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Antiracist Reading Lists

7 Steps Toward Building an Equitable School Culture
From Edutopia
An Antiracist Reading List
"Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage." From the New York Times.
These Books Can Help You Explain Racism and Protest to Your Kids
"The conversation about race needs to start early and keep happening." By Jessica Grose of the New York Times.
Summer Reading
"Over 40 Books on Race, Racism, and the Black American Experience to Read Now, as Recommended by Rutgers-Newark Faculty."
By Nora Luongo
Antiracist Reading & Viewing
Antiracist Reading and Viewing For Adults, Teens, and Kids from Library Journal
40+ Books for AntiRacist Teachers – White Fragiles Beware! (summer 2020 update)
From Culturally Responsive Leadership by Joe Truss
Several Antiracist Books Are Selling Out. Here's What Else Black Booksellers and Publishers Say You Should Read
By Suyin Haynes from Time magazine.
Schomburg Center Black Liberation Reading List
From the New York Public Library
50 Books About Race For Kids & Young Adults to Read Right Now
From Bored Teachers
Looking for books about racism? Experts suggest these must-read titles for adults and kids
From USA Today.
Twelve Books to Help Children Understand Race, Anti-Racism and Protest
By Candra Flanagan and Anna Forgerson Hindley, National Museum of African American History and Culture for Smithsonian Mag
Where are the books about Black Kids in Nature?
By Andrea Breau on Diverse Book Finder
Because Black Lives Matter, a Collection of Resources
By Karen Jensen for School Library Journal. Contains several reading lists appropriate for teens.

Black Lives Matter Instructional Library
Click on each book to hear a read aloud!

Antiracist Resources

WHITE&DOMINANT CULTURE &&SOMETHING&DIFFERENT a&worksheet&
white supremacy culture by Tema Okun
ANTIRACIST RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS BY TEACHERS
Anti-Racist Resource Guide
Created by Victoria Alexander, MEd

"This document was created to be used as a resource for anyone looking to broaden their understanding of anti-racism and get involved to combat racism, specifically as it relates to anti-Blackness and police violence. Within this guide, please find a variety of resources to explore practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity, white supremacy, police violence, and injustice."
Engaging in Community Literacy During Racially Divergent Times
Guide & curation of resources for all those who participate in schools. Compiled by Kass and Cornelius Minor.

Community Literacy During Racially Divergent Times Guide

Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Black Lives Matter Movement
"A Q&A by—and for—people with privilege who want to learn more about racial justice." By Courtney Martin on The Bold Italic.
Resources to support the Minneapolis protests and community
"This document is intended for those who would like to support the Minneapolis protests against police violence and demand justice for George Floyd through the arrest of ALL of the officers involved and systematic change to the criminal justice system. This is by no means an exhaustive list of resources, but it is a place to start. We also ask for patience if there are errors/edits to be made, as this is a very fluid document, and we are updating it frequently."
KidLit Rally 4 Black Lives: Anti-Racist Resources for Children, Families, and Educators
"Use our site in your home, classroom, and library to find just a small fraction of the incredible number of stories by Black creators from all across the Diaspora." By Olugbemisola Rhuday-Perkovich for The Brown Bookshelf.
Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life
"In this op-ed, Zyahna Bryant — a Charlottesville-based activist, organizer, and social impact strategist — offers insight into how people can take anti-racist action." For Teen Vogue.
In this op-ed, Zyahna Bryant — a Charlottesville-based activist, organizer, and social impact strategist — offers insight into how people can take anti-racist action.
"Achieving racial justice is a marathon, not a sprint. Our work to fix what we broke and left broken isn’t done until Black folks tell us it’s done." By Corinne Shutack.
Anti-Racism Resources for all ages
A Project by the Augusta Baker Chair | Dr. Nicole A. Cooke | The University of South Carolina | @BakerChair
Watch the entire CNN/Sesame Street racism town hall
How to explain racism to kids
Curated Library of Research on Racial Inequality
"Below, we offer a curated list of academic research on and related to racial inequality from our international and multidisciplinary community of scholars, as well as other research on inequality by scholars of color associated with the center. We will continue to add to this collection, and hope that this will help to inform the conversation at this critical moment."
From the Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
Checklist for Allies Against Racism
Developed by Dr. John Raible
"BACKGROUND: I devised this checklist in the early 1990s. The idea for the checklist arose out
of the need to articulate specific behaviors that led me to view certain individuals as “allies” in the
struggle against racism. I came up with the checklist after thinking about what behaviors allowed
me to develop a degree of trust with certain individuals, whether they identified as white people
or as people of color.
Read through the checklist to get a feel for what constitutes ally behavior on the part of antiracists. Think about how often and how consistently you do any or all of them."
Project Implicit - Implicit Bias Tests
Here you will have the opportunity to assess your conscious and unconscious preferences for over 90 different topics ranging from pets to political issues, ethnic groups to sports teams, and entertainers to styles of music. At the same time, you will be assisting psychological research on thoughts and feelings.

