Racial Justice Resources
ARLINGTON-SPECIFIC EVENTS:
The most comprehensive and up-to-date source of information on what's happening on race in Arlington comes in a newsletter weekly.
See whitefolksfacingrace.blogspot.com or https://medium.com/@emilyfvincent. for a list of resources, past weekly updates, and topics of discussion on Facebook.
See whitefolksfacingrace.blogspot.com or https://medium.com/@emilyfvincent. for a list of resources, past weekly updates, and topics of discussion on Facebook.
INVEST TIME: Online Courses and Resources for Racial Justice
Challenging Racism: We educate people about the prevalence and inequities of institutional and systemic racism, giving them knowledge and tools, they need to challenge racism where they encounter it. Our own, Alicia Cackley, is on the board.
Sacred Ground: A Film-Based Dialogue Series on Race and Faith. A curriculum used by Trinity-Nova partnership. If interested contact Markie Harwood.
Online Courses: Descriptions of free courses and links to websites with tool kits
Anti-racism Courses: Five anti-racism courses you can audit for free.
How to be Anti-Racist Courses: Six of these courses are developed by Black women.
Restorative Justice: Tutorial on Introduction to restorative justice
Sacred Ground: A Film-Based Dialogue Series on Race and Faith. A curriculum used by Trinity-Nova partnership. If interested contact Markie Harwood.
Online Courses: Descriptions of free courses and links to websites with tool kits
Anti-racism Courses: Five anti-racism courses you can audit for free.
How to be Anti-Racist Courses: Six of these courses are developed by Black women.
Restorative Justice: Tutorial on Introduction to restorative justice
INVEST MONEY: Minority Owned Banks/Minority Depository Institution
History of Black-Owned Banks: Begin by reading this excellent article on the history of black-owned banks and how they support communities. Ignore the list of banks as it is out of date.
List of 143 Minority Depository Institutions.
City First Bank
This article describes its recent powerful merger of local development banks into City First
OneUnited Bank
The first Black Internet Bank
Industrial Bank
Headquarted in Washington, DC this bank has delivered essential banking and financial services since 1934 that have contributed greatly to the growth and development of the local Black community.
Harbor Bank of Maryland
List of 143 Minority Depository Institutions.
City First Bank
This article describes its recent powerful merger of local development banks into City First
OneUnited Bank
The first Black Internet Bank
Industrial Bank
Headquarted in Washington, DC this bank has delivered essential banking and financial services since 1934 that have contributed greatly to the growth and development of the local Black community.
Harbor Bank of Maryland
Invest: Minority Owned Book Stores
Mahogany Books is an online bookstore that believes in social entrepreneurship. We take a leadership role in the African American community promoting reading, writing, and cultural awareness as tools to improve communities as well as enrich the lives of motivated individuals. It includes events, interviews, reading suggestions. There is also a brick and morter store in DC
Bus Boys and Poets: Not only can you order books here, but you can also attend virtual author talks.
Loyalty Bookstore: Selection highlights the diverse voices.
Bus Boys and Poets: Not only can you order books here, but you can also attend virtual author talks.
Loyalty Bookstore: Selection highlights the diverse voices.
Read: Books
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, & The Bridge to A New America, Jim Wallis
Between The World And Me, Ta Nahesi Coates
Beyond the Messy Truth, Van Jones
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
Everything You Love Will Burn, Vegas Tenold, (rec by Nicco)
How The Irish Became White, Noel Ignatiev
How to Be An Antiracist, Ibram Kendi
I'm Still Here. Black Dignity in A World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown
Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
My Grandmother's Hands, Resmaa Menakem
Race after Technology, Abolitionist Tools for The New Jim Code, Ruha Benjamin
Stamped from The Beginning, Ibram Kendi (also a children's book)
The Color of Law: the forgotten history of how our government segregated America, R. Rothstein
The Color of Success, Ellen Wu
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of White Privilege, Peggy McIntosh
Waking Up White: And finding myself in the story of race, Debbie Irving
Wandering in Strange Lands: a daughter of the great migration reclaims her roots, Morgan Jenkins
What It Is: Race, Family and One Thinking Man's Blues, Clifford Thompson
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
Why Didn't We Riot? A black man in Trumpland, Issac J. Bailey
Between The World And Me, Ta Nahesi Coates
Beyond the Messy Truth, Van Jones
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
Everything You Love Will Burn, Vegas Tenold, (rec by Nicco)
How The Irish Became White, Noel Ignatiev
How to Be An Antiracist, Ibram Kendi
I'm Still Here. Black Dignity in A World Made for Whiteness, Austin Channing Brown
Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
My Grandmother's Hands, Resmaa Menakem
Race after Technology, Abolitionist Tools for The New Jim Code, Ruha Benjamin
Stamped from The Beginning, Ibram Kendi (also a children's book)
The Color of Law: the forgotten history of how our government segregated America, R. Rothstein
The Color of Success, Ellen Wu
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack of White Privilege, Peggy McIntosh
Waking Up White: And finding myself in the story of race, Debbie Irving
Wandering in Strange Lands: a daughter of the great migration reclaims her roots, Morgan Jenkins
What It Is: Race, Family and One Thinking Man's Blues, Clifford Thompson
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
Why Didn't We Riot? A black man in Trumpland, Issac J. Bailey
READ: Articles
Danielle Cadet, Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They Are Okay – Chances Are They Are
Not (May 2020),
Latinos on identity: Who do we think we are?
