“In every society, diversity is a richness – never a threat.”
– Antonio Guterres, Secretary General, United Nations
Throughout the past week, we muted ourselves with the goal of pausing, learning, and listening. We have gathered a list of resources from our friends in the academic community, our associates, and our partners, and hope that it is helpful to you as well. What we have collected in this living document only represents some of the views and resources; please share in the comments below what you have found helpful.
Articles
- The 1619 Project (all articles) – The New York Times Magazine
- When Mental-Health Experts, Not Police, Are the First Responders – Wall Street Journal
- Maintaining Professionalism In The Age of Black Death Is….A Lot – Shenequa Golding
- Intersectionality Wars – Vox
- Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? – The Atlantic
Podcasts
- 1619 – The New York Times
- Code Switch – NPR
Books
- An Anti-Racist Reading List – The New York Times
- How To Be An Antiracist – Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings – Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy – Bryan Stevenson
- So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
- The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time – James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness – Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century – Grace Lee Boggs
- The Warmth of Other Suns – Isabel Wilkerson
- Their Eyes Were Watching God – Zora Neale Hurston
- Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates
Talks/Presentations
- How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion – Peggy McIntosh – TEDxTimberlane
- Let’s get to the root of racial injustice – Megan Ming Francis – TEDxRainier
- What happens when I try to talk race with white people – Renni Eddo-Lodge – PBS News Hour
Films & TV Series
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) – Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) – Netflix
- Boindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) – Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
- Clemency (Chinoye Chukwu) – Available to rent
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967 – 1975 – Available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) – Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) – Available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin) – Available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) – Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) – Available to rent free in June 2020 in the U.S.
- King in The Wilderness – HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) – Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) – Available to rent
- The Black Panters: Vanguard of the Revolution – Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) – Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) – Netflix