In its response to white supremacy, racism — and the police brutality that has resulted in nationwide protests — the United Methodist Church has this to say:
“The denomination’s Council of Bishops called for every United Methodist “to name the egregious sin of racism and white supremacy and join together to take a stand against the oppression and injustice that is killing persons of color.” It added: “The United Methodist Church has created an advertising campaign, #EndRacism, in an effort to actively engage in the ministry of dismantling racism and promoting racial justice. Logo courtesy of resourceumc.org.”
It also issued a statement saying, “The United Methodist Church has mounted a denomination-wide campaign, “United Against Racism,” that urges its members not only to pray, but to educate themselves and have conversations about the subject, and to work actively for civil and human rights.”
We at PUMC have compiled “End Racism” resources to help us better understand the Black Lives Matter Movement, systemic racism in the criminal justice system, social repercussions of slavery, and inequality in America.
At this moment in history, white people have become allies of black people fighting for racial justice. These resources addressing racism and anti-racism include lists for all ages as well as for both white and black families.
This extensive collection of books, articles, podcasts, films, videos, songs, poems is curated to include resources sourced from other lists. It will hopefully help us learn and have conversations about racism as it affects every aspect of our society. We invite you to navigate through the resources you like and select what to read or watch and be informed.
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—- Isabella Dougan
A. BOOKS FOR ADULTS
- Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America‚ by Michael Eric Dyson
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor‚ by Laila F Saad
- Conversations About Race‚ by Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D.* (Bookshop.org)
- The Hate U Give‚ by Angie Thomas* (Bookshop.org)
- How to Be an Antiracist‚ by Ibram X. Kendi/2019
- Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness‚ by Austin Channing Brown
- On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope‚ by DeRay Mckesson
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? By Beverley Daniel Tatum/2017
- White Rage/Carol Anderson/2017
- Why I am No Longer Talking to White People About Race/Renni Eddo-Lodge/2017
- Between the World and Me/Ta-Nehisi Coates/2015
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness/Michelle Alexander/2010
- The World That Made New Orleans/Ned Sublette/2008
- Black Feminist Thought/Patricia Hill Collins/2000
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower‚ by Dr. Brittney Cooper (Bookshop.org)/2018
- Heavy: An American Memoir/Kiese Laymon/2018
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings/Maya Angelou/1969
- Just Mercy/Bryan Stevenson/2014
- Me and White Supremacy/Layla F. Saad/2020
- Raising our Hands/Jenna Arnold/2020
- Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ by Zora Neale Hurston (Bookshop.org)
- Sister Outsider/Audrey Lord/1984
- The Bluest Eye/Toni Morrison/1970
- The Fire Next Time/James Baldwin/1962
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century/Grace Lee Boggs, Scott Kurashige, and Danny Glover/2011
- The Warmth of Other Suns/Isabel Wilkerson/2010
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color/Edited by Cherre Moraga and Gloria E. Anzaldļa/1984
- Women, Race, and Class/Angela Davis/1981
- Are Prisons Obsolete?/, Angela Davis/2003
- Black Marxism: The Making of Black Radical Tradition/Cedric Robinson/1983
- Wretched of the Earth/Frantz Fanon/1961
- Black Skin, White Masks/Frantz Fanon/1952
- Common Ground/J. Anthony Lukas/1985
- Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race/Debby Irving/2014
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America‚ by Ira Katznelson (B
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower‚ by Dr. Brittney Cooper (Bookshop.org)
- Black Feminist Thought‚ by Patricia Hill Collins (Bookshop.org)
- Heavy: An American Memoir‚ by Kiese Laymon (Bookshop.org)
- Raising Our Hands‚ by Jenna Arnold (Bookshop.org)
- Redefining Realness‚ by Janet Mock‚ (Bookshop.org)/2014
- Sister Outsider‚ by Audre Lorde (Bookshop.org)
- The Bluest Eye‚ by Toni Morrison (Bookshop.org)
- The Fire Next Time‚ by James Baldwin (Bookshop.org)
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century‚ by Grace Lee Boggs (Bookshop.org)
- The Warmth of Other Suns‚ by Isabel Wilkerson (Bookshop.org)
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color‚ by Cherre Moraga (Bookshop.org)
- Me and White Supremacy‚ by Layla F. Saad
- So You Want to Talk About Race‚ by Ijeoma Olou
- Raising White Kids‚ by Jennifer Harvey
- Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership‚ by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
- From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America‚ by Elizabeth Hinton
- Automating Inequality: How High-Tech Tools Profile, Police and Punish the Poor by Virginia Eubanks
- The End of Policing‚ by Alex S. Vitale
- Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Have Reinvented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class by Ian Haney Lopez
- Blackballed: The Black Vote and U.S. Democracy by Darryl Pinckney
- The history of Black Wall Street: African American Museum of Natural History
- The Living History of Juneteenth, Our Next National Holiday: A celebration of emancipation in Texas is taking hold in the minds of Americans everywhere. BY‚ BRANDON BYRD‚ June 19, 2020
- Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology‚ by Deirdre Cooper Owens
- Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight against Medical Discrimination by Alondra Nelson. You can read Body and Soul‚ online for free.
