Frantz Fanon, Racism, and the Alienation of Reason
→ What’s Left of Philosophy? discusses the prolific Black scholar Frantz Fanon and his lifetime grappling with 20th Century existence as a racialized and radicalized thinker. Fanon drew inspiration and deeply studied many of the leaders and figures most pertinent to Black struggles towards liberation and freedom across continents. Listen to this crash course on historical African and Black changemakers that doesn’t skimp when dissecting the layers and nuance shaping this period in time.
Poverty is an intentional genocide.
→ Ismatu Gwendolyn’s podcast Threadings is based on their clinical social work career, Black feminism, love studies, and childhood experiences of impoverishment. This episode is captivating, informative, radical, and socio-culturally necessary- as are all of the episodes.
Anti-Racism Resources for All Ages, A Project by the Augusta Baker Chair | Dr. Nicole A. Cooke | University of South Carolina
Book:
So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
http://www.ijeomaoluo.com/writing
Article:
One View: Column
https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/3-7-2017/Where-is-%27I-Am-Not-Your-Negro%27%3F/
Social Media (to follow):
White Nonsense Roundup
https://twitter.com/nowhitenonsense
https://www.facebook.com/whitenonsenseroundup
Video:
Toni Morrison Takes White Supremacy to Task
Podcast:
Seeing White, from Scene On Radio, Episodes 31-45
Further Reading for Dialogues Participants
Accapadi, M. (2007). When white women cry: How white women’s tears oppress women of color. College Student Affairs Journal, 26(2), 208-215.
from: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ899418.pdf
Alexander, M. (2011). The new Jim Crow. New York: New Press.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9781620971932
Anderson, C. (2016). White rage: The unspoken truth of our racial divide. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9781632864130
Coates, T. (2014). The case for reparations. The Atlantic. Retrieved from:
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
Coates, T. (2015). Between the world and me. New York: Spiegel & Grau.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9780812993547
Cole, T. (2012). The white savior industrial complex. The Atlantic. Retrieved from:
Cullen, M. (2008). 35 dumb things well-intentioned people say. New York: Morgan James Publishing.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9781600374913
DiAngelo, R. (2011). “White fragility.” International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, 3(3).
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9780807047415
Hutchinson, E. (1996). The assassination of the black male image. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks.
Irving, D. (2014). Waking up white: And finding myself in the story of race. Illinois: Elephant Room Press.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9780991331307
Katznelson, I. (2005). When affirmative action was white: An untold history of racial inequality in twentieth century America. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9780393328516
Kivel, P. (2002). Uprooting racism: How white people can work for racial justice. Canada: New Society Publishers.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9780865718654
Kendi, X (2016) Stamped From the Beginning, The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9781568585987
Loewen, J. W. (1995). Lies my teacher told me: Everything your American history textbook got wrong. New York: New Press.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9781620973929
Loubriel, J. (2016). 4 ways white people can process their emotions without bringing white tears. Everyday Feminism. Retrieved from: http://everydayfeminism.com/2016/02/white-people-emotions-tears/
McIntosh, P. (1989). Unpacking the invisible knapsack. Peace and freedom magazine, July/August, 10-12.
from: https://nationalseedproject.org/images/documents/Knapsack_plus_Notes-Peggy_McIntosh.pdf
Michael, A. & Conger, M. (2009). “Becoming an anti-racist white ally: How a white affinity group can help.” Perspectives on Urban Education, Spring, 2009, 56-60.
Read these 23 books and authors when the injustice is overwhelming:
Rollins Jr., D.K. (2017). What white people should do about systemic racism. The Des Moines Register. Retrieved from: http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2017/01/07/what-white-people-should-do-systemic-racism/96131388/.
