- A U.S./Canadian Race & Racism Reading List
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- Roots, Alex Haley
- Hawaiian Blood: Colonialism and the Politics of Sovereignty and Indigeneity, J. Kēhaulani Kauanui
- Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years, 1954–1965, Juan Williams, intro by Julian Bond (also please see the documentary)
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Dee Brown
- How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America, Kiese Laymon
- The Autobiography of Malcolm X as told to Alex Haley
- Sister Outsider, Audre Lorde
- The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
- Malcolm X: A Life of Reinvention, Manning Marable
- Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race, Matthew Frye Jacobson
- By Any Means Necessary, Malcolm X
- The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, George Lipsitz
- Why We Can’t Wait, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, Ronald Takaki
- Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California, Ruth Wilson Gilmore
- Pursuing Intersectionality, Unsettling Dominant Imaginaries, Vivian May
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
- Feminism Without Borders: Decolonizing Theory, Practicing Solidarity, Chandra Talpade Mohanty
- Mariners, Renegades and Castaways: The Story of Herman Melville and the World We Live In, C.L.R. James
- Normal Life: Administrative Violence, Critical Trans Politics, and the Limits of Law, Dean Spade
- Moby Dick: The Norton Critical Edition, Herman Melville
- Native Son, Richard Wright
- Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, Gloria Anzaldua
- The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings By Radical Women of Color, eds. Cherríe Moraga & Gloria Anzaldúa
- Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
- Narrative of Sojourner Truth, Sojourner Truth
- The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
- Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Frederick Douglass
- Cane, Jean Toomer
- John Brown, Abolitionist: The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights, David S. Reynolds
- Atomik Aztex, Sesshu Foster
- The State of Native America: Genocide, Colonization and Resistance, ed. M. Annette Jaimes
- Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison
- An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill (also known as Someone Knows My Name for American readers)
- Freedom With Violence: Race, Sexuality and the US State, Chandan Reddy
- Black, White & Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self, Rebecca Walker
- I Wonder as I Wander: An Autobiographical Journey, Langston Hughes
- Racial Formation in the United States, Michael Omi and Howard Winant
- All the Women Are White, All The Blacks Are Men, But Some Of Us Are Brave, eds. Akasha (Gloria T.) Hull, Patricia Bell-Scott, & Barbara Smith
- Good Wives, Nasty Wenches & Anxious Patriarchs: Gender, Race and Power in Colonial Virginia, Kathleen Brown
- Mansfield Park, Jane Austen (Ok, so technically this one is about the Caribbean, but it’s connected to how U.S. and Canadian fortunes were made.)
- Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, Ronald Takaki
- Einstein on Race and Racism, Fred Jerome and Rodger Taylor
- The Einstein File: J. Edgar Hoover’s Secret War Against the World’s Most Famous Scientist, Fred Jerome
- Notes from No Man’s Land: American Essays, Eula Bliss
- Black Skin, White Masks, Frantz Fanon
- Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism, Noenoe K. Silva
- Asian Americans: The Movement and the Moment, ed. Steve Louie and Glenn Omatsu
- Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America, Mae M. Ngai
- Indians in Unexpected Places, Philip J. Deloria
- American Indian Activism: Alcatraz to the Long Walk, ed. Troy Johnson, Joanne Nagel, and Duane Champagne
- The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes
- Tropic of Orange, Karen Tei Yamashita
- I Hotel, Karen Tei Yamashita
- Black Anti-Semitism and Jewish Racism, eds. James Baldwin and Nat Hentoff
- Southland, Nina Revoyr
- Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, eds. Adrienne Maree Brown & Walidah Imarisha
- The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L’Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, C.L.R. James
- Country of Origin, Don Lee
- Yellow, Don Lee
- Love Marriage: A Novel, V.V. Ganeshananthan
- Any Known Blood, Lawrence Hill
- Sex, Race and Class-The Perspective of Winning: A Selection of Writings 1952–2011, Selma James
- Asian Settler Colonialism: From Local Governance to the Habits of Everyday Life in Hawaii, eds. Candace Fujikane & Jonathan Y. Okamura
- Strangers & Neighbors: Relations between Blacks & Jews in the United States, eds. Maurianne Adams and John H. Bracey, intro by Julian Bond
