Racial Justice Resources

 
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
— James Baldwin

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Books

  • Giving Done Right | Book (4h 30m) | Phil Buchanan, President of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, shares what he's learned works - and doesn't work - from decades of experience with donors seeking real change.
  • Winners Take All | Book (4h 45m) | Author Anand Giridharadas' investigation of how the global elite’s efforts to “change the world” preserve the status quo and obscure their role in causing the problems they later seek to solve.
  • Decolonizing Wealth | Book (4h) | Author Edgar Villanueva provides an analysis of the dysfunctional colonial dynamics at play in philanthropy and finance.
  • So You Want to Talk About Race | Book (4h) | Author Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from intersectionality and affirmative action to “model minorities” in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race and racism.

Podcasts + Audio

  • Scene on Radio's Seeing White Series | Podcast, 14 episodes (16-45m each)| Leading scholars share a deep-dive examination of racial structures through the lens of oppressors rather than the oppressed.
  • Change, Not Charity | Podcast (3om) | Phil Buchanan and Grace Nicolette discuss the importance of investing in community leaders, the role of racial equity in giving effectively, and strategies for how donors can tap into their communities to find the right organizations to support.
  • The 1619 Project | New York Times Webpage and Podcast (6 epidodes, 23-42m each) | An ongoing initiative which aims to reframe America’s history by placing the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans at the very center of our national narrative.
  • The Racist Roots of Nonprofits & Philanthropy | Podcast (32m) | This episode of The Ethical Rainmaker explores the relatively recent history of how charitable systems came to be, why they are built on deep injustices and how philanthropy and nonprofits are actually a political and economic system.
  • Nice White Parents | Podcast, 5 episodes (45m-1h) | A limited series about building a better school system - and what gets in the way.
  • Integrated Schools’ Raising White Kids | Podcast Episode (1h) | Dr. Jennifer Harvey discusses her book, as well as her personal journey towards anti-racist organizing, educating, and child rearing.

Websites

  • Give Blck | Webpage | A comprehensive database of Black-founded nonprofits.
  • Strategy in Arts & Culture | | This Racial Equity Tools resource contains links, practices, resources about the intersection of racial justice and the Arts.

Web Articles

  • America’s Racial Contract is Killing Us | Atlantic Article (15m) | Author Adam Serwer shares how the pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract, which deems certain lives of greater value than others.
  • Who Gets to be Afraid in America? | Atlantic Article (10m) | Author Ibram X. Kendi explores how systemic fear led to the death of Ahmaud Arbery as he jogged through a suburban neighborhood on February 23, 2020.
  • The Role of Allies and Agents of Change | Excerpt (10m) | This excerpt from Interrupting the Cycle of Oppression by Andrea Ayvazian explores what it means to be a committed agent of change as a member of a dominant group in our society.

videos + Films

  • Selma | Feature Film (2h 8m) | Directed by Ava DuVernay, based on the 1965 Selma to Montgomery voting rights marches initiated and directed by James Bevel and led by Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Just Mercy | Book (6h) and Feature Film (2h 17m)| The true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to end mass incarceration in America — from one of the most inspiring lawyers of our time, Bryan Stevenson.
  • 13th | Feature Film (1h 30m) | Filmmaker Ava DuVernay explores the history of racial inequality in the United States, focusing on the fact that the nation's prisons are disproportionately filled with African-Americans.
  • White Fragility | Video (1hr 23m) | Author Robin DiAngelo reads from her book and discusses how white people can develop their capacity to engage more constructively across race.

events

  • Ibram X. Kendi | Virtual Event (1hr)| An intimate evening with the #1 New York Times best-selling author and the Founding Director of the Antiracist Research & Policy Center at American University in Washington, D.C.