Anti-Racism
As a white person, I recognize that I benefit from systems of white supremacy. Unless I am actively anti-racist, I am complicit in perpetuating these harmful systems. White supremacy is deeply woven into the fabric of our society and lives, and dismantling it requires consistent, conscious effort.
Anti-racism work is not just about external actions—it’s about the inner transformation needed to create meaningful, lasting change. There is an inherent connection between anti-racism and holistic well-being. When we commit to the inner work of unlearning racism, building awareness, and dismantling white supremacy within ourselves, we cultivate the empathy, compassion, and humanity needed to contribute to a healthier, more just world. This inner work is critical to achieving the outer change we seek.
We perpetuate white supremacy until we actively do the work. Silence and inaction mean that we support white supremacy. Every day, we must take responsibility for destroying and dismantling these systems. White supremacy is insidious—living and breathing within all of us, woven into every fabric of our lives. To challenge this, we must:
- Unlearn racism and engage in uncomfortable, often difficult, conversations with ourselves and others.
- Understand how white supremacy operates and how our lives uphold it.
- Dismantle white supremacy within ourselves while calling in fellow white friends, family, and coworkers.
- Learn from, listen to, support, and follow the leadership of Black people and People of Color who are guiding the way.
Keep an open heart. Cultivate fierce self-awareness and hold space with non-judgment. Take full responsibility, keep a student’s mind, and remain teachable. Check your ego. Approach this work with courage, humility, and vulnerability. Above all, be consistent.
Together, we can co-create the world we long for—one that honors the dignity of all people, nourishes our empathy, and restores our collective spirit.
Here you will find a curated list of resources—books, articles, trainings, educators, videos, films, podcasts, and organizations—focused on anti-racism for white folks. I recognize that compiling this list centers whiteness, which is itself a manifestation of the white supremacy we must dismantle. The list is the result of years of work, research, guidance, and anti-racism training from educators, leaders, and facilitators. It will continue to grow and evolve.
My intention is for this space to guide white folks to anti-racism teachers and leaders, so that we can step aside, elevate Black voices, and center the experiences of People of Color. I am indebted to every BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) educator, leader, and voice in this movement. I hope this is only an entry point into the necessary work we must do as we embark on the lifelong journey of anti-racism.
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Watch
Videos to start with
13th by Ava DuVernay
Showing Their True Colors by Lee Mun Wah
Why White American's Don't See Themselves When They Hear the Word 'Race' by Michael Eric Dyson
Racism Has a Cost for Everyone by Heather C McGhee
How Studying Privilege systems Can Strengthen Compassion by Peggy McIntosh
Films
13th by Ava DuVernay
Showing Their True Colors by Lee Mun Wah
Freedom Riders by Stanley Nelson
When They See Us by Ava DuVernay
Slavery by Another Name by
Do the Right Thing by Spike Lee
BLACKkKLANSMAN by Spick Lee
Get on the Bus by Spike Lee
Just Mercy by Destin Cretton
Malcom X by Spike Lee
When They See Us
Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise
The Hate U Give by George Tilman Jr.
Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
Selma
A Conversation About Race by Craig Bodeker
Dear White People by Justin Simien
12 Years A Slave by Steve McQueen
White Right: Meeting The Enemy by Deeyah Khan
Fruitvale Station by Ryan Coogler
The Uncomfortable Truth by Loki Mulholland
Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
Black Power Mixtape
Let It Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992
Ted Talks/Youtube
Racism Has a Cost for Everyone by Heather C McGhee
How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline At a Time by Baratunde Thurston
How Studying Privilege systems Can Strengthen Compassion by Peggy McIntosh
Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin Di Angelo
Wale - Sue Me
White Privilege
TED Talks and Race
Layla F. Saad Me and White Supremacy
Housing Segregation in Everything by NPR Code Switch
Read
Readings to start with
Where Change Started: Anti-Racism Starter Kit
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
Mindful of Race: Transforming Race from the Inside Out
The White Ally Toolkit Workbook by David W. Campt
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
Tool: Interrupting Microaggressions
From White Racist to White Anti-Racist: The Life-Long Jorney by Tema Okun
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
Welcome to the Anti-Racism Movement- Here's What You've Missed by Ijeoma Oluo
Articles
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
Black People Need Stronger White Allies — Here’s How You Can Be One by Stephanie Long
5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Repsonse to White and State-Sanctioned Violence by SURJ
What is White Supremacy by Elizabeth "Betita" Martinez
From White Racist to White Anti-Racist: The Life-Long Jorney by Tema Okun
The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy by Yawo Brown
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
White Anti-Racism Must Be Based in Solidarity, Not Altruism by Jesse A Myerson
Detour-Spotting for White Anti-Racists by Jona Olsson
Welcome to the Anti-Racism Movement- Here's What You've Missed by Ijeoma Oluo
Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice by Jonathan Osler
Coalition Politics: Turning the Century by Bernice Johnson Reagon
A Reading List for Ralph Northam by Ibram X. Kendi
Understanding White Privilege by Francis E. Kendall
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America? by Ibram X. Kendi
The Whiteness of Police by Nikhil Pal Singh
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo
5 Racist Anti-Racism Responses "Good" White Women Give to Viral Posts by Kaie Anthony
The Costs of Racism to White People by Paul Kivel
Antiracist Checklist for Whites by Dr. John Ralbe
White People, It's Time to Prioritize Justice Over Civility by Tauriq Moosa
The 1619 Project
White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement by Dr. Robin Diangelo
How to Talk About Privilege to Someone Who Doesn't Know What That Is by Jamie Utt
Whiteness As Property by Cheryl Harris
Solidarity Not Charity: Racism in Katrina Relief Work by Molly McClure
The First White President by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Do-it-Yourself
Reparations by Chris Moore-Backman
100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating For People of Color by Kesiena Boom
Reparations by Chris Moore-Backman
What is White Privilege, Really? by Cory Collins
Helm's White Racial Identity Development Model
Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here's What to Do Instead) by Holiday Phillips
How to be a good white ally, according to activists by Emily Stewart
Letter From A Region In My