Hi Folks! Yes, I know it’s been a while. I’ve been super busy advocating, teaching, learning, providing myself some care, and starting all over again. I came across a wonderful reading list. Though it is not an exhaustive resource, it is a wonderful start:
Why AntiRacism?
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“Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do” by Claude M. Steele
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“Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice” by Paul Kivel
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“Unthinking Eurocentrism” by Ella Shohat and Robert Stam
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“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
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“Latino Americans” by Ray Suarez
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“Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in US History and Life” by David Billings
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“The Next American Revolution” by Grace Lee Boggs
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“Women, Race & Class” by Angela Y. Davis
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“Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond” by Marc Lamont Hill
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“Borderlands: La Frontera” by Gloria Anzaldua
Historical Matters!
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“Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing” by Dr. Joy DeGruy, PhD
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“Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America” by Ibram X. Kendi
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“An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States” by Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz
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“A People’s History of the United States” by Howard Zinn
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Culturally Responsive Education: “Speaking the Unpleasant: The Politics of (Non)Engagement in the MultiCultural Education
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“Terrain” edited by Rudolfo Chavez Chavez and James O’Donnell
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“Practice What You Teach: Social Justice Education in the Classroom and the Streets” by Bree Picower
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“The Art of Critical Pedagogy: Possibilities for Moving from Theory to Practice in Urban Schools” by Jeffrey M. Duncan Andrade and Ernest Morrell
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“Critically Responsive Teaching and The Brain” by Zoretta Hammond
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“For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… and the Rest of Y’all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education” by Christopher Emdin
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“Growing Critically Conscious Teachers: A Social Justice Curriculum for Educators of Latin@ Youth” by Angela Valenzuela
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“Teaching, Affirming and Recognizing Trans and Gender Creative Youth: A Queer Literacy Framework” by SJ Miller
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“We Make the Road by Walking: Conversations on Education and Social Change” by Myles Horton and Paolo Freire
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“Every Day AntiRacism: Getting Real About Race in School” by Mica Pollock
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“Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom” by bell hooks
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“Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” & “Can We Talk About Race?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD
From Ally to Accomplice:
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“Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race” by Derald Wing Sue
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“Blind Spot: Hidden Biases of Good People” by Mahzarin R. Banaji & Anthony Greenwald
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“Racism Without Racists: Colorblind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America” by Eduardo Bonilla Silva
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“Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race” by Frances E. Kendall
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“White Like Me” by Tim Wise
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“Waking Up White and Finding Myself in the Story of Race” by Debbie Irving
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“Bind Us Apart: How Enlightened Americans Invented Racial Segregation” by Nicholas Guyatt
