Anti-Racism Resources
Continue the conversation started in our recent Wednesday Table Talk course, Creating Courageous Space: A Study in Anti-Racism, with members of the St. James community as we read, watch, listen, discuss, and learn to dismantle racist systems in our world and work to be actively anti-racist people of God.
Podcasts
On Being An Interview with Resmaa Menakem and Robin Di’Angelo
Unlocking Us An Interview with Brené Brown & Ibram X. Kendi
Recommended Reading
Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race
by Derald Wing Sue
Week-by-Week Course Resources
Week 1
Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo on YouTube
Dr. Robin DiAngelo is the author of "What Does it Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy" and has been an anti-racist educator, and has heard justifications of racism by white men and women in her workshops for over two decades. This justification, which she calls “white fragility,” is a state in which even a minimum amount of racial stress becomes intolerable, triggering a range of defensive moves. These moves include outward display of emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and behaviors such as argumentation, silence, and leaving the stress-inducing situation.
Week 2 - Bias
In the TEDx Talk Immaculate Perception, UCLA professor Dr. Jerry Kang explains what the Harvard University “Project Implicit” study reveals about human nature and society. Click here to take the Harvard University Implicit Bias test.
In this TED Talk, Dushaw Hockett describes the characteristics that make a bias implicit. He also offers three reasons why we must address implicit bias and create an Implicit Bias Approach to help move the country forward.
Ted Talk by Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them.
Verna Myers is an internationally recognized expert on diversity and inclusion within law firms, law departments and law schools
Week 3 - Race & Racial Identity
Recommended Reading List
How do we understand Human Variation – what is and is not Race?
Racial Identity Development for Minority and Majority Ethnic Groups
BIPOC- Black, Indigenous, AND People of Color – A Primer
Recommended Watch List
The Origin of Race in the USA from PBS
TED Talk by Judge Helen Whitener - Claiming your Identity by Understanding your Self-Worth
Week 4 - Racist Vs. Anti-Racist
Recommended Reading List - Books
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
The Racial Healing Handbook by Anneliese A. Singh
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley and Malcolm X
On the Other Side of Freedom by DeRay McKesson
They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lower
Articles
"For a few weeks, black lives mattered. Now what?" by Nesrine Malik from The Guardian
The revolt is in danger of being reduced to a cultural debate by an establishment that remains hostile to black people.
Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr's 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge ©
The Urgent Need to Anti-Racist Education from Education Week
Recommended Watch List
TEDTalk Interview with Ibram X. Kendi - The Difference Between Being "Not-Racist" vs. Anti-Racist
How Can I Be Anti-Racist* from Jubilee *explicit language warning
Jane Elliott interview on the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon - "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise" and Fighting Racism
Week 5 - Community Building Resources
Recommended Reading List
Talking About Race from NMAAHC
A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources by Katie Couric for Medium
Reflections from a Token Black Friend by Ramesh A. Nagarajah for Medium
How To Apologize If You Said Something Racist, From A Therapist by Sarah Regan for MindBodyGreen
What James Baldwin Knew About This Moment by Raoul Peck for The Atlantic
The writer and activist has the painful, powerful words for this political moment. America just needs to heed them.
You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body is a Confederate Monument by Caroline Randall Williams for The New York Times
White people say they want to be an ally to Black people. But are they ready for sacrifice?
by Kelsey Smoot for The Guardian
If the White people in my life could hit a button and instantly remove the privileges afforded to them along racial lines, would they hit that button?
With a new daughter entering a world defined by protests and a pandemic, a middle-aged father feels his faith in America—or, more accurately, “Great-Again America”—slipping away.
25 Reads, Podcasts & Learning Resources That Teach Us About Antiracism from FOOD52
What Not To Say To Someone Who Has Experienced Racial Trauma by Jenna Birch for HuffPost
What white people and other allies do in conversations about the mental health effects of racism matters.
Anti-racism: You may be doing it wrong. Here’s why by Nicole Ellis and Maya Lin Sugarman for The Lily
‘It’s not a black person’s job to teach white people about racism because they just showed up to the party.’