What is the world buying online?
As Desmond Tutu said, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Active choices must be made to get involved, get loud, have hard conversations with your family and friends, donate to support movements combating racism and police brutality, and much more. But the first step is getting educated, and luckily the resources are all at your disposal.
Click through to see some of the books you can read, films you can watch, podcasts you can listen to, and people you can follow to start doing your part in the world’s shift towards equality.
The New York Times best seller puts forth a concept of antiracism that combines ethics, history, law, and science in an accessible way, helping find new ways of thinking about ourselves and each other.
A female white sociologist tackles why it's so difficult for white people to talk about racism—it's a fantastic, fresh perspective.
Every work by the self-proclaimed “black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet” deserves to be read, but this 2017 posthumous collection of essays, speeches, and poems is a great place to start.
From the New York Times best-selling author of 'White Rage,' this book explores the disturbing history of voter suppression in America, from the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to present-day voter discrimination.
This pioneering activist was been heavily quoted on social media in the wake of George Floyd's death, and this book is a great compilation of her thoughts and essays on everything from Apartheid to the Ferguson protests and the failures of feminism.
Civil rights lawyer Michelle Alexander looks at mass incarceration in the age of “colorblindness,” tracing how racialized social control has been embedded in the criminal justice system.
This classic of the Civil Rights Movement is divided into two parts: a letter written to Baldwin's 14-year-old nephew on the 100th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, and a reflection on his formative years in Harlem.
National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward penned this gut-wrenching memoir recounting the deaths of five young black men in her life and how closely they were linked to poverty, history, and race.
It's important as well to get an intersectional education that includes LGBTQ+ authors like transgender activist Janet Mock.
As a reporter for The Washington Post, Wesley Lowery covered deaths including Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray. His book begins with his own arrest during the Ferguson protests, and goes on to recount the evolution of the Black Lives Matter movement from the front lines.
Structural racism is not limited to the US, and Eddo-Lodge makes this clear. She picks apart the nature of white privilege and maps out racial bias in the UK, from slavery to the lynch mobs following the First World War.
Starting as a heartbreaking letter to his 15-year-old son about the authority police have been given over black bodies, Coates continues with a look at how racism is centered in American life and how the fictional notion of "whiteness" develops.
The documentary by Ava DuVernay is both powerful and infuriating, exploring how the Thirteenth Amendment led to mass incarceration in the United States.
Ryan Coogler's 2013 film starring Michael B. Jordan is based on the events leading to the death of Oscar Grant, a young man who was killed in 2009 by police officer Johannes Mehserle in Oakland, California.
This 2016 documentary directed by Raoul Peck is based on James Baldwin's unfinished manuscript 'Remember This House.' It's a great introduction to Baldwin's work, as well as an educational look at American history and racial politics.
The 2011 documentary, directed by Göran Olsson, examines the evolution of the Black Power movement in American society from 1967 to 1975.
The New York Times's podcast, hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones, examines the dark legacy of American slavery.
Hosted by American civil rights advocate and scholar of critical race theory Kimberlé Crenshaw, this podcast features a range of guests every episode, covering intersections of race, age, gender, and sexuality with pop culture, pandemic, politics, and more.
From the author behind the best-selling 'Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race,' this podcast takes the conversation a step further with key voices from the last few decades and big topics and questions.
This podcast by NPR, hosted by journalists of color, features fearless conversations about race and how it impacts every part of society including politics, sports, and pop culture.
Hosted by racial justice educator Bethaney Wilkinson, this podcast is comprised of conversations with various authors, consultants, neurologists, sociologists, CEOs, and more, exploring various aspects of race.
The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights launched this podcast to cover human rights issues that span justice reform, policing, education, fighting hate and bias, judicial nominations, voting rights, media, economic security, immigration, and more.
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As Desmond Tutu said, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.” Active choices must be made to get involved, get loud, have hard conversations with your family and friends, donate to support movements combating racism and police brutality, and much more. But the first step is getting educated, and luckily the resources are all at your disposal.
Click through to see some of the books you can read, films you can watch, podcasts you can listen to, and people you can follow to start doing your part in the world’s shift towards equality.