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A Toolkit for Anti-racism Allies

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James Baldwin said, “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” Eradicating racism requires deep and meaningful personal and systemic change. Here are some resources that illuminate systems of race, privilege, and power as well as how to enact change in ourselves and our institutions. This list contains ebooks, downloadable audiobooks, and streaming videos. Annotations provided by Kirkus Reviews, unless otherwise noted. (Created May 2020)

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Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man

Uncomfortable Conversations With A Black Man

by Acho, Emmanuel

Book - 2020

"You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to addr...Show more "You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. There is a fix, Acho says. But in order to access it, we're going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations. Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, that many white Americans are afraid to ask - yet which everyone needs the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho provides a space of compassion and understanding in a discussion that can lack both. He asks only for the readers curiosity - but along the way, he will galvanize all of us to join the antiracist fight. (NoveList) Show less

"You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to addr...Show more "You cannot fix a problem you do not know you have." So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has recently electrified protests in all fifty states. There is a fix, Acho says. But in order to access it, we're going to have to have some uncomfortable conversations. Acho takes on all the questions, large and small, insensitive and taboo, that many white Americans are afraid to ask - yet which everyone needs the answers to, now more than ever. With the same open-hearted generosity that has made his video series a phenomenon, Acho provides a space of compassion and understanding in a discussion that can lack both. He asks only for the readers curiosity - but along the way, he will galvanize all of us to join the antiracist fight. (NoveList) Show less

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White Tears Brown Scars

White Tears Brown Scars

How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color

by Hamad, Ruby

Book - 2020

An exhaustive look at how White women perpetuate White supremacy at the expense of women of color. An exhaustive look at how White women perpetuate White supremacy at the expense of women of color. Show less

An exhaustive look at how White women perpetuate White supremacy at the expense of women of color. An exhaustive look at how White women perpetuate White supremacy at the expense of women of color. Show less

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Caste

Caste

The Origins of Our Discontents

by Wilkerson, Isabel

Book - 2020

The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist chronicles the formation and fortunes of social hierarchy The Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist chronicles the formation and fortunes of social hierarchy Show less

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Stay Woke

Stay Woke

A People's Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter

by Lopez Bunyasi, Tehama

Book - 2019

The essential guide to understanding how racism works and how racial inequality shapes black lives, ultimately offering a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates and antiracists. (Publisher) The essential guide to understanding how racism works and how racial inequality shapes black lives, ultimately offering a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates and antiracists. (Publisher) Show less

The essential guide to understanding how racism works and how racial inequality shapes black lives, ultimately offering a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates and antiracists. (Publisher) The essential guide to understanding how racism works and how racial inequality shapes black lives, ultimately offering a road-map for resistance for racial justice advocates and antiracists. (Publisher) Show less

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So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Oluo, Ijeoma

eBook - 2018

Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. A local author who won the Washington State Book Award in 2019 for Nonfiction. Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. A local author who won the Washington State Book Award in 2019 for Nonfiction. Show less

Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. A local author who won the Washington State Book Award in 2019 for Nonfiction. Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. A local author who won the Washington State Book Award in 2019 for Nonfiction. Show less

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So You Want to Talk About Race

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Oluo, Ijeoma

Downloadable Audiobook - 2018

Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. A local author who won the Washington State Book Award in 2019 for Nonfiction. (Always available) Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. A local author who won the Washington State Book Award in 2019 for Nonfiction. (Always available) Show less

Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. A local author who won the Washington State Book Award in 2019 for Nonfiction. (Always available) Straight talk to blacks and whites about the realities of racism. A local author who won the Washington State Book Award in 2019 for Nonfiction. (Always available) Show less

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Backlash

Backlash

What Happens When We Talk Honestly About Racism in America

by Yancy, George

eBook - 2018

When George Yancy penned a New York Times article entitled "Dear White America," he knew that he was courting controversy. Here, Yancy chronicle...Show more When George Yancy penned a New York Times article entitled "Dear White America," he knew that he was courting controversy. Here, Yancy chronicles the ensuing blowback as he seeks to understand what it was that created so much rage among so many white readers. (Publisher) Show less

When George Yancy penned a New York Times article entitled "Dear White America," he knew that he was courting controversy. Here, Yancy chronicle...Show more When George Yancy penned a New York Times article entitled "Dear White America," he knew that he was courting controversy. Here, Yancy chronicles the ensuing blowback as he seeks to understand what it was that created so much rage among so many white readers. (Publisher) Show less

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Uprooting Racism

Uprooting Racism

How White People Can Work for Racial Justice

by Kivel, Paul

eBook - 2002

Explores the manifestations of racism in politics, work, community, and family life. (Publisher) Explores the manifestations of racism in politics, work, community, and family life. (Publisher) Show less

Explores the manifestations of racism in politics, work, community, and family life. (Publisher) Explores the manifestations of racism in politics, work, community, and family life. (Publisher) Show less

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"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"

"Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?"

