Resources on Race & Systemic Racism
This resource list is for those who wish to continue reading and expanding their understanding on various topics relative to understanding racism and engaging in anti-racism work.
Note: this list was created by Bank Street College Social Justice and Equity Committee along with external partners.
Books
So You Want to Talk About Race? By Ijeoma Oluo
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race by Derald Wing Sue
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum
For White Teachers Who Teach In the Hood: And The Rest of Y’all Too by Chris Edmin
Schooltalk: Rethinking What We Say About and To Students Every Day by Mica Pollock
The Pushout by Monique Morris
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love
Everyday Anti-Racism: Getting Real About Race in School by Mica Pollock
Don’t Look Away: Embracing Anti-bias Classrooms by Iheomo Iruka, Stephanie Curenton, and Tonia Durden
Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom by Matthew Kay
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks and Julie Olsen Edwards
The Trouble With Black Boys by Pedro Noguera
Race, Equity, and Education Sixty Years From Brown by Pedro Noguera, Jill Pierce, and Roey Ahram
Troublemakers: Lessons Learned in Freedom from Young Children in School by Carla Shalaby
The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys by Eddie Moore, Ali Michael, and Marguerite Penick-Parks
Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit
Savage Inequalities: Children in America’s Schools by Jonathan Kozol
A Young People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Deep Denial: The Persistence of White Supremacy in the United States History and Life by David Billings
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
PTSS: Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy DeGruy
Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership by Taylor Keeanga-Yamahtta
The Racial Contract by Charles Mills
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism by Edward Baptist
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles Mann
The Dominican Racial Imaginary: Surveying the Landscape of Race and Nation in Hispaniola by Milagros Ricourt
Culture of Anti-Racism in Latin America and the Caribbean by Peter Wade, James Scorer, and Ignacio Aguilo
Racism and Discourse in Latin America (Perspectives on a Multiracial America) by Teun Van Dijk
Pigmentocracies: Ethnicity, Race, and Color in Latin America by Edward Telles
The Afro-Latin@ Reader: History and Culture in the United States by Miriam Jimenez-Roman and Juan Flores
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal Marie Fleming
Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today by Jaqueline Battalora
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
What Does It Means to Be White by Robin DiAngelo
White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America (Critical Perspectives on Youth) by Margaret Hagerman
Racism Without Racist: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequity in America by Eduardo Bonita-Silva
The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront System Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing (The Social Justice Handbook Series by Anneliese Singh, Derald Wang Sue, and Tim Wise
Articles/Op-Eds
America, This is Your Chance - op-ed MIchelle Alexander, NYT, June 8, 2020
10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools
“Why We Should Remove the Term ‘Minorities’ from Our Lexicon” by Natalie Quan
Op-Ed: The Case Against Latinx by Daniel Hernandez
Progressives, Hispanics are not ‘Latinx.’ Stop Trying to Anglicize our Spanish Language by Giancarlo Sopo
Gender & Sexuality
The Gender Affirmative Model: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Supporting Transgender and Gender Expansive Children. Edited by Colt Keo-Meier and Diane Ehrensaft
Rethinking Sexism, Gender, and Sexuality by Rethinking Schools, Kim Cosier, Rachel Harper, Jody Sokolower, Melissa Tempel, and Annika Butler-Wall
Gender and Sexuality for Beginners by Jaimee Garbacik
Emerging Gender Identities: Understanding the Diverse Experiences of Today’s Youth by Mark Yarhouse and Julia Sadusky
The ABC’s of LGBT+ by Ashley Mardel
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker and Julia Scheele
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That A Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
The Conscious Parent’s Guide to Gender Identity: A Mindful Approach to Embracing Your Child’s Authentic Self by Darlene Tando
Transgender Teen: A Handbook for Parents and Professionals Supporting Transgender and Non-Binary Teens by Stephanie Brill and Lisa Kenney
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper
Unapologetically A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Our Movement by Charlene Carruthers
The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House by Audre Lorde
Diversity
Understanding Diversity: An Introduction to Class, Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation and Disability by Fred Pincus
Additional Resources
Bank Street College Library Research Guide - Social Justice & Equity By Topic:
How to Support Black People (a list of resources where you can donate & provide to support Black women, Black trans, and Black LGBTQ+ folx)
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