Anti-Racism Resources
The Office of Equity & Inclusion has put together a list of resources so that we can support families and caregivers in talking about race, xenophobia, protest, and standing up for social justice. Please come back periodically for updates. If you have suggested resources (books, articles, movie, podcasts, etc.) that you think would be helpful for fellow parents and caregivers, submit them here.
- Talking to Kids about Race
- Books for Students
- Books for Adults
- Anti-Racism Resources for White People
- Anti-Racism Resources for Non-Black POC
- Film and TV
- Short Videos
Talking to Kids about Race
- Talking to Children After Racial Incidents, Penn GSE News
- Helping Children Cope with Frightening News, Child Mind Institute
- Talking Race with Young Children, NPR
- Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk about Race: Resource Round-Up, PrettyGood Design
- Talking with children about difficult subjects, Common Sense Media
- Talking with children about protests and racism, CNN
- Talking About Race, NMAAHC
- These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protests to Your Kids
- The Very Best Code Switch Episodes For Kids, NPR
- How to Talk to Kids About Race, The Atlantic (video)
- Stages of Children's Racial Identity Development by Louise Derman-Sparks
- Talking to Children About Racial Bias by Ashaunta Anderson and Jacqueline Douge
- Four Questions to Ask Yourself Before Talking to Your Kids About Racism, Parent Cue
- Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent's Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice by Dana Williams
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Race and Injustice by Meghna Chakrabarti and Hilary McQuilkin
- Helping Students Make Sense of News Stories About Bias and Injustice, ADL
- George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. What do we tell our children?, USA Today
- Raising Race-Conscious Children, A Cup of Jo
- So What Do White 4th Graders Have to Say About Race?
- Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence
- How Racism, Trauma and Mental Health are Linked, Side Effects Public Media
- I’m a White Mother of a Black Son and We All Need To Talk To Our Kids About Ahmaud Arbery by Maralee Bradley
- Your Five Year Old is Already Racially Biased, Embrace Race
Books for Students
- 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism, and resistance, EmbraceRace
- Race Cars: A Children’s Book About White Privilege, by Jenny Devenny
- 13 Children’s Books About Race and Diversity, PBS Kids
- Enough! 20 Protestors who Changed America, by Emily Easton
- Books on Equality for Kids age 6-8, Brightly
- Picture Books for Young Activists, All the Wonders
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice, by Marianne Celano, PhD; Marietta Collins, PhD and Ann Hazzard, PhD
- This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work, by Tiffany Jewel and Aurelia Durand
- Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You, by Jason Reynolds & Dr. Ibram Kendi
- Just Mercy: Adapted for Young Adults, by Bryan Stevenson
Books for Adults
- So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
- Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad
- How to Be an Anti-Racist, by Ibram X. Kendi
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, by Michelle Alexander
- Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People, by Mahzarin R. Banaji
- The Racial Healing Handbook, by Anneliese A. Singh
- Everyday Anti-Racism: Getting Real About Race in School, by Mica Pollock
- Breathe: A Letter To My Sons, by Imani Perry
- Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Race Talk And The Conspiracy of Silence, by Derald Wing Sue
- Raising White Kids, by Dr. Jennifer Harvey
- The ABCs of Diversity: Helping Kids (and Ourselves!) Embrace Our Differences, by Carolyn B. Helsel, Y. Joy Harris-Smith
- Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice, by Dana Williams
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, by Dr. Joy DeGruy
Anti-Racism Resources for White People
- Anti-Racism Resources for White People, by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice, Medium
- What Educators Should—and Should Not Do—in Response to George Floyd’s Death, Education Week
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources, by Anna Stamborski, Nikki Zimmermann and Bailie Gregory
- I’m White, What Do I Do Now?, Medium
- Why White Students Need Multicultural and Social Justice Education, by Sheldon Eakins
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
- Doing the work: Anti Racism Resources
- Seeing White, Scene on Radio
- #TalkAbout Trayvon: A Toolkit for White People, Black Lives Matter
- Teaching About Racism, Violence, Inequity, and the Criminal Justice System, Anti-Defamation League
Anti-Racism Resources for Non-Black POC
- Essential Anti-Racism Resources for Asian People in America, FAR-NEAR
- Activism & Allyship Guide, Black@ Airbnb Employee Resource Group
- It’s time for Latinxs to Step Up for the Black Lives Matter, Oprah Magazine
- Framing Brave Conversations About Race and Ethnicity, Leading Equity Center
- How Asian Americans Can Better Support Black Lives Matter, The Ringer
- A Message to the Southeast Asian Community About Black Lives Matter, American Bazaar
- 5 Steps Latinos Can Take to combat Anti-Blackness, Remezcla
- South Asians in the US must support #BlackLivesMatter, but first undo your own anti-blackness, The Print
- It’s time for Asian Americans to unite in solidarity with black Americans, CNN
- What I’ve Learned as White-Presenting Latina, Latinos for Education
- Black Lives Matter Translated Resources, NAPAWF
- Asians For Racial Justice Resources, Asians4RacialJustice
- Readings, Contemporary Asian and Black Relations
Film and TV
- American Son (Kenny Leon, 2019) — Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler, 2013) — Netflix
- 13th (Ava DuVernay, 2016) — Netflix
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay, 2019) — Netflix
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton, 2019) — Cinemax, Directv, Spectrum
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr., 2018) — Directv, Fubo, FX, Spectrum
- "A Class Divided" [Frontline] (Jane Elliott, 1985) — PBS on YouTube
- TIME: The Kalief Browder Story (Jenner Furst, 2017-) — Netflix
Short Videos
- How to resolve racially stressful situations, Howard Stevenson
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George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery, & Amy Cooper, Trevor Noah
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A Tale of Two Cities, Chris Cuomo
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Student Film Shorts on Race, Bias, and Identity, New York Times
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I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype, TEDx talk by Canwen Xu
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Anti-bias Lessons Help Preschoolers Hold Up a Mirror to Diversity
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What Is White Privilege, Really?, Teaching Tolerance webinar
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What’s My Complicity?, Teaching Tolerance interview with Robin DiAngelo
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The Urgency of Intersectionality, TED Talk by Kimberlie Crenshaw
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How to Overcome our Biases?, TED Talk by Verna Myers
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A Conversation on Race, New York Times
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Immaculate Perception: Jerry Kang at TEDx San Diego, TEDx San Diego