Steele, C. (2010). Whistling Vivaldi: and other clues to how stereotypes affect us. New York: W.W. Norton & Company.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9780393339727
Tatum, B. (1997). “Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?” And other conversations about race. New York: Basic Books.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9780465060689
Tochluck, S. (2008). Witnessing whiteness: First steps towards an antiracist practice and culture. Maryland: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9781578867257
Wise, T. (2008). White like me: Reflections on race from a privileged son. California: Soft Skull Press.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9781593764258
Wise, T. (2010). Color-Blind: The rise of post-racial politics and the retreat from racial equity. San Francisco: City Lights Books.
from: https://www.amazon.com/Colorblind-Post-Racial-Politics-Retreat-Racial/dp/0872865088
Wise, T. (2012). Dear white America: A letter to a new minority. California: City Lights Books.
from: https://www.booktable.net/book/9780872865211
Zinn, H. (2002). You can’t be neutral on a moving train: A personal history of our times.
Massachusetts: Beacon Press Books.
from: https://www.amazon.com/You-Cant-Neutral-Moving-Train/dp/0807071277
Zinn, H. (2003). A people’s history of the United States. New York: HarperCollins.
Implicit Bias Overview and Tests
https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/demo/background/index.jsp
The Root: The Blacker the Content the Sweeter the truth.
Chenjerai Kumanyika,John Biewen and Celeste Headlee Scene on Radio: Seeing white.
https://www.sceneonradio.org/seeing-white/
Videos
Aamer Rahman (Fear of a Brown Planet) – Reverse Racism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw_mRaIHb-M
Doll Test: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkpUyB2xgTM
Toni Morrison Takes White Supremacy to Task: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6S7zGgL6Suw
Harvard Implicit Bias Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html
Blue Eyed/Brown Eyed Experiment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nqv9k3jbtYU
People to Follow on Social Media
Kat Tanaka Okopnik (OP resident)
https://twitter.com/ktokopnik?lang=en
Marcus Croom (OP resident)
https://instagram.com/iammarcuscroom?utm_medium=copy_link
ShaRhonda Knott - Dawson (local resident)
Marc Lamont Hill
https://instagram.com/marclamonthill?utm_medium=copy_link
Bree Newsome
https://instagram.com/bree.newsome?utm_medium=copy_link
Jay Smooth
https://twitter.com/jsmooth995?lang=en
Son of Baldwin
https://instagram.com/sonofbaldwin?utm_medium=copy_link
The Love Life of an Asian Guy
https://instagram.com/the.llag?utm_medium=copy_link
Crunk Feminist Collective
https://instagram.com/crunkfeminists?utm_medium=copy_link
Franchesca “Chescaleigh” Ramsey
https://instagram.com/chescaleigh?utm_medium=copy_link
Dylan Marron
https://instagram.com/dylanmarron?utm_medium=copy_link
Ijeoma Oluo
https://instagram.com/ijeomaoluo?utm_medium=copy_link
Nikole Hannah-Jones
https://instagram.com/nikolehannahjones?utm_medium=copy_link
Readings for Adults
From the RAISING RACE CONSCIOUS KIDS IN AND AROUND OAK PARK Facebook Group, shared with permission.
I don't Discuss Racism with White People
https://popularresistance.org/i-dont-discuss-racism-with-white-people/ -
I am a White Woman and I must Confront my Racism
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/a-white-woman-confronts-her-racism_us_58f228bee4b04cae050dc793 -
The Racism Blindfold
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/the-racism-blindfold_us_58c5a514e4b0a797c1d39e3b
“Hands Up, Don't Shoot!”
