Social Justice Resources
Educational and Awareness Raising Resources
Podcasts, Interviews, Videos:
Dr. Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility
Dr. Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility
1hr 23min video
Martin Luther King: The Other America
47min video
Dr. King NBC Interview: New Phase of Civil Rights Struggle
Ibram X. Kendi, NPR: How to be an Anti-Racist
26min video
21min audio
Brené with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist
1hr podcast
Audio Recording Series: Seeing White
30min-1hr videos
Ibram X. Kendi: How to be Anti-Racist
55min video
Reactivity vs. Responsiveness and Being a White Ally
36min audi0
Richard Rothstein: Separated by Design
1hr 23min video
Interview with Ijeoma Oluo: Talking about race
37min audio
Ijeoma Oluo: Want to Have Better Conversations About Racism? Here's How
17min audio
Isabel Wilkerson: This History is Long: This History is Deep
52min audio
Robin DiAngelo & Resmaa Menakem: On Being with Krista Tippet
51min audio
Claudia Rankine How Can I Say This So We Can Stay in This Car Together: On Being with Krista Tippett
51min audio
ARTICLES:
What if White People Took Responsibility for Their Role in This Moment
How to Be a White Ally
Four Ways White People Can Process Their Emotions
Is Your Company Actually Fighting Racism or Just Talking About It?
BOOKS:
WHITE FRAGILITY - Dr. Robin DiAngelo
What causes defensive moves by white people and how this inhibits cross-racial dialogue
HOW TO BE AN ANTI-RACIST - Ibram X. Kendi
Creating a more just and equitable society through identifying and opposing racism
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING - Ibram X. Kendi
Looking at anti-black racist ideas and their effect on American history
COLOR OF LAW - Richard Rothstein
Ways our government caused residential segregation through racial zoning
SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE - Ijeoma Oluo
A look at the racial landscape of the United States
ME AND WHITE SUPREMACY - Layla F. Saad
Ways to understand and counteract white privilege
THE NEW JIM CROW - Michelle Alexander
The impact of "war of drugs" and mass incarceration of black men
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME - Ta-Nehisi Coates
Meditation on race in America as well as a personal story, framed as a letter to the author's son
THE WARMTH OF OTHER SUNS: Epic Story of America’s Great Migration - Isabel Wilkerson
A brilliant and stirring epic, the first book to cover the full half-century of the Great Migration, the migration of African-Americans from the Jim Crow South to the cities of the North and West
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BOOKS
My Grandmother's Hands - Resmaa Menakem
A book that examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of trauma and body-centered psychology.
Mindful of Race - Ruth King
The Inner Work of Racial Justice - Rhonda Magee
ARTICLES
When to Speak and When to Listen - Jay Sofer
Racial Justice is Everyone’s Work - Tricycle
I am a Racist, I vow to end Racism - Matthew Abrahams
Brown Body, White Sangha - Atia Sattar
Facing My White Privilege - Tara Brach
RESOURCES AND ORGANIZATIONS
What Will It Take to Bridge Our Differences
Articles and resources from The Greater Good Science Center
Resmaa Menakem’s work and his free 5-Day Racialized Trauma Home Study Course.
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
Showing Up for Racial Justice’s (SURJ) educational toolkits
SURJ is the U.S.’ largest white, anti-racist organization committed to building a racially-just society. For those of us who identify as white, this is a suggested starting place.
Black Lives Matter Foundation
A global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities.
White Awake
An online platform and nonprofit organization that combats white supremacy by focusing on
educational resources and spiritual practices designed to engage people who’ve been socially categorized as “white” in the creation of a just and sustainable society.
ON BEING, Krista Tippett’s Podcast offers thoughtful content
Eula Biss, Talking About Whiteness
Resmaa Menakem, ‘Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence’
Resmaa Menakem, a Guided Body Practice on Race and Healing
Claudia Rankine, How Can I Say This So We Can Stay in This Car Together?
Patrisse Cullors + Robert Ross, The Spiritual Work of Black Lives Matter
Resources from the Rochester Anti-Racism Action Coalition Call #4
Shane Wiegands: Racist Policy and Resistance in Rochester
Antiracist Curriculum Project – PathStone Foundation
'From Here to Equality' A Case, And A Plan, For Reparations
Documentary: Independent Lens: July '64
Worst schools in America? Rochester, NY, by many measures
RCSD ranked lowest in state among large school districts
Rochester, NY Ranked 2nd Worst City for Blacks in US