Sessions require 10-15 minutes to complete. Each time you begin a session you will be randomly assigned to a topic. Try one or do them all! At the end of the session, you will get some information about the study and a summary of your results. We hope that you will find the experience interesting and informative.
ISK Middle School: Racial Justice Resources, June 2020
Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
From JSTOR Daily
How to Be an Antiracist (*Inspired by Ibram X. Kendi's book)
Brave Books, Critical Conversations, Expanded Hearts
By Laura Benson

Fiction by and about BIPOC

23 Phenomenal Young Adult Books By Black Authors From The First Half Of 2020
"We're almost halfway through 2020, and one of the good things that has come from it are these YA books." By Farrah Penn on Buzzfeed
Picture books, chapter books, middle grade books, and YA books by black authors and illustrators
From Penguin Random House.

Lectures and Discussions

#KidLit4BlackLives
Highly recommended: Jason Reynolds (57:40)

Teaching Resources

The 1619 Project
"In August of 1619, a ship appeared on this horizon, near Point Comfort, a coastal port in the English colony of Virginia. It carried more than 20 enslaved Africans, who were sold to the colonists. No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the years of slavery that followed. In the 400th anniversary of this fateful moment, it is finally time to tell our story truthfully.

The 1619 Project is an ongoing initiative from The New York Times Magazine that began in August 2019, the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery. It aims to reframe the country’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of black Americans at the very center of our national narrative."

#Hashtags and Social Media Posts

#sharethemicnow on Instagram
When the world listens to women, it listens to white women. For far too long, Black women’s voices have gone unheard, even though they’ve been using their voices loudly for centuries to enact change. Today, more than ever, it is NECESSARY that we create a unifying action to center Black women’s lives, stories, and calls to action. We need to listen to Black women.
This is why we created #ShareTheMicNow.
Black women will speak from the Instagram accounts of white women.
The intention of this campaign is to magnify Black women and the important work that they’re doing in order to catalyze the change that will only come when we truly hear each other’s voices.

Do you know how and why the little black boy, Franklin, came to join the Peanuts comic strip?
A Facebook post from Penny Yaffe Krakow.

The rallying cry heard the world over
Background Briefing Podcast:
Could Australia's Black Lives Matter movement bring about real world change?

From Instagram. All of this comes from @msmernickart and Paul Rucker. It's all inspired by the work of Tema Okun.

Destiny Library Catalog

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Terms you should know

Libraries Respond: Black Lives Matter
The following terms come from this American Library Association document.
What Is White Privilege, Really?
From Teaching Tolerance.
"Recognizing white privilege begins with truly understanding the term itself."

Anti-Racism: Anti-racism is "the work of actively opposing racism by advocating for changes in political, economic, and social life. Anti-racism tends to be an individualized approach, and set up in opposition to individual racist behaviors and impacts." (National Education Association - Racial Justice in Education)

BIPOC: "Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. The term BIPOC is used to highlight the unique relationship to whiteness that Indigenous and Black (African Americans) people have, which shapes the experiences of and relationship to white supremacy for all people of color within a U.S. context." (BIPOC Project)

Black Lives Matter: #BlackLivesMatter was founded in 2013 in response to the acquittal of Trayvon Martin’s murderer. Black Lives Matter Foundation, Inc is a global organization in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centering Black joy, they are winning immediate improvements in their lives. (Black Lives Matter)

Racial Justice: "The systematic fair treatment of people of all races, resulting in equitable opportunities and outcomes for all. Racial justice—or racial equity—goes beyond “anti-racism.” It is not just the absence of discrimination and inequities, but also the presence of deliberate systems and supports to achieve and sustain racial equity through proactive and preventative measures." (Race Forward)

White Supremacy: White supremacy is "the belief system that rationalizes and reproduces white advantage in the political, social, and cultural institutions of society. This belief system holds that white people, white culture, and things associated with whiteness are superior to those of other racial groups." (Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, page 138)

