The following resources are intended to support our anti-racism work and deepen our understanding of the fight for racial justice and equity. We strongly encourage all CWAers, regardless of your level of activism to make use of these resources.
These resources were adapted from the Antiracism community document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein in May 2020. We will keep adding any additional resources to this page.
Please email humanrights@cwa-union.org with any recommendations for additional resources.
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- Resources for parents to raise anti-racist children
- Articles to read
- Videos to watch
- Podcasts to subscribe to
- Books to read
- Organizations to follow on social media
- Films and TV series to watch
- More anti-racism resources to check out
Resources for parents to raise anti-racist children:
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:
Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
Articles:
Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
Articles to read:
“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)
Addiction and Mental Health Resources for the AAPI Community - by Gary Bowers (April 2021)
Videos to watch:
Podcasts to subscribe to:
Books to read:
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle AlexanderThe Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
by Grace Lee BoggsThis Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Organizations to follow on social media:
Antiracism Center: Twitter
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Films and TV series to watch:
13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
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
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
King In The Wilderness — HBO
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Available to rent for free
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix