
RESOURCES

Anti-racist resources compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein in May 2020 and offered with consent from Trudy Goodman
Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:
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Check out these books for children and young adults from the list of Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
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Listen to the Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
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Read PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
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Follow The Conscious Kid on Instagram
Articles to read:
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“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
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“My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant”by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
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The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
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“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
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Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
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”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh
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“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
Videos to watch:
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“How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
Books to read:
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Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
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Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
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Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
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How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
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Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
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Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
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Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
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Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
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So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
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The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
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The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
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The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
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The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
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This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
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When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Films and TV series to watch:
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13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
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American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
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Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
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Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
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Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
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Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
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I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
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If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
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Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent
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King In The Wilderness — HBO
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See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
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Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
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The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
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The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
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When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Buddhist/mindfulness books:
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Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community by Larry Yang
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Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
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The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness by Rhonda V. Magee
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Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens with Jasmine Syedullah Ph.D.
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Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams
Buddhist/mindfulness articles:
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10 Things White People Can Do To Work For Racial Justice by Oren Jay Sofer
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Healing the Broken Body of Sangha by Ruth King
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Where Will You Stand? by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams
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Facing My White Privilege by Tara Brach
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Do You Know Your True Face? By Lama Rod Owens
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There Is a Path That Frees Us from Suffering: Profile of Gina Sharpe
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“How Mindfulness Can Defeat Racial Bias” by Rhonda Magee
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Link to my graduate thesis work: https://digitalcommons.lesley.edu/mindfulness_theses/8/

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