Tool Kit for White People
America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One,
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times (Aug. 14, 2019)
Nineteen of the Most Influential Civil Rights Leaders today and links to their organizations.
Not (May 2020),
Latinos on identity: Who do we think we are?
Tool Kit for White People
America Wasn’t a Democracy, Until Black Americans Made It One,
Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times (Aug. 14, 2019)
Nineteen of the Most Influential Civil Rights Leaders today and links to their organizations.
WATCH: Video/Film
13th, (Ava Du Vernay)
An American Son, (Kenny Leon)
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (Independent Lens)
Dear White People, (Justin Simion)
Dolores
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Critton)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of The Revolutions
The Hate You Give ((George Tillman Jr.)
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)
29 Movies, Shows, Documentaries to Educate Yourself on Racial Injustice
After Selma: Facebook
After Selma: Amazon Prime
- addresses active voter suppression
Black Lives Matter/What Matters: What Matters combines documentary narrative with interviews to illuminate specific, timely issues, aiming to create safe dialogue to promote freedom, justice, and collective liberation.
Conversations with Latinos on Race
Lessons of White Privilege from a light skinned L'nu
I am Not Your Negro
Holy Post – Race in America: 17-minute video overview structural/legal policies that led to race inequities
An American Son, (Kenny Leon)
Cooked: Survival by Zip Code (Independent Lens)
Dear White People, (Justin Simion)
Dolores
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Critton)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of The Revolutions
The Hate You Give ((George Tillman Jr.)
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)
29 Movies, Shows, Documentaries to Educate Yourself on Racial Injustice
After Selma: Facebook
After Selma: Amazon Prime
- addresses active voter suppression
Black Lives Matter/What Matters: What Matters combines documentary narrative with interviews to illuminate specific, timely issues, aiming to create safe dialogue to promote freedom, justice, and collective liberation.
Conversations with Latinos on Race
Lessons of White Privilege from a light skinned L'nu
I am Not Your Negro
Holy Post – Race in America: 17-minute video overview structural/legal policies that led to race inequities
Listen: Podcasts (wherever you get your podcasts)
1619 (New York Times)
About Race
Code Switch (NPR)
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Nice White Parents (Serial and The New York Times)
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Seeing White
About Race
Code Switch (NPR)
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Nice White Parents (Serial and The New York Times)
Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Seeing White
Websites
Racial Equity Tools is designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. This site offers tools, research, tips, curricula and ideas for people who want to increase their own understanding and to help those working toward justice
Action Center on Race and the Economy: Its research papers and campaigns give in-depth reports on such things as Police Bonds and how Wall Street profits from them, how Big Pharma's racist price gouging kills Black and Brown people., etc
Color of Change: We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward. Until justice is real. We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward.rd. Until justice is real.
Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence: NPR, On Being episode, with Resmaa Menakem, a trauma therapist in Minneapolis, MN
Implicit Association Test There are multiple versions of the test. Look for the Race IAT. Takes about 10 minutes.
Action Center on Race and the Economy: Its research papers and campaigns give in-depth reports on such things as Police Bonds and how Wall Street profits from them, how Big Pharma's racist price gouging kills Black and Brown people., etc
Color of Change: We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward. Until justice is real. We design campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back, and champion solutions that move us all forward.rd. Until justice is real.
Notice the Rage; Notice the Silence: NPR, On Being episode, with Resmaa Menakem, a trauma therapist in Minneapolis, MN
Implicit Association Test There are multiple versions of the test. Look for the Race IAT. Takes about 10 minutes.