Racial Justice Resources
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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 chair of 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 Ignore the list of banks as it is out of date.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/OTHER BUSINESSES
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.
Supporting Black-owned businesses - www.websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/
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.
Supporting Black-owned businesses - www.websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/
Read: Books
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, & The Bridge to A New America, Jim Wallis
*An African American and Latinx History of the United Stattes, Paul Ortiz
Between The World And Me, Ta Nahesi Coates
Beyond the Messy Truth, Van Jones
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
*Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Reivented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class, Ian Haney Lopez
*Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century, Hazel Rose Marku and Paula M.L. Moya
*Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It, Richard V. Reeves
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
*Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections and Saving America, Ian Haney Lopez
My Grandmother's Hands, Resmaa Menakem
Race after Technology, Abolitionist Tools for The New Jim Code, Ruha Benjamin
*Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
*Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari. Excerpt "Purity in America," pages 256-260, is recommended.
Stamped from The Beginning, Ibram Kendi (also a children's book)
*The Color of Law: The Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, Richard Rothstein
The Color of Success, Ellen Wu
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
*The Inequality Machine: How College Divides Us, Paul Tough
*The New Jim Crow, Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
*The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, Heather McGhee
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
*White Kids: Language, Race, and Styles of Youth Identity," Mary Bucholtz (Growing up with privilege in a racially divided America)
*White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality, Sheryll Cashin
Why Didn't We Riot? A black man in Trumpland, Issac J. Bailey
*An African American and Latinx History of the United Stattes, Paul Ortiz
Between The World And Me, Ta Nahesi Coates
Beyond the Messy Truth, Van Jones
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents, Isabel Wilkerson
*Dog Whistle Politics: How Coded Racial Appeals Reivented Racism and Wrecked the Middle Class, Ian Haney Lopez
*Doing Race: 21 Essays for the 21st Century, Hazel Rose Marku and Paula M.L. Moya
*Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do About It, Richard V. Reeves
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
*Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections and Saving America, Ian Haney Lopez
My Grandmother's Hands, Resmaa Menakem
Race after Technology, Abolitionist Tools for The New Jim Code, Ruha Benjamin
*Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
*Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari. Excerpt "Purity in America," pages 256-260, is recommended.
Stamped from The Beginning, Ibram Kendi (also a children's book)
*The Color of Law: The Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, Richard Rothstein
The Color of Success, Ellen Wu
The Fire Next Time, James Baldwin
*The Inequality Machine: How College Divides Us, Paul Tough
*The New Jim Crow, Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
*The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together, Heather McGhee
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
*White Kids: Language, Race, and Styles of Youth Identity," Mary Bucholtz (Growing up with privilege in a racially divided America)
*White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality, Sheryll Cashin
Why Didn't We Riot? A black man in Trumpland, Issac J. Bailey
READ: Articles/PAPERS/BLOGS
*How "good White people" derail racial progress, CNN, Aug. 2, 2020
*White Folks Facing Race
*The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, May 21, 2014
*The History of the Idea of Race ... And Why It Matters, paper by Audrey Smedley presented at American Anthropological Association, 2007
*Freedom in the Archives: Free African Americans in Colonial America, Paul Heinegg, Commonplace, October 2004
*Slaves for Life, and Servants for a Time: Five perspectives on the economics and legalities of servitude, 1705-1750, National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox
*Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox, Edmund Morgan, Journal of American History, June 1972
*Liberty Is Land and Slaves: The Great Contradiction, Seth Rockman, Organization of American Historians Magazine of History, May 2005
*When White Supremacy Came to Virginia, Vanessa Williamson, Brookings Institution, Aug. 15, 2017
*The Birth of Race-Based Slavery, Peter Wood, Slate, May 19, 2005
*Law and the Making of Slavery in Colonial America, Ashton Wesley Welch
*A History: The Construction of Race and Racism, Dismantling Racism Project, Western States Center
*The Civil Rights Act was a victory against racism. But racists also won, Ibram X. Kendi, The Washington Post, July 2, 2017
*Denial is the heartbeat of America. When have Americans been willing to admit who we are? Abram X. Kendi, The Atlantic, Jan. 11, 2021
*Americans are determined to believe in Black progress. Whether it's happening or not, Jennifer Richeson, The Atlantic, September 2020
*Deep racial inequality persists in the U.S. -- but many Americans don't want to believe it, Michael Kraus, The Los Angeles Times, Feb. 28, 2022
*How White backlash controls American progress, Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, May 21, 2020
*As mayor of Minneapolis, I saw how White liberals block change, Betsy Hodges, The New York Times, July 9, 2020
Colorlines: 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.
*White Folks Facing Race
*The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, May 21, 2014
*The History of the Idea of Race ... And Why It Matters, paper by Audrey Smedley presented at American Anthropological Association, 2007
*Freedom in the Archives: Free African Americans in Colonial America, Paul Heinegg, Commonplace, October 2004
*Slaves for Life, and Servants for a Time: Five perspectives on the economics and legalities of servitude, 1705-1750, National Humanities Center Resource Toolbox
*Slavery and Freedom: The American Paradox, Edmund Morgan, Journal of American History, June 1972
*Liberty Is Land and Slaves: The Great Contradiction, Seth Rockman, Organization of American Historians Magazine of History, May 2005
*When White Supremacy Came to Virginia, Vanessa Williamson, Brookings Institution, Aug. 15, 2017
*The Birth of Race-Based Slavery, Peter Wood, Slate, May 19, 2005
*Law and the Making of Slavery in Colonial America, Ashton Wesley Welch
*A History: The Construction of Race and Racism, Dismantling Racism Project, Western States Center
*The Civil Rights Act was a victory against racism. But racists also won, Ibram X. Kendi, The Washington Post, July 2, 2017
*Denial is the heartbeat of America. When have Americans been willing to admit who we are? Abram X. Kendi, The Atlantic, Jan. 11, 2021
*Americans are determined to believe in Black progress. Whether it's happening or not, Jennifer Richeson, The Atlantic, September 2020
*Deep racial inequality persists in the U.S. -- but many Americans don't want to believe it, Michael Kraus, The Los Angeles Times, Feb. 28, 2022
*How White backlash controls American progress, Lawrence Glickman, The Atlantic, May 21, 2020
*As mayor of Minneapolis, I saw how White liberals block change, Betsy Hodges, The New York Times, July 9, 2020
Colorlines: 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
113th, (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
*The History of White People in America, PBS
*Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery -- Part 1, PBS
*Race: The Power of an Illusion (The Story We Tell), California Newsreel
Conversations with Latinos on Race
Lessons of White Privilege from a light skinned L'nu
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
*The History of White People in America, PBS
*Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery -- Part 1, PBS
*Race: The Power of an Illusion (The Story We Tell), California Newsreel
Conversations with Latinos on Race
Lessons of White Privilege from a light skinned L'nu
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.
*Historical Foundations of Race: National Museum of African American History and Culture website.
*Laws Pertaining to Slaves and Servants, Virginia 1629-1672
Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community Guide: This article explains how racism causes mental health problems and lists resources for more information.
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.