Resources for Anti-Racist Allyship and Activism

 
Photo credit: Brittani Burns @unsplash

Photo credit: Brittani Burns @unsplash

I’m writing this on a Sunday evening after a week of heavy news and subsequent flurry of conversation on social media about race and injustice.

For those who want to play their part in change and consider themselves anti-racist, here are some resources:

Books:

Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad

Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire - The Sunday Times Bestseller by Akala

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race: The Sunday Times Bestseller by Reni Eddo Lodge

Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch

How to Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi

White Spaces Missing Faces: Why Women of Color Don't Trust White Women by Catrice M Jackson

Sway: Unravelling Unconscious Bias by Dr Pragya Agarwal

Teacher’s Reading List of Antiracist Books for Kids Goes Viral

31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

Audio and Visual:

Podcast episode with Nova Reid

Nova Reid Ted Talk - ‘Not All Superheroes Wear Capes’

"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion": Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools

Get comfortable with being uncomfortable by Luvvie Ajay

A debate between James Baldwin and William Buckley

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper by Trevor Noah

We need to talk about an injustice by Bryan Stevenson

How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time by Baratunde Thurston

The 1619 Project Podcast

Revolution Playlist of speeches and lectures compiled by Rachel Cargle

A Weekend of Pain and Protest from The Daily

The Mind of the Village from The Hidden Brain

10 Documentaries To Watch About Race Instead Of Asking A Person Of Colour To Explain Things For You

Dr Robin D’Angelo discusses ‘White Fragility’

Sesame Street explain ‘Black Lives Matter’

Brene Brown with Ibram X. Kendi

The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List 

Articles:

Living Google Doc of Anti-Racism Resources

21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge

10 Books to Read about Race

‘I Need to Talk to Spiritual White Women about White Supremacy’ by Layla Saad

No, I Won’t Stop Saying ‘White Supremacy’

An Essential Anti-Racist Reading List

How to Be an Ally by Isabelle Silvers

Learn to Be Anti-Racist by Arthi Rangaraj

The 1619 Project Magazine

Undoing Racism Resources from Mary Pender Greene

A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters a book list by decade compiled by Ibram X. Kendi

Baratunde’s World Saving Books from Baratunde Thurston

Countdown to Main Street, a blog by Mindy Fullilove

The Politics of Empathy and Race from Psychology Today

Building the Anti-Racist Classroom

How to Raise Race-Conscious Children

Anti-Racist Resources from Shaa Wasmund

Marie Forleo list of resources

12 Black Mental-Health And Wellness Resources to Follow on IG

People to Follow:

Layla Saad

Rachel Cargle

Nova Reid

Shaun King

Reni Eddo Lodge

56 Black Men

No White Saviors

Courses

Free racialised trauma course

Theory of enchantment