And Other Conversations About Race

by Tatum, Beverly Daniel

eBook - 2017

Tatum illuminates ``why talking about racism is so hard'' and what we can do to make it easier, leaving her readers more confident about facing the difficult terrain on the road to a genuinely color-blind society. Tatum illuminates ``why talking about racism is so hard'' and what we can do to make it easier, leaving her readers more confident about facing the difficult terrain on the road to a genuinely color-blind society. Show less

Tatum illuminates ``why talking about racism is so hard'' and what we can do to make it easier, leaving her readers more confident about facing the difficult terrain on the road to a genuinely color-blind society. Tatum illuminates ``why talking about racism is so hard'' and what we can do to make it easier, leaving her readers more confident about facing the difficult terrain on the road to a genuinely color-blind society. Show less

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When They Call You A Terrorist

When They Call You A Terrorist

A Black Lives Matter Memoir

eBook - 2018

A founder of Black Lives Matter chronicles growing up sensitive and black in a country militarized against her community. A founder of Black Lives Matter chronicles growing up sensitive and black in a country militarized against her community. Show less

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Between the World and Me

Between the World and Me

by Coates, Ta-Nehisi

eBook - 2015

The powerful story of a father’s past and a son’s future. The powerful story of a father’s past and a son’s future. Show less

The powerful story of a father’s past and a son’s future. The powerful story of a father’s past and a son’s future. Show less

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How to Be An Antiracist

How to Be An Antiracist

by Kendi, Ibram X.

eBook - 2019

A combination memoir and extension of Atlantic columnist Kendi’s towering Stamped From the Beginning (2016) that leads readers through a taxonomy of racist thought to anti-racist action. A combination memoir and extension of Atlantic columnist Kendi’s towering Stamped From the Beginning (2016) that leads readers through a taxonomy of racist thought to anti-racist action. Show less

A combination memoir and extension of Atlantic columnist Kendi’s towering Stamped From the Beginning (2016) that leads readers through a taxonomy of racist thought to anti-racist action. A combination memoir and extension of Atlantic columnist Kendi’s towering Stamped From the Beginning (2016) that leads readers through a taxonomy of racist thought to anti-racist action. Show less

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Stamped From the Beginning

Stamped From the Beginning

The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America

by Kendi, Ibram X.

eBook - 2016

An accomplished history of racist thought and practice in the United States from the Puritans to the present. An accomplished history of racist thought and practice in the United States from the Puritans to the present. Show less

An accomplished history of racist thought and practice in the United States from the Puritans to the present. An accomplished history of racist thought and practice in the United States from the Puritans to the present. Show less

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Stamped

Stamped

Racism, Antiracism, and You

by Kendi, Ibram X.

eBook - 2020

Award-winning author Reynolds (Look Both Ways, 2019, etc.) presents a young readers’ version of American University professor Kendi’s (How To Be an Antiracist, 2019, etc.) Stamped From the Beginning (2016). Award-winning author Reynolds (Look Both Ways, 2019, etc.) presents a young readers’ version of American University professor Kendi’s (How To Be an Antiracist, 2019, etc.) Stamped From the Beginning (2016). Show less

Award-winning author Reynolds (Look Both Ways, 2019, etc.) presents a young readers’ version of American University professor Kendi’s (How To Be an Antiracist, 2019, etc.) Stamped From the Beginning (2016). Award-winning author Reynolds (Look Both Ways, 2019, etc.) presents a young readers’ version of American University professor Kendi’s (How To Be an Antiracist, 2019, etc.) Stamped From the Beginning (2016). Show less

