Anti-Racism Resources

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Books & Articles
Films, Television Shows, & Other Videos
Podcasts
Websites
Resources for Black Healing
Resources for Allyship and Solidarity
For Caregivers and Educators: Raising Anti-Racist Children

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God of the Oppressed by James H. Cone
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Native by Kaitlin B. Curtice
Rediscipling the White Church by David W. Swanson
Homegoing - Yaa Gyasi
The NYT 1619 Project by Nikole Hannah-Jones
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
How to be An AntiRacist by Ibram X Kendi
Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation by Jennifer Harvey

Multiple Staff Members Mentioned

I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown
The Color of Compromise by Jemar Tisby
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Cross and the Lynching Tree by James H. Cone

Staff Recommendations for Families

Commonsensemedia.org has books on racism and social justice listed by age.
Hair Love (short film)
The Conscious Kid / Instagram: @theconsciouskid
Antiracist Baby - Ibram X. Kendi (book)
WNET Education: Anti-Racist Resources: For Families, Educators, and Students
A Kids Book about Racism

Books & Articles

framework adapted from Nate Lee

"Help! I Don't Know Where to Start!"

Beyond Colorblind: Redeeming Our Ethnic Journey - Sarah Shin
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson
So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row - Raymond Hinton
Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right - Lisa Sharon Harper
 White Awake: An Honest Look at What it Means to Be White - Daniel Hill
White Fragility: Why it's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism - Robin DiAngelo
“White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” - Peggy McIntosh 
"How to Be Anti-Racist: A Social Worker's Perspective" - USC School of Social Work

"I Want to Go Deeper into Issues of Race, Justice, and Faith"

The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism - Jemar Tisby
How to Be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown
“Letter from a Birmingham Jail” - Martin Luther King, Jr.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander
The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity - Soong-Chan Rah
Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores - Dominique Gilliard
Unsettling Truths: the Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery - Mark Charles

"I'm Ready to be Challenged Practically and/or Theologically in My Engagement with Justice and Race"

The Cross and the Lynching Tree - James Cone
Dear White Christians: For All Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation - Jennifer Harvey
The Death of Race: Building a New Christianity in a Racial World - Brian Bantum
Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence - Kellie Carter Jackson
 Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman
“Nothing to Add: a Challenge to White Silence in Racial Discussions” - Robin DiAngelo
Rediscipling the White Church - David Swanson

"I’m Starting to See How My Understanding of Faith Has Been Premised on White Supremacy. Is There Another Way?"

The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race - Willie James Jennings
Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being - M Shawn Copeland
God of the Oppressed - James Cone
Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology - Monica A. Coleman
Meant for Good: Fundamentals of Womanist Leadership - Debora Jackson
Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way - Richard Twiss
Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God - Kelly Brown Douglas
Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction - Mitzi J. Smith & Yung Suk Kim

Movies, Television Shows, & Other Videos

13th - Ava DuVernay (available on Netflix)
3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets
Bill Moyers Journal: Interview with James H. Cone
Dear White People - Justin Simien (available on Netflix)
I Am Not Your Negro - James Baldwin (available to rent)
Just Mercy - Destin Daniel Cretton (available to rent for free in June 2020 in the U.S.)
Race, Faith, and Community - Willie Jennings
Selma - Ava DuVernay (available to rent)
Sermon from Otis Moss III
Slavery by Another Name - PBS preview
True Justice - EJI documentary
When They See Us - Ava DuVernay (available on Netflix)

Podcasts

Websites

Be The Bridge (curriculum) Latasha Morrison
A Long Repentance (blog post series) - Mako Nagasawa
Love Mercy Do Justice - Evangelical Covenant Church
Race and Christian Community Initiative - Emmanuel Gospel Center
Sojourners; see Soong-Chan Rah’s Lament from Lamentations 5
Talking About Race - Smithsonian Institute
The Witness: A Black Christian Collective

Resources for Black Healing

Mental Health Resources & Tools

7 Virtual Mental Health Resources Supporting Black People Right Now

APA’s Racial Stress Toolkit

Inclusive Therapists - Melody Li

The Nap Ministry - Tricia Hersey

Resources for Black Healing

Books

Becoming - Michelle Obama
Bread for the Resistance - Donna Barber
Healing Racial Trauma: the Road to Resilience - Sheila Wise Rowe