Preparing Students for Difficult Conversations
DVD: Come Walk in My Shoes
https://www.facinghistory.org/books-borrowing/come-walk-my-shoes
Your racist friend
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFGQdvYIJ0M&feature=youtu.be
Whites Only: SURJ And The Caucasian Invasion Of Racial Justice Spaces
https://theestablishment.co/whites-only-the-caucasian-invasion-of-racial-justice-spaces-7e2529ec8314
10 things all allies need to know
http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/11/things-allies-need-to-know/
18 things white should do or know before discussing racism
http://www.thefrisky.com/2014-06-12/18-things-white-people-should-knowdo-before-discussing-racism/
White privilege
http://whitepriv.blogspot.com/2010/02/10-ways-to-be-and-ally.html
"Waking Up White" by Debby Irving
No we wont calm down
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/12/tone-policing-and-privilege/
On tone policing
http://groupthink.kinja.com/on-tone-policing-why-its-bullshit-and-why-you-need-to-1148310719
How to deal with being called out
https://tooyoungforthelivingdead.tumblr.com/post/147801840146/how-to-deal-with-being-called-out
Black people are not here to teach you
7 reasons why reverse racism does not exist
https://www.dailydot.com/via/reverse-racism-doesnt-exist/?fb=dd
10 quotes to perfectly explain racism to people who claim they are color blind
Where is “I am not your negro”?
http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/3-7-2017/Where-is-%27I-Am-Not-Your-Negro%27%3F/
White and waking up to a horrible reality
http://awakenedconsciousshift.com/white-and-waking-up-to-a-horrible-reality/
We cannot walk alone: the white parent’s role in ending racism
http://www.raceconscious.org/2016/01/1066/
The corrupt system that killed laquan mcdonald
You don't have to apologize for being white
https://www.thsppl.com/thsppl-articles/2017/4/27/you-dont-have-to-apologize-for-being-white?rq=white
Ta-Nehisi Coates on Why Whites Like His Writing
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/10/25/why-do-white-people-love-ta-nehisi-coates-work
9 TED talks to help you understand racism in America
https://www.ted.com/playlists/250/talks_to_help_you_understand_r
11 common ways white folks avoid taking responsibility for racism in the US
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/08/white-america-responsibility/
No, Affirmative Action Isn’t Racist Against White People – And Here’s Why
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/08/affirmative-action-isnt-racist/
10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools
Eight Things White Parents Should Teach About Black People
http://politic365.com/2012/04/11/8-things-white-parents-should-teach-about-black-people/
How privileged are you?
https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you?utm_term=.us1GoRmL6#.ff1jXvL5w
I just couldn’t trust a diverse suburb [Oak Park] with my Black daughter’s education
http://headinthesandblog.org/2016/09/just-couldnt-trust-diverse-suburb-black-childrens-education/
Is this how discrimination ends?
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/05/unconscious-bias-training/525405/
How not to accidentally raise a racist
http://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=523994401:523994403
Your five-year-old is already racially-biased. Here’s what you can do about it.
How parents widen or shrink academic gaps
How does race affect a student’s math education?
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/04/racist-math-education/524199/
How to overcome your bias? Walk boldly towards them
Intent vs impact: why your intentions don't really matter
http://everydayfeminism.com/2013/07/intentions-dont-really-matter/
Blind spots: your brain on auto pilot
http://www.pwc.com/us/blindspots
White People: I Don’t Want You To Understand Me Better, I Want You To Understand Yourselves
Letter to Young Sisters of Color
4 Reasons Why Being Pro-Black Isn’t the Same as Being Anti-White
http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/11/pro-black-isnt-anti-white/
‘Not All White People' and Derailing Conversations
http://www.flowerhorne.com/blog/2013/12/20/not-all-white-people-and-derailing-conversations
https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/five_ways_to_reduce_racial_bias_in_your_children
17 Books On Race Every White Person Needs To Read
https://www.bustle.com/p/17-books-on-race-every-white-person-needs-to-read-76401
Reading Pertaining To Kids
From the RAISING RACE CONSCIOUS KIDS IN AND AROUND OAK PARK Facebook Group, shared with permission.
How to Talk to Your Kids About Charlottesville
Knowing Our History to Build a Brighter Future: Books to Help Kids Understand the Fight for Racial Equality
http://www.readbrightly.com/books-to-help-kids-understand-the-fight-for-racial-equality/
Top Mighty Girl Books on Civil Rights History
http://www.amightygirl.com/mighty-girl-picks/civil-rights-history
Prejudice / Discrimination
http://www.amightygirl.com/books/social-issues/prejudice-discrimination
Here's How To Raise Race-Conscious Children
Great Picture Books to Inspire Hope in the World
https://pernillesripp.com/2017/08/12/great-picture-books-to-create-hope-in-the-world/?fref=gc
Reading Racism in Dr. Seuss
A children’s-literature scholar argues it’s time to acknowledge the perturbing themes in some of the most beloved books.
