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The list of resources below is intended to provide information for MCLA community members who want to learn more about issues of systemic racism, privilege, and anti-racism work. This is a small sampling of the resources available. Many are available through MCLA’s Freel Library.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
“This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color” by Cherríe Moraga
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
“The African American and Latinx History of the United States” by Paul Ortiz
“An Indigenous People’s History of the United States” by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
“When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir” by Asha Bandele, Patrisse Cullors
“The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” by Richard Rothstein
“Anti-Racism Resources for White People”
“75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice”
“Why you should stop saying ‘All Lives Matter,” explained in 9 different ways”
Teaching in an Uprising: Readings on Race and Democracy
Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup
Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race
Addressing Racial Injustice with Young Children
A White Families' Guide to Talking About Racism
The POC Families' Guide to Talking About Racism
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
