Anti-Racism Resources

The following are resources that Crosspointe staff have found helpful in their personal anti-racism journeys. As we continue to seek change and reconciliation, we come to the conversation first as listeners and learners. We encourage others in the Crosspointe community to do the same.

It is often difficult to know where to begin, but it is important to begin somewhere. You may wish to start by taking a look at one or two resources from each section, or by simply choosing resources that look most interesting and helpful to you. 

If you have questions about these resources, or wish to make suggestions for the list, please reach out to community@crosspointe.org 

Learning Experiences: 

• Talking About Race a resource from the Smithsonian National Museum Of African American History and Culture A place for further education and conversation. This is a great place to start. 

From Crosspointe:

• Interview with Lisa Sharon Harper 

• Online service following death of George Floyd and subsequent protests (May 31, 2020) 

History of Racism in the United States:

• Race: The Power of an Illusion Explores various themes around racism in the United States through videos, interviews and articles.  Companion Website for PBS Documentary Series “Race: The Power of an Illusion.”  

• “A Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates   The Atlantic, June 2014

• Race Timeline Extensive timeline of history of racism with dates and other resources. 

TED Talks/Short Videos on Racism in the United States

• Systematic Racism Explained |From Act.tve

• Mitch Landrieu On Why Racism is the Most Troubling Issue In America Right Now | From Now This 

• “How To Overcome our Biases? We Walk Boldy Toward Them” | Verna Myers | TED Talk, November 2014 

• “How To Deconstruct Racism One Headline At A Time” | Baratunde Thurston | TED Talk, April 2019 

• “We Need To Talk About Injustice” | Bryan Stevenson |  TED Talk, March 2012  

• “Cost of Race to Everyone” | Heather McGhee | TED Talk, December 2019 

• "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools, November 2012

Articles

• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh

• Long Island Divided  by Ann Choi, Keith Herbert, Olivia Winslow | Newsday (November 2019) Study/Documentary on continued and current discrimination in the U.S. housing market

• “Ten Things Everyone Should Know About Race” From the documentary series, Race-The Power of an Illusion, ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)

TV/Films to watch:

• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.

• Race: The Power of an Illusion (PBS)- Available to Rent/ Vimeo

• 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

• Little Fires Everywhere -  (Fiction Book/Hulu Series) 

• BlacKKKlansman - Hulu

• American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix

• Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent

• Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix

• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent

• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy

• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu

• King In The Wilderness  — HBO

• See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix

• Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent

• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax

• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

Podcasts

• About Race

• Code Switch (NPR)

• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)

• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

• Seeing White

• 1619 (New York Times)

• Come Through with Rebecca Carroll

• Leading Equity

• Freedom Road Podcast (Lisa Sharon Harper) 

Books

• How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi 

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

• So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo  

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

• Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know About People We Don’t Know by Malcolm Gladwell 

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

• Wilmington’s Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino 

• Be the Bridge by Latasha Morrison

• The Very Good Gospel Lisa Sharon Harper

• I'm Still Here:Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by  Austin Channing Brown

Resources for Parents 

This list is taken from Raleigh Organizing Against Racism (ROAR) 

• Books:

  • Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults

  • 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance

• Podcasts:

  • Why You Need To Talk To Your Child About Race (From Parent Cue) 

  • Fare of the Free Child podcast

  • Talking Race with Young Children 

  • Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”

• Articles

  
  

  • PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month

  • Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good

  • Raising Kids Who Will Initiate Racial Equality (Blog Post)

  • How To Talk To Kids About The Stories We Tell Ourselves (Blog Post)