B. BOOKS FOR YOUNG ADULTS
- This is My America‚ by Kim Johnson
- Punching the Air‚ by Ibi Zoboi & Yself Salaam
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You: A Remix‚ by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- I am Not Dying With You Tonight‚ by Gilly Segal and Kimberly Jones
- When I Was the Greatest‚ by Jason Reynolds
- On the Come Up‚ by Angie Thomas
- Just Mercy (Adapted for Young Adults): A True Story of the Fight for Justice‚ by Bryan Stevenson
- All American Boys‚ by Jason Reynolds
- Dear Martin‚ by Nic Stone
C. BOOKS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN
- Black is a Rainbow Color‚ by Angela Joy
- IntersectionAllies: We Make Room for All‚ by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi
- Black Brother Black Brother‚ by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Workby Tiffany Jewell
- We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices: Words and Images of Hope‚ by Wade Hudson and Cheryl Willis Hudson (editors)
- Woke: A Young Poet Call to Justice‚ by Mahogany L. Browne
- Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness‚ by Anastasia Higginbotham
- Ghost Boys‚ by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- Let’s Talk About Race‚ by Julius Lester
- A Kid’s Book About Racism‚ by Jelani Memory
- “Hair Love, by Matthew A. Cherry. Illustrated by Vashti Harrison.
- “Each Kindness, by Jacqueline Woodson. Illustrated by E.B. Lewis.
- “The Youngest Marcher, by Cynthia Levinson. Illustrated by Vanessa Brantley Newton.
- “Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice, by Veronica Chambers. Illustrated by Paul Ryding.
- “All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
- “Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- “All Different Now: Juneteenth, the First Day of Freedom‚ by Angela Johnson and E.B. Lewis.
- “Ordinary people change the world, by Brad Meltzer
- People‚ by Peter Spier
- Frederick Douglass: The Lion Who Wrote History, by Walter Dean Myers
- A Kids Book About Racism
- is for Activist, by Innosanto Nagara
- Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Harriet Beecher Stowe
- Ruby, Head High by Irene Cohen-Janca
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
- 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism, and resistance
D. BOOKS FOR BABIES AND TODDLERS
- Antiracist Baby‚ by Ibram X. Kendi
- A is for Activist‚ by Innosanto Nagara
- Woke Baby‚ by Mahogany L. Browne
- “More More More, Said the Baby‚ by Vera B. Williams
- We are Different, We are the Same (Sesame Street)‚ by Bobbi Kates
- Ezra Jack Keats books about Peter‚ (“The Snowy Day, Letter to Amy, “Hi, Cat!, “Whistle for Willie)
- “Saturday, written and illustrated by Oge Mora
E. RESOURCES FOR PARENTS
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young To Talk About Race‚ (A list of resources for parents)
- Teaching Your Child About Black History‚ (PBS)
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners‚ (Books for Children and Youth)
- 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism, and resistance(Recommendations from Embrace.Org)
- Books To Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids(Recommendations from the NY Times)
F. ARTICLES
- “The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, June 2014
- “How White Managers Can Respond to Anti-Black Violence, by Michael W. Kraus, Yale Insights
- “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us‚ by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists)
- My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant‚ by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
- The 1619 Project (all the articles)‚ | The New York Times Magazine
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- “The Intersectionality Wars‚ by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
- “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go to protest?‚ by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack‚ by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?‚ by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
G. FILMS, VIDEOS & TV SHOWS
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- Stonebridge Conversation with Michele Tuck Ponder, John Powell, and Rhinold Ponder, facilitated by Ingrid Reed Members of Princeton UMC talk about what they’re doing to end racism with the Stonebridge community
- Descendants‚ (Washington Post African American Video History Series)
- Just Mercy‚ (A powerful true story currently offered for free on Prime Video)
- Crime + Punishment‚ (A documentary look at NYPD quota policy on YouTube)
- 11 Movies that Confront American Racism‚ (Recommendations from Vox)
- The Origins of Lynching Culture in the United States‚ (YouTube)
- “Racial inequity is a problem of bad policy, not bad people. Ibram X. Kendi:
- The Help (film) – Wikipedia
- When They See Us
- Dear White People (Netflix series)
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- Clemency
- Fruitvale Station
- Blindspotting (Carlos Lopez Estrada)
via Cinemax - American Son (Kenny Leon)
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol)
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc)
- “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion”‚ | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- Hidden‚ Figureswww.hiddenfigures.com‚ #1 NY Times Bestseller! This drama about a trio of African-American women doing maths wonders for NASA
- “Behind the Movement,” which “features the actual bus where Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, spiraled into the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott,”
- “Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story.”