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2017/08/reading-racism-in-dr-seuss/536625/?fref=gc
Storytime for social justice kit
http://storytimeunderground.org/2016/12/30/storytime-for-social-justice-kit/?fref=gc
Helping Your Child Cope with Media Coverage of Community Racial Trauma: Tips for Parents
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Qtn2ZFx6ZM&feature=youtu.be
Stories About Disability Don’t Have to Be Sad
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/06/21/opinion/stories-about-disability-dont-have-to-be-sad.html?referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com
Young, Gifted and Black by Jamia Wilson
Preaching to the Chickens: How Civil Rights Legend John Lewis’s Humble Childhood Incubated His Heroic Life
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/12/05/preaching-to-the-chickens-john-lewis/
30 LGBTQIA-Positive Children’s Books That’ll Teach Kids How Beautifully Diverse The World Is
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/we-stories-aims-get-white-families-talking-about-race-racism-through-children-s-books#stream/0
'We Stories' aims to get white families talking about race, racism through children’s books
For Young Latino Readers, an Image Is Missing
Young Latino Students Don’t See Themselves in Books
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2012/12/05/education/young-latino-students-dont-see-themselves-in-books.html?smid=fb-share&referer=http%3A%2F%2Fm.facebook.com
Diving Into Race, Identity of Multiracial Families In ‘Raising Mixed Race’
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/diving-race-identity-multiracial-families-raising-mixed-race-n486576
CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOKS ABOUT PROTEST AND CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
http://www.whatdowedoallday.com/childrens-picture-books-about-protest/
7 Books That Teach Kids About Social Justice and Activism
https://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/2017/07/06/7-books-that-teach-kids-about-social-justice-and-activism/
Summer Reading For Your Woke* Kid (good list but note our discussions about appropriate of this word)
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2017/07/06/534443123/summer-reading-for-your-woke-kid?sc=tw
Teaching your kids not to “see” race is a terrible idea, studies have found
https://qz.com/821200/if-youre-not-talking-about-race-with-your-kid-youre-likely-teaching-her-to-be-racist/
Your 5-year-old is already racially biased. Here’s what you can do about it.
Recording and Resources: Understanding Racial-Ethnic Identity Development
Tools for raising brave kids in a world where race matters
https://medium.com/embrace-race/understanding-racial-ethnic-identity-development-e8e7ad27d030
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF WHITE FAMILIES* FROM ALL ACROSS ST. LOUIS DECIDED TO START TALKING TO OUR YOUNG CHILDREN ABOUT RACE AND RACISM?
http://www.westories.org/?fref=gc#welcome
1000 Black Girl Books Resource Guide
http://grassrootscommunityfoundation.org/1000-black-girl-books-resource-guide/
11 MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS WITH MIXED RACE GIRLS
http://www.imnotthenanny.com/2016/03/middle-grade-books-mixed-race-characters.html
Teaching Young Children About Bias, Diversity, and Social Justice
Combatting stereotypes: How to talk to your children
http://theconversation.com/combatting-stereotypes-how-to-talk-to-your-children-71929
The Roots of Social Justice—Kids’ Responses to Inequality
19 books to help children find hope and strength in stressful times: A librarian’s list
13 Books to Teach Children About Protesting and Activism
https://geekdad.com/2017/01/13-books-children-activism/?fref=gc
Zine: Families Taking Action For Racial Justice
http://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/zine_families_taking_action_for_racial_justice
10 Ways Well-Meaning White Teachers Bring Racism Into Our Schools
17 Books On Race Every White Person Needs To Read
https://www.bustle.com/p/17-books-on-race-every-white-person-needs-to-read-76401
We need diverse books