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

From Jemar Tisby

Books: The Color of Compromise and How to Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby

Video: “From the KKK To White Christian Nationalism”

Podcast: “Christian Nationalism, Racism, and White Supremacy”

Jemartisby.com


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

Books

• The Color of Compromise and How to Fight Racism by Jemar Tisby

• Caste: The Origins of our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson

• How the Word is Passed by Clint Smith

• 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

• Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho (And video series)

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

• Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi

• 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

• The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein

• White Too long and The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy by Robert P. Jones

• White Evangelical Racism by Anthea Butler

Podcasts

• Scene On Radio: Seeing White

• 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)

• 1619 (New York Times)

• Come Through with Rebecca Carroll

• Freedom Road Podcast (Lisa Sharon Harper)

TED Talks/Short Videos on Racism in the United States

• Systematic Racism Explained |From Act.tve

• “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

• 4 Ways to Have Healthy Conversations About Race by Afrika Afeni Mills

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

• Wilmington Massacre

• Segregated by Design

Educational Opportunities

Racial Equity Institute

Justice Journey with Jemar Tisby

Talking About Race (online)