- Social Death: Racialized Rightlessness and the Criminalization of the Unprotected, Lisa Marie Cacho
- Adoptionland: From Orphans to Activists, eds. Jasmine Myung Ja, Michael Allen Potter, & Allen L. Vance
- Ebony & Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities, Craig Steven Wilder
- Bengali Harlem and the Lost Histories of South Asian America, Vivek BaldBlood, Bread and Poetry: Selected Prose, Adrienne Rich
- The Burning of Paper Instead of Children (poem), Adrienne Rich
- An Atlas of the Difficult World (poem), Adrienne Rich
- Origins and History of Consciousness (poem), Adrienne Rich
- The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale and Princeton, Jerome Karabel
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- The Hanging of Angelique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montreal, Afua Cooper
- Black, George Elliott Clarke
- The Truth About Stories, Thomas King
- The Book of Negroes, Lawrence Hill
- art on black, d’bi.young Anitafrika
- A Short History of Indians in Canada {stories}, Thomas King
- Funny You Don’t Look Like One: Observations from a Blue-Eyed Ojibway (but read the whole series), Drew Hayden Taylor
- Black Canadians: History, Experience, Social Conditions, Joseph Mensah
- Razing Africville: A Geography of Racism, Jennifer J. Nelson
- Bloodletting and Other Miraculous Cures, Vincent Lam
- Green Grass, Running Water, Thomas King
- Dead White Writer On The Floor (play), Drew Hayden Taylor
- Any Known Blood, Lawrence Hill
- Eyeing the North Star: Directions in African-Canadian Literature, George Elliott Clarke
- Black Berry, Sweet Juice, Lawrence Hill
- Porcupines and China Dolls, Robert Arthur Alexie
- The Black Atlantic Reconsidered: Black Canadian Writing, Cultural History and the Presence of the Past, Winfried Siemerling
- Love Marriage, V.V. Ganeshananthan
- Box of Treasures or Empty Box? Twenty Years of Section 35, eds. Ardith Walkem & Halie Bruce
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- Race: The Power of an Illusion
- A Case for Reparations
- Lose Your Mother
- Faces at the Bottom of the Well
- Ain’t I A Woman: Black Women and Feminism
- Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America
- 13th
- Adoptive Couple v. Baby Girl
- Kindred
- The Souls of Black Folk
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- Books:
- Podcasts:
- Articles:
- The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
- Articles to read:
- “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
- Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
- ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant”** by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)**
- The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
- The Combahee River Collective Statement
- “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
- Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
- “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
- ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
- “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
- Videos to watch:
- Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
- "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
- Podcasts to subscribe to:
- Books to read:
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- by Michelle Alexander
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
- by Grace Lee Boggs
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
- Films and TV series to watch:
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- Organizations to follow on social media:
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- More anti-racism resources to check out:
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Anti-Racism Project
- Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
- Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
- Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
- Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
- The [White] Shift on Instagram
- “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
- Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials
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Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Dealing with Your Implicit Racism, Sefunmi Oladumiye
Anti Caste Resources:
- Ms.Militancy by Meena Kandasamy
- Ants Among Elephants by Sujatha Gidla
- Beef, Brahmins, and Broken Men: An Annotated Critical Selection from The Untouchables by B. R. Ambedkar
- Annihilation of Caste by B. R. Ambedkar
- Why I am not a Hindu by Kancha Ilaiah
- The Persistence of Caste: India's Hidden Apartheid by Anand Teltumbde
- The Collected Essays of A. K. Ramanujan by A. K. Ramanujan
- When God is a Customer: Telugu Courtesan Songs by Ksetrayya and Others by Kṣētrayya
- Caste Matters by Suraj Yengde
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