Anti-racism and racial justice resources
Resources compiled by the VCU School of Social Work. See Dean Beth Angell’s message.
Websites:
- Resources for White People
- Anti-racism resources for white people
- 75 things white people can do for racial justice
- Beyond the Hashtag: How to Take Anti-Racist Action in Your Life
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
- White anti-racism: Living the legacy
- Decolonize Social Work
- SWCAREs: Social Work Coalition for Anti-Racist Educators
- Talking About Race
- MPD150 Report, an “initiative [that aims] to shift the discussion of police violence in Minneapolis from one of procedural reforms to one of meaningful structural change.”
Books/articles/reading resources:
- Uprooting Whiteness [Supremacy & Domination] – Resources compiled by William Frey, Ph.D. student in the Columbia University School of Social Work
- Resmaa Menakem’s book, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies. Las Vegas: Central Recovery Press. 2017
- What’s my complicity: Talking white fragility with Robin D’Angelo
- How to be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
- So You Want to Talk about Race, Ijeoma Oluo
- Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, Layla Saad
- Mindful of Race, Ruth King
- The Hate You Give, Angie Thomas
- Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack. Essay by Peggy McIntosh. Additional resource: National SEED Project
Video Resources:
- TED Talk “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” by Peggy McIntosh
- TED Talk “The Power of Privilege” by Tiffany Jana
- TED Talk “There is No Neutral” by Michelle Johnson
- Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity, DVD at VCU library … and also clips on YouTube
- Ted Talk “How to Deconstruct Racism One Headline at a Time” by Baratunde Thurston
- Race: The power of an illusion
- Bryan Stevenson (Equal Justice Initiative, Just Mercy book and film) interview
- Other social justice-related films that SSW faculty compiled (several are focused on race/racism)
- Ted Talk “Implicit Bias: How it affects us and how we push through”
Academic/Faculty Resources:
- Academics for Black Survival and Wellness
- Antiracist Pedagogy Reading List
- VCU Libraries Anti-Racism Resources