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The New Jim Crow

The New Jim Crow

Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

by Alexander, Michelle

eBook - 2010

A civil-rights lawyer’s disturbing view of why young black men make up the majority of the more than two million people now in America’s prisons. A civil-rights lawyer’s disturbing view of why young black men make up the majority of the more than two million people now in America’s prisons. Show less

A civil-rights lawyer’s disturbing view of why young black men make up the majority of the more than two million people now in America’s prisons. A civil-rights lawyer’s disturbing view of why young black men make up the majority of the more than two million people now in America’s prisons. Show less

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Self-portrait in Black and White

Self-portrait in Black and White

Unlearning Race

by Williams, Thomas Chatterton

eBook - 2019

A standout memoir that digs into vital contemporary questions of race and self-image—among the most relevant, “What is proximity to the idea of whiteness worth and what does color cost? And the reverse?” A standout memoir that digs into vital contemporary questions of race and self-image—among the most relevant, “What is proximity to the idea of whiteness worth and what does color cost? And the reverse?” Show less

A standout memoir that digs into vital contemporary questions of race and self-image—among the most relevant, “What is proximity to the idea of whiteness worth and what does color cost? And the reverse?” A standout memoir that digs into vital contemporary questions of race and self-image—among the most relevant, “What is proximity to the idea of whiteness worth and what does color cost? And the reverse?” Show less

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What Truth Sounds Like

What Truth Sounds Like

Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation About Race in America

by Dyson, Michael Eric

eBook - 2018

A social and political analyst reflects on racial tensions in contemporary America. A social and political analyst reflects on racial tensions in contemporary America. Show less

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Tears We Cannot Stop

Tears We Cannot Stop

A Sermon to White America

by Dyson, Michael Eric

eBook - 2017

The provocateur-scholar returns to the pulpit to deliver a hard-hitting sermon on the racial divide, directed specifically to a white congregation. The provocateur-scholar returns to the pulpit to deliver a hard-hitting sermon on the racial divide, directed specifically to a white congregation. Show less

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Rest in Power

Rest in Power

The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin

by Fulton, Sybrina

eBook - 2017

The parents of Trayvon Martin (1995-2012) tell their sides of the story about his death. The parents of Trayvon Martin (1995-2012) tell their sides of the story about his death. Show less

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Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil

Tell the Truth & Shame the Devil

The Life, Legacy, and Love of My Son Michael Brown

by McSpadden, Lezley

Downloadable Audiobook - 2016

The mother of the 18-year-old killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 relates the saga of her life in the St. Louis suburb, expressing her love for her children on nearly every page. The mother of the 18-year-old killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 relates the saga of her life in the St. Louis suburb, expressing her love for her children on nearly every page. Show less

The mother of the 18-year-old killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 relates the saga of her life in the St. Louis suburb, expressing her love for her children on nearly every page. The mother of the 18-year-old killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, in 2014 relates the saga of her life in the St. Louis suburb, expressing her love for her children on nearly every page. Show less

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White Rage

White Rage

The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

by Anderson, Carol

eBook - 2016

A close reading of America’s racial chasm. A close reading of America’s racial chasm. Show less

A close reading of America’s racial chasm. A close reading of America’s racial chasm. Show less

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Men We Reaped

Men We Reaped

A Memoir

by Ward, Jesmyn

Downloadable Audiobook - 2014

An assured yet scarifying memoir by young, supremely gifted novelist. An assured yet scarifying memoir by young, supremely gifted novelist. Show less

An assured yet scarifying memoir by young, supremely gifted novelist. An assured yet scarifying memoir by young, supremely gifted novelist. Show less

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I'm Still Here

I'm Still Here

Black Dignity in A World Made for Whiteness

by Brown, Austin Channing

eBook - 2018

The impassioned story of one woman’s journey into activism. The impassioned story of one woman’s journey into activism. Show less

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Women, Race & Class

Women, Race & Class

by Davis, Angela Y.

eBook - 2011

A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. (Publisher) A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. (Publisher) Show less

A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. (Publisher) A powerful study of the women's movement in the U.S. from abolitionist days to the present that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders. (Publisher) Show less

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The History of White People

The History of White People

by Painter, Nell Irvin

eBook - 2010

A provocative look at the white race—or, more accurately, the white races—by noted African-American scholar. A provocative look at the white race—or, more accurately, the white races—by noted African-American scholar. Show less

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