Podcasts

Resources for Allyship and Solidarity

For Non-Black People of Color

For Asian and Asian-American Communities

General Resources

Articles & Tools

Videos & Podcasts

Asian-Americans - PBS series
Interconnected - YouTube series
Is Yellow Black Or White? - Centering: The Asian-American Christian Podcast

For the Latino/a/x Community

For the Arab Community

For White Allies

For Caregivers and Educators: Raising Anti-Racist Children

General Resources

Be The Bridge (Youth)
The Conscious Kid - follow them on Instagram
Justice Journey for Kids - curriculum from the Evangelical Covenant Church
Live in Color - A Resource Guide on Race and Racism for Children - Grace Church Chicago

Books

For Caregivers

31 Children's Books to Support Conversations on Race, Racism, and Resistance
Daddy Why Am I Brown?: A Healthy Conversation About Skin Color and Family - Bedford F. Palmer
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America - Jennifer Harvey

For Younger Kids

Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: Books for Children and Young Adults

Ada Scott, Scientist - Andrea Beaty
AntiRacist Baby - Ibram X. Kendi
The Gospel in Color: A Theology of Racial Reconciliation for Families
Change Agent Handbook: Myths and Facts about Racism
Colorfull: Celebrating the Colors God Gave Us - Dorena Williamson
The Colors of Us - Karen Katz
The Day You Begin - Jacqueline Woodson
Happy in Our Skin - Fran Manushkin & Lauren Tobia
I Am Enough - Grace Byers
A Kids Book About Racism - Jelani Memory
Let’s Talk About Race - Julius Lester
Maybe God is Like That Too - Jennifer Grant
Mixed: A Colorful Story - Arree Chung
The Other Side - Jacqueline Woodson
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice - Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, & Ann Hazzard
Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement - Carole Boston Weatherford & Ekua Holmes

For Teens

Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: Books for Children and Young Adults
Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson
Dear White People - Justin Simien & Ian O’Phelan
The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas
Harbor Me - Jacqueline Woodson
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work - Tiffany Jewell & Aurelia Durand

Podcasts

Fare of the Free Child
Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey - Integrated Schools

Articles

How School Counselors Can Support After Social Racial Events - Loom Video
How to Talk to Kids About Anti-Asian Racism - Asian-American Christian Collaborative
How to Talk to Kids About Race - The Atlantic Homeschool Series
How to Talk to Your Kids About Race and Racism - Parent Toolkit
How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism: An Age-By-Age Guide - Today’s Parent
‘Raising White Kids’ Author on How White Parents Can Talk About Race - NPR
School Counselors’ Role in Conversations About Racism
Talking to Kids About Race - National Geographic
Talking to Your Kids About Racism - The Parent Cue
Talking With Your Kids About Race and Racism - The Longest Shortest Time
Teaching Your Child About Black History Month - PBS
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup - Pretty Good Design

Credits

Updated 5/31/2020

All links were compiled from Christian and secular sources by a collaboration of Highrock church staff in Arlington, Cambridge, Lexington, MetroWest and Quincy; through Zoom discussions; from social media; or sourced from other public master lists including #GeorgeFloyd Resource Compilation, Anti-Racism Resources for White People, Books & Media for Beginning Conversations on Race & Diversity, Anti-Racist Allyship Starter Pack, Evangelical Covenant Church's Love Mercy Do Justice, Asian Christians for Black Lives Resources, Highrock Acton, Quest Church, Nate Lee, and Kelly Ladd Bishop. Thank you to those who have poured out their time, energy, and passion into making these resources available. May we learn well.

To submit your suggestions/feedback or to report a broken link, please contact Eva (eva@highrocknorthshore.org).

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Don't know where to start?

Here are some recommendations that have helped our staff team grow!

Multiple Staff Members Mentioned

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Books & Articles

Movies, Television Shows, & Other Videos

Podcasts

Websites

Resources for Black Healing

Resources for Allyship and Solidarity

For Caregivers and Educators: Raising Anti-Racist Children

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