ODEI Resources

Books

• How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
• The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
• So You Want to Talk about Race, Ijeoma Oluo
• The Bluest Eye, Toni Morrison
• Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston
• They Can't Kill Us All, Wesley Lowery
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou
• Fatal Invention: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-Create Race in the Twenty-First Century, Dorothy Roberts
• Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America, James Forman
• The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy, Lani Guiner and Gerald Torres
• The Wretched of the Earth, Frantz Fanon
• Divided Sisters, Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
• A reading list on issues of race
• Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
• William Frantz Public School: A Story of Race, Resistance, Resiliency, and Recovery in New Orleans

Podcasts

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Pod for the Cause (Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Seeing White
• Parenting Forward podcast, episode: 'Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt'
• Fare of the Fee Child Podcast

TED Talks

• How to Raise a Black Son in America, Clint Smith
• How we can make racism a solvable problem - and improve policing, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff
• How racism makes us sick, David R. Williams
• The symbols of systemic racism - and how to take away their power, Paul Rucker
• The trauma of systemic racism is killing Black women. A first step toward change., T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison
• Color blind or color brave? Mellody Hobson

Actions to Take

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• How Black Americans can practice self-care during these trying times. And how everyone else can help them.
• 10 Steps for Non-Optical Allyship
• 10 Steps You Can Take to Fight for Inclusive Freedom Today

Websites, Multiple Resources

• The CMSRU Center for Humanism - Stories about racism and anti-racism at Cooper and Cooper Medical School of Rowan University
• Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources - includes books, activities, articles, videos, podcasts, etc. for people new to Anti-Racism through those who have been working on Anti-Racism for years
• 158 Resources to Understand Racism in America - Smithsonian Magazine
• "Talking About Race" web portal - National Museum of African American History and Culture
• List of Books, Films, and Podcasts about Racism - NPR
• Anti-Racism Resource Guide - Thorough list, including books, podcasts, movies, websites, teaching materials, articles, people to follow on social media, and organizations.
• Petey Greene Resource Guide
• Anti Racist Guide: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks, and Books to Add to Your List
• Addressing Race and Trauma in the Classroom - this guide is geared towards PreK-High School educators
• 89 Racial Equity Resources for Healthcare, Education, and Communities
• For Doctors of Color, Microaggressions Are All Too Familiar
• Confronting Prejudice: How to Protect Yourself and Help Others

Videos, Movies, Documentaries

• 13th
• American Son
• Dear White People
• If Beale St. Could Talk
• King in the Wilderness
• See You Yesterday
• The Hate U Give
• When They See Us
• Seven Seconds
• Real Sports on HBO: Season 26, Episode 5 - A look at how systemic racial injustice and the COVID-19 pandemic have converged to create an unprecedented moment in sports.
• Navigating the Multigenerational Workplace

Resources for talking to children about Race, Racism, and Injustice

• Article: The Conversation We Must Have with Our White Children
• Article: Resources for White Parents to Learn about Racism
• Article: 12 Children's Books about Racism and Injustice
• Article: How to Talk to Kids about Race, Ages 3 - 8
• Article: Children's Books about White Privilege