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Thread: Books, articles, and podcasts that have helped me in my (ongoing) work to be antiracist. I& #39;ll start with the things I know before adding links to resources I haven& #39;t yet consumed. 1/N
I should note: I am usually a Twitter lurker/liker/retweeter. But I believe that it& #39;s my responsibility (and not the responsibility of Black people) to educate myself and my family, friends, and fellow white people. So...here we go.
Read everything you can by Ta-Nehisi Coates. Start with Between the World and Me, a letter to his son about America& #39;s long history of racial injustice. https://bookshop.org/books/between-the-world-and-me/9780812993547">https://bookshop.org/books/bet...
"The Case for Reparations" is one of many excellent essays Coates wrote for The Atlantic during the Obama presidency (for a compilation of these essays, check out his book We Were Eight Years in Power). Read this essay. Then read it again. https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/">https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
Nikole Hannah-Jones ( @nhannahjones) is brilliant. Everything she writes is worth reading. "Choosing a School for My Daughter in a Segregated City" is a must-read for parents and non-parents alike. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/12/magazine/choosing-a-school-for-my-daughter-in-a-segregated-city.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/1...
Hannah-Jones& #39; essay "The Resegregation of Jefferson County" inspired a project that eventually led me to pursue a PhD in ed policy. Read this article & know this isn& #39;t just happening in Alabama. Racism is not just a Southern phenomenon, fellow Northerners. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/06/magazine/the-resegregation-of-jefferson-county.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/0...
If you haven& #39;t read the essays and listened to the podcast associated with the Pulitzer-winning 1619 project (led by Hannah-Jones) then you should. https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/14/magazine/1619-america-slavery.html">https://www.nytimes.com/interacti...
Hannah-Jones& #39; award-winning episode of this American Life, "The Problem We All Live With" examines school segregation in Fergeson, Missouri. https://www.thisamericanlife.org/562/the-problem-we-all-live-with-part-one">https://www.thisamericanlife.org/562/the-p...
A couple of years ago, I attended a "Conversation" with Coates and Hannah-Jones at the Apollo. I got to submit a question in advance: What& #39;s the book that changed your life? Their answers are worth repeating on this thread...
Hannah-Jones: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America& #39;s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson https://bookshop.org/books/the-warmth-of-other-suns-the-epic-story-of-america-s-great-migration/9780679763888">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
Coates: The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin https://bookshop.org/books/the-fire-next-time/9780679744726">https://bookshop.org/books/the...
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America By Richard Rothstein is a powerful history state-sponsored residential segregation. It takes on the myth of de facto residential segregation. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781631492853">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781...
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander. A powerful and important examination of the criminal justice system. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781595586438">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781...
Just Mercy. An incredible memoir by Bryan Stevenson, lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780812984965">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780...
Our America by Lealan Jones and Llyod Newman was assigned in my undergraduate education class taught by Prof @soortle . I& #39;ve never stopped thinking about it. It& #39;s based on the recordings of two Chicago teens (the authors) conducted for an NPR documentary. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780671004644">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780...
For my YA readers out there: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas ( @angiecthomas). A novel about a sixteen-year-old who witnesses a police shooting. I read it in one sitting. https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780062498533">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780...
All of Jacqueline Woodson& #39;s ( @JackieWoodson) YA books are great and cover important topics. Especially Brown Girl Dreaming, a collection of poetry https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780147515827">https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780...
Woodson has some beautiful children& #39;s books as well. This is the Rope ( https://indiebound.org/book/9780425288948)">https://indiebound.org/book/9780... and The Other Side ( https://indiebound.org/book/9780399231162)">https://indiebound.org/book/9780... are two of my favorites
If you& #39;re into podcasts, NPR& #39;s Codeswitch ( @NPRCodeSwitch) is excellent. I listened to "What Does Hood Feminism Mean for a Pandemic" twice. https://npr.org/2020/05/05/850963562/what-does-hood-feminism-mean-for-a-pandemic.">https://npr.org/2020/05/0... Also (proud friend brag) they quoted
@MichellePBurris & #39;s research on a recent episode! ( https://npr.org/2020/05/12/854977002/ask-code-switch-the-coronavirus-edition)">https://npr.org/2020/05/1...
@MichellePBurris & #39;s research on a recent episode! ( https://npr.org/2020/05/12/854977002/ask-code-switch-the-coronavirus-edition)">https://npr.org/2020/05/1...
How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America by Kiese Laymon ( @KieseLaymon) ( https://indiebound.org/book/9781932841770)">https://indiebound.org/book/9781... and his memoir, Heavy, are about all kinds of things including race, family, American culture, and growing up in MS ( https://indiebound.org/book/9781501125652)">https://indiebound.org/book/9781...
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by
Peggy McIntosh ( @WCWnews). Read it. Read it again. Then share it with your white friends and family.
http://convention.myacpa.org/houston2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/UnpackingTheKnapsack.pdf">https://convention.myacpa.org/houston20...
Peggy McIntosh ( @WCWnews). Read it. Read it again. Then share it with your white friends and family.
http://convention.myacpa.org/houston2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/UnpackingTheKnapsack.pdf">https://convention.myacpa.org/houston20...
MORE RESOURCES: An Antiracist Reading List by Ibram X. Kendi ( @DrIbram) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books/review/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/2...
Another reading list from
@booksaremagicbk
: https://booksaremagic.net/?q=h.tviewer&e_def_id=sGEBOoQ_dOs.">https://booksaremagic.net/... The bookstore (owned by @emmastraub) is donating 20% of profits from this list to Dr. Kendi& #39;s Antiracist Research & Policy Center
@booksaremagicbk
: https://booksaremagic.net/?q=h.tviewer&e_def_id=sGEBOoQ_dOs.">https://booksaremagic.net/... The bookstore (owned by @emmastraub) is donating 20% of profits from this list to Dr. Kendi& #39;s Antiracist Research & Policy Center
Anti-Racism resources (books, podcasts, articles, films, people to follow) for white people: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?pru=AAABcpW2Y6Y*jwTgGHowc0p4CB69tcR6hg">https://docs.google.com/document/...