Essays

Decolonise IB: How international school alumni are mobilising to diversify the expat curriculum
by Xoal David
Ending Curriculum Violence by Stephanie P Jones
From Teaching Tolerance
An Open Letter to the International School Community: Our Role in the Black Lives Matter Movement and Anti-Racism Work
"The question we should ask ourselves when we watch the powerful protest of a community angry, hurt, and exhausted over the news of yet another Black life stolen by an inherently corrupt and racist system is not, “What does this have to do with me?” Instead, we must ask ourselves: How am I complicit? How can I grapple with my own racist behaviors and beliefs? How can I further educate myself on this global phenomenon? How can I do better?" By Rachel Engel
My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest
"Yesterday I was tagged in a post by an old high school friend asking me and a few others a very public, direct question about white privilege and racism. I feel compelled not only to publish his query, but also my response to it, as it may be a helpful discourse for more than just a few folks on Facebook." By Lori Lakin Hutcherson
Biased Discipline at My School
A public high school administrator recounts the moment she recognized that her teachers disciplined black and white students differently. By Kelly Wickham Hurst on Edutopia.
International education perpetuates structural racism and anti-racism is the solution
"I am both a victim of and a beneficiary from structural racism." By By Nunana Nyomi for CIS.
I Don’t Need ‘Love’ Texts From My White Friends
"I need them to fight anti-blackness."
By Chad Sanders in the New York Times.

White Fragility
Robin DiAngelo wrote this summary of her book for the International Journal of Critical Pedagogy.

IBRAM KENDI, ONE OF THE NATION’S LEADING SCHOLARS OF RACISM, SAYS EDUCATION AND LOVE ARE NOT THE ANSWER
By Lonnae O'Neal on The Undefeated
"Last year, the 35-year-old scholar became the youngest person to win the National Book Award for nonfiction in 30 years for Stamped from the Beginning, The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America."
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change
By President Barack Obama
"Ultimately, it’s going to be up to a new generation of activists to shape strategies that best fit the times. But I believe there are some basic lessons to draw from past efforts that are worth remembering."
When The Media Treats White Suspects And Killers Better Than Black Victims
By Nick Wing on Black Voices
BLACK LIVES MATTER: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE AISB COMMUNITY
By Tayosi A from the American International School of Bucharest
"International schools are not exempt from being racist."
IBRAM KENDI, ONE OF THE NATION’S LEADING SCHOLARS OF RACISM, SAYS EDUCATION AND LOVE ARE NOT THE ANSWER
"The actual foundation of racism is not ignorance and hate, but self-interest, particularly economic and political and cultural."

By LONNAE O'NEAL on The Undefeated
Our Ability to Fully Participate as Citizens Is Tied to Literacy | Donalyn Miller
By Donalyn Miller for School Library Journal

"White educators and librarians cannot remain neutral in conversations about race and the need to help dismantle systems preventing any child from acquiring the literacy skills they need to become participatory citizens."
Racial Injustice has Benefited Me - A Confession
"We built a system to favor ourselves. And it worked amazingly well. Every generation of my family has benefited from the color of our skin. Every generation. It didn’t stop with the Emancipation Proclamation. It didn’t stop with Brown v Board of Education. And it still hasn’t stopped today.
So I will strive tell my story honestly. Especially to myself. And I would ask you to do so also. It's not much, but it's a start."

By Phil Vischer on Holy Post
The Case for Reparations
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
By Ta-Nehisi Coates for The Atlantic

Antiracist Organizations

Antiracist Research and Policy Center - American University
The mission of The Antiracist Research & Policy Center (ARPC) is to convene and team up varied specialists to figure out novel and practical ways to understand, explain, and solve seemingly intractable problems of racial inequity and injustice. Our research and policy work is deliberately antiracist. We consider racist policies and ideas, and not certain racial groups, to be the racial problem. We strive to build an antiracist society of racial equity and justice.

Antiracist Activism

Beyond protests: 5 more ways to channel anger into action to fight racism
"Protests against the violent deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and others are emboldening and expanding the movement to fight racism. But to make progress, many of us may need to adjust our thinking — and our actions. We talked to several African American and Hispanic psychologists and leaders for strategies to fight racism." By Allison Aubrey from Minnesota Public Radio.
A Call to Action for White Educators Who Seek to Be Anti-Racist
"It should not have taken the recent brutal murders of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor and Tony McDade, at the hands of police, to spark our consciousness. But it has, and this is now the time for me, and for other white parents and educators like me, to sit up, take notice, listen to Black communities, talk to our children and demonstrate anti-racist actions."
By Larissa Wright-Elson on PBS.

Lessons from History

Lynchings, 1921 Tulsa massacre, and 8 other things school didn’t teach you about race in America
By Will Bunch from the Philadelphia Inquirer

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