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Resources For Teaching For Racial Justice

We are all watching the demonstrations happening right now in response to the many years of
discrimination and oppression of people of color and wondering what we can do as educators to
help ensure that our society does better moving forward. As educators we have the power and the ability
to be part of the solution. There are many resources available that can help guide us on that journey.
We hope that the books,websites and resources below will empower you to help make the change that
is needed right now. 
We must also acknowledge that every teacher comes to issues of race differently based on their
own experiences and identity/ies. White educators have a special responsibility to increase their own
understanding and to listen when they are fortunate enough to hear about the experiences of their
colleagues of color. However, we must ensure that the burden of informing others about the history
and experience of racism does not rest on the shoulders of our colleagues and friends of color. We must all do our part to make this a better, safer, equitable, more peaceful world for all of our children.

Books to Read to Increase Our Understanding of Structural Inequalities
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
White Rage by Carol Anderson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nahesi Coates
Teaching to Transgress by bell hooks and any of her other books
All books by Angela Davis
How to be Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi
Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X Kendi
Waking Up White by Debby Irving
Unapologetic by Christine Caruthers
Faces at the Bottom of the Well by Derek Bell
Eloquent Rage by Brittney C. Cooper
Anti-Bias Education for Young Children and Ourselves by Louise Derman-Sparks
the guide for white women who teach black boys edited by Eddie Moore Jr, Ali Michael and Marguerite W. Penick-Parks

Books specifically related to education:
Savage Inequalities by Jonothan Kozol
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain by Zaretta Hammond
The Dream Keepers by Gloria Ladson-Billings


Podcasts to Increase Our Understanding of Structural Inequalities


Other Resources to Increase Our Understanding of Structural Inequalities and Help Us Take Action
Watch “The 13th” on Netflix about the 13th amendment and the history of racial injustice. 
Watch "Just Mercy" which is streaming for free on many digital platforms through June.
Take the Harvard Implicit Bias test and reflect on the results.
List of 75 Things That White People Can Do For Racial Justice:
Color of Change is an organization working on racial justice.
Campaign Zero is working on police officer reform efforts.
Anti-Racism Project is an organization committed to fighting racism and has many resources on their website.
Unidos US has policies and projects specifically for improving equity in education as well as many other areas. 
Greater Good has many helpful articles and resources. This particular one is “How to Fight Racism Through Inner Work. 
Raising Race Conscious Children

Resources to Share with Parents
How to talk to children about the history of racism in the United States: https://ruthking.net/the-untold/


Picture Books and Lists of Books to Read With Our Students
Let The Children March by Monica Clark-Robinson 
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higgenbotham
Same, Same But Different by Jenny Sue Kostecki-Shaw
Lovely by Jess Hong
Something Happened In Our Town by Marianne Celano


Resources for Lessons to Use With Our Students
Teaching Tolerance has many free curriculum resources for social justice. 
Choose Love A wonderful SEL curriculum that is free for educators.
First Encounters With Race and Racism: Teaching Ideas For Classroom Conversations
If you know of a helpful resource that has not been shared, please put in the comments below. 

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