
The real secret to Asian American success was not education - Jeff Guo (link)
The unspoken truth - Dailyn Simmons (link)
There have always been two Canadas: in this reckoning on racism, both must stand together for Indigenous people now - Tanya Talaga (link)
Ways to be an ally, from two lifetimes of learning - Pamela Roach & Dr. Amy Tan (link)
What happened to Sarah Exeter - Elaine Liu (link)
White academia: do better - Jasmine Roberts (link)
Academic Papers
In the fight for racial justice, the sidelines are no longer an option - Dr. Tracy Blake (link)
Levels of racism: a theoretical framework and a gardener's tale - Dr. Camara Jones - (link)
The coin model of privilege and critical allyship: implications for health - Dr. Stephanie Nixon (link)
Podcasts
1619 with Nikole Hannah-Jones (link)
DNA of a MAKER with Lilliana Vazquez (link)
Factually! with guest Ellen Wu (link)
Intersectionality Matters! with Kimberlé Crenshaw (link)
The Secret Life of Canada with Leah-Simone Bowen & Falen Johnson (link)
The Warrior Life with Pamela Palmater (link)
This Land with Rebecca Nagle (link)
Videos
Rachel Cargle - Coming to terms with racism’s inertia: ancestral accountability, TED talk (link)
Desmond Cole - 'Disarm and defund police' and give money to communities, CBC interview (link)
Kimberlé Crenshaw - The urgency of intersectionality, TED talk (link)
Dr. Tony Iton - Change the odds for health, TED talk (link)
Dr. Camara Jones - A gardener's tale (link)
TV Shows/Movies
A Black Lady Sketch Show (HBO)
Dear White People (Netflix)
Disclosure (Netflix)
I May Destroy You (HBO)
LA 92 (Netflix)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - Police, S07E14 (HBO)
The 13th (Netflix)
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson (Netflix)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (HBO)
The Trial of the Chicago 7 (Netflix) There's Something in the Water (Netflix)
Small Axe (Amazon Prime)
Selma
When They See Us (Netflix)
Music
Beyoncé - Lemonade
Childish Gambino - This is America (link)
Follow
Dr. Cindy Blackstock
Rachel Cargle
Desmond Cole
Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Nikki La'es
Robyn Maynard
Ijeoma Oluo
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Autumn Peltier
Layla F. Saad
Dr. Kim Tallbear
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
Ellen Wu
Last updated: January 6, 2021