Anti Racism

Self-Care and Wellness Resources

• Academics for Black Survival and Wellness (Academics for Black Lives)
• Black Lives Matter – Black Mental Health Matters Too! (To Write Love on Her Arms)
• Black Lives Matter Meditations (Candice Nicole Hargons)
• Black Mental Health Resources (Zahra Barnes)
• Healing in Action Toolkit (Black Lives Matter)
• Healing Justice Toolkit (Black Lives Matter)
• Strategies for Practicing Self-Care from Racial Battle Fatigue (Stephen Quaye, Shamika Karikari, Courtney Allen, Wilson Okello, Kiaya Carter)

Compiled Anti-Racism Resource Lists with Books, Documentaries, Movies, Videos, Publications, Organizations, and More!

• Anti-Racism Resource List for Beginners (Tiffany Bowden)
• Anti-Racism Resources for White People to Deepen Anti-Racism Work
• Anti-Racist Tools Repository for non-Black People Seeking to Become Allies for Black Communities
• Scaffolded Anti-Racism Resources Based on Helm’s Stages of White Identity Development
• The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List (Brea Baker)
• Note: some of these books and publications may be accessible for free for faculty, staff, and students via the IUPUI University Library (for example, these books are available as eBooks)
  • White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
  • How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Resources Related to White Privilege and Accountability

• Dear White People: Reimagining Whiteness in the Struggle for Racial Equity (Lori Patton, Chayla Haynes)
• Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person (Gina Crosley-Corcoran)
• Reading Guide for Small Study Groups Focused on Reading Robin DiAngelo’s Text White Fragility (Robin DiAngelo)
• Resources for White Accountability Groups (Kathy Obear)
• Understanding the Dynamics of White Fragility (Robin DiAngelo)
• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (Peggy McIntosh)

Resources Related to Allyship

• 10 Ways for non-Black Academics to Value Black Lives (Stacey Ault)
• A Letter to my White Family and Friends (Elyse Gordon)
• Allyship Guide: From Awareness to Advocacy (African American Associate Resource Group, Kroger)
• Beyond Optics: How to Create Allyship in an Anti-Racist Work Culture (Michele Weldon)
• Dear non-Black Allies: Make this the First Step, Not the Only Step (Lara McLeod)
• Don’t be an Amy Cooper: Accountable Allyship Tips (Future for Us)
• Guide to Allyship (Amélie Lamont)
• Performative Allyship is Deadly (Here’s What to do Instead) (Holiday Phillips)

• Women of Color Get Less Support at Work. Here’s How Managers Can Change That (Zuhairah Washington and Laura Morgan Roberts)
• Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They're Okay—Chances Are They're Not (Danielle Cadet)

Podcasts

• 1619 (New York Times)
• Code Switch: Fearless Conversations about Race (NPR)

• Conversations for Equal Pay (Lean in Women of Color Network)
• Hear to Slay (Roxane Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom)
• Intersectionality Matters! (hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw)
• Pod for the Cause (The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Seeing White (Scene on Radio)
• What Matters (Black Lives Matter)

Engage and Learn

• Free Course on Race and Cultural Diversity in American Life and History
• Implicit Biases Tests (Harvard University)
• Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus (JSTOR)
• Overcoming Conversation Roadblocks (Catalyst)
• Racial Equity Tools to Support Individuals and Groups Working to Achieve Racial Equity (Center for Assessment and Policy Development, MP Associates, World Trust Educational Services)
• Talking about Race (National Museum of African American History & Culture)
• The Urgency of Intersectionality TedTalk (Kimberlé Crenshaw)
• The 1619 Project Curriculum Resources (Pulitzer Center)
• What is Systemic Racism? Video Series (Race Forward)