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
- View these titles at the streaming service’s Black Lives Matter‚ landing page.
- All Different Now, Angela Johnson (Author)
- MORE THAN A MOMENT‚ Oprah Winfrey: “OWN Spotlight: Where Do We Go From Here?” parts one and two. PreviewPreview51:21Full Episode: Where Do We Go From Here? (Part 1) | OWN …
- “Blood Done Sign My Name” trailer via YouTube New revelations in 1955 lynching of 14-year-old … – YouTubewww.youtube.com watch
- “SELMA Watch Selma | Prime Video – Amazon.comwww.amazon.com Selma-David-Oyelowo
- Hidden‚ Figureswww.hiddenfigures.com #1 NY Times Bestseller! This drama about a trio of African-American women doing maths wonders for NASA
- “Behind the Movement,”‚ which “features the actual bus where Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, spiraled into the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott,”
- “Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story.”
- “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion”‚ | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- King In The Wilderness
- True Justice: Bryan Stevenson. Fight for Equality*
- Rent
- View these titles at the streaming service’s Black Lives Matter‚ landing
H. OPINION VIDEOS
- Karen Attiah: George Floyd has become the Emmett Till of this moment
- Karen Tumulty: How George Floyd speaks to the shame of our history and the promise of our future
- Jonathan Capehart: Civil rights icon John Lewis is ‘deeply moved’ by today’s demonstrations
- Condoleezza Rice: This moment cries out for us to confront race in America
- James Comey: My advice to police officers on handling criticism
- Frida Ghitis: This could be a turning point in the fight against racism — in America and abroad
- Opinion: Time to Reform the Police?
I. WEBINAR
J. POETRY
- Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine (Graywolf)
- Homie‚ by Danez Smith (Graywolf)
- Hybrida‚ by Tina Chang (Norton)
- Magical Negro‚ by Morgan Parker (Tin House)
- Living Weapon‚ by Rowan Ricardo Phillips (Farrar, Straus, and Giroux)
- Ability to provide solace and sense during times of upheaval.
- Love Child Hotbed of Occasional Poetry: Poems & Artifacts‚ by Nikky Finney (Northwestern)
- The Tradition‚ by Jericho Brown (Copper Canyon)
- We Inherit What the Fires Left‚ by William Evans (Simon & Schuster)
- White Blood: A Lyric of Virginia‚ by Kiki Petrosino (Sarabande)
K. PODCASTS
- 1619‚ (New York Times)
- About Race
- Code Switch‚ (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters!‚ hosted by Kimberl© Crenshaw
- Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
- Pod For The Cause‚ from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights
- Pod Save the People‚ (Crooked Media)
- Seeing White
L. On White Privilege and the History of Racism & Inequality
- White Privilege, Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack‚ (Peggy McIntosh)
- A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 Fed Uprising‚ (Michael Harriot)
- Death in a Promised Land: The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921, (Scott Ellsworth)
- The assumptions of white privilege and what we can do about it‚ (National Catholic Reporter)
- Being Anti-Racist‚ (National Museum of African American History & Culture)
- White Fragility Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism(Robin DiAngelo)/2018
- Who Gets to be Afraid in America? (Ibram X. Kendi)
- Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person‚ (Gina Crosley-Corcoran)
- Examining the Black-White Wealth Gap‚ (Brookings Institution)
- Health & Health Care Disparities‚ (KFF Kaiser Family Foundation)
- Systemic Inequality and Economic Opportunity‚ (Center for American Progress)
- US black-white inequality in 6 stark charts‚ (CNN)
- White Anti-Racism, Living the Legacy‚ (Teaching Tolerance)
- Resources for Racial Trauma‚ (UC Davis)
- Understanding racism and inequality in America (Washington Post)
- 5 Facts Behind America High Incarceration Rates‚ (CNN)
- American History, Race and Prison‚ (VERA)
- Why American Prisons Owe Their Cruelty to Slavery‚ (NY Times Magazine)
- Dear White People: Here Are 5 Uncomfortable Truths Black Colleagues Need You To Know‚ (Dana Brownlee Forbes)
- “In the end, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends,” Martin Luther King Jr.
- Writings from our CEO, Alison Edwards
- Why is this such a BIG deal? Slave Patrols (June 11, 2020)
- Why is this such a BIG deal? “People of Color.” “Colored People (June 10, 2020)
- Statement on George Floyd (June 2, 2020)
- Statement on Ahmaud Arbery (May 16, 2020)
- Books (please note, some links are to websites where you can purchase this material)
- The Racial Healing Handbook‚ (Anneliese A. Singh)
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X Kendi, Author
M. Actions To Take As An Ally
- Scaffolding Anti-Racist Resources‚ (Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann & Bailie Gregory)
- 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice‚ (Medium Corinne Shutack)
- If You Are a White Person Wondering What To Do, I Have Some Advice (Independent UK, Michael Crawford)
- Opportunities for White People in the Fight For Racial Justice(WhiteAccomplice.Org)
- Black Lives Matter Website
- 5 Ways to Show Up For Racial Justice Today‚ (KQED Nastia Voynovskaya)
- 8 Can’t Wait. (Policies that can reduce police violence & see how your city ranks in implementation)
- What Can White People Do?‚ (June Holley with the Network Weaver Consultants Network)
- Dear White People: Here Are 10 Actions You Can Take To Promote Racial Justice In The Workplace (Dana Brownlee Forbes)
- “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced. James Baldwin
N. PROJECTS
- The New York Times‘‚ 1619 Project launched by Nikole Hannah-Jones, with the goal of re-examining the legacy of‚ slavery in the United States‚ and timed for the 400th anniversary of the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia.[
- Living Apart How the Government Betrayed a Landmark Civil Rights Law. New York: ProPublica. Nikole Hannah-Jones (2012).
- Anguish and Action – Obama Foundation
O. PROGRAMS
- “Behind the Movement‚” which “features the actual bus where Rosa Parks’ refusal to give up her bus seat to a white passenger on December 1, 1955, spiraled into the historic Montgomery Bus Boycott,”
- “Rest In Power: The Trayvon Martin Story.”
- “Taste the Nation with Padma Lakshmi”
- “When They See Us,” the Netflix original series “Dear White People,”‚ and“Malcolm X.”
- “The Gullah Way,” the episode features The Gullah Geechee people of South Carolina as they fight “to preserve the traditions passed down from their ancestors, West Africans forced into slavery.
- Oprah Winfrey Presents: “Legends Who Paved the Way,”
P. SONGS
- Stevie Wonder, “Black Man” (1976)
- Nina Simone, “Mississippi Goddam” (1964)
- Sam Cooke, “A Change Is Gonna Come” (1964)
- Billie Holiday, “Strange Fruit” (1939)
- James Brown, “Say It Loud I’m Black And I’m Proud” (1968)
- Donny Hathaway, “Someday We’ll All Be Free” (1973)
- “Cops Shot the Kid”(2018)
- Lauryn Hill, “Black Rage” (2014)
- The Last Poets, “When The Revolution Comes” (1970)
- John Coltrane, “Alabama” (1963)
- Mavis Staples, “We Shall Not Be Moved”
- The Game, “Don’t Shoot” (2014)
- Solomon Burke, “None of Us Are Free” (2002)
- Marvin Gaye, “Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) (1971)
- Elvis Presley, “In the Ghetto”
- Tupak Shakur, “Dear Mama”
- Tupak Shakur, “Changes”
Q. Speeches and Courses
- A three-session racial literacy program by Ruha Benjamin, sponsored by Not in Our Town Princeton.
R. United Methodist Church resources
- Princeton UMC Guide for a five-day prayer vigil‚ to end racism
S. Resources sourced from other anti-racism collections
- Resources studying systemic bias compiled by Not in Our Town Princeton.
- “Anti-Racism Resources for White People, “ compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
- “Anti-Racism Resources, “ compiled by Rachel Ricketts
- “Resources, “ compiled by Robin DiAngelo
- “Activism and Allyship Guide, “ compiled by the Black@ Airbnb Employee Resource Group
- “Resource document, “ compiled by Black Lives Matter
T. Resources for White Parents to Raise Anti-Racist Children
Books
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
- 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism, and resistance
- @booksfordiversity on Instagram*
- A Kids Book About Racism*
Podcasts
- Parenting Forward podcast episode Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt
- Fare of the Free Child podcast
- Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey
Articles
- PBS Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
- The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram‚ and consider signing up for their Patreon
U. More Anti-Racism Resources to Check-Out
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Anti-Racism Project
- Jenna Arnold resources (books and people to follow) Rachel Ricketts anti-racism resources
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism Save the Tears: White Woman Guide by Tatiana Mac
- Showing Up For Racial Justice educational toolkits
- The [White] Shift on Instagram
- “Why is this happening? an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
- Zinn Education Project teaching materials
V. “Leanin.Org has compiled the following list of recommended articles and books to help us inform ourselves and take action. Many of the resources in this library were sourced from other anti-racism collections
- “Anti-Racism Resources for White People, “ compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
- “Anti-Racism Resources, “ compiled by Rachel Ricketts
- “Resources, “ compiled by Robin DiAngelo
- “Activism and Allyship Guide, “‚ compiled by the Black@ Airbnb Employee Resource Group
- “Resource document, “‚ compiled by Black Lives Matter
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Author: Isabella Dougan