There are so many resources we would like to share with you to help you along your path toward engaged allyship. Here are some of the books and articles we have found to be most helpful. We also have another page with videos, podcasts and online resources. And you can join our bookclub with regular online discussions - just email bookclub@marici-fellowship.org for details.
Books to Read
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo,
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race by Jesmyn Ward
Black Wall Street: From Riot to Renaissance in Tulsa's Historic Greenwood District by Hannibal B. Johnson
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning by Jason Reynolds, Ibram X. Kendi
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers
Radical Dharma : Talking Race Love and Liberation by angel Kyodo williams, Jasmine Syedullah and Rod Owens
Love and Rage by Lama Rod Owens
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
From the War on Poverty to the War on Crime: The Making of Mass Incarceration in America by Elizabeth Hinton
The Short and Tragic Life of Robert Peace by Jeff Hobbs
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Young Adult Books
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
All American Boys by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
Dear Martin by Nic Stone
I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina ; illustrated by Stacey Robinson & John Jennings
Piecing Me Together by Renee Watson
Children’s Books:
One Crazy Summer by Rita Garcia
The Mighty Miss Malone by Christopher Paul Curtis
A Kids Book About Racism by Jelani Memory
I Am Enough by Grace Byers
Antiracist Baby Picture Book by Ibram X Kendi
Articles
Where Does ‘Say Their Names’ (#SayTheirNames) Come From?
The ‘Say Her Name’ Movement Started for a Reason: We Forget Black Women Killed by Police
'It's a Struggle They Will Wage Alone.' How Black Women Won the Right to Vote
How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race
The Radical Buddhism of Rev. Angel Kyodo Williams
Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
Answering White People’s Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Black Lives Matter Movement
It’s Incredibly Scary to Be a Transgender Woman of Color Right Now
Know your history: Understanding racism in the US
The History of Policing in the United States and Slave Patrols
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Three NW African-American Buddhist Teachers Share Their Perspectives (On the Way Things Are)
Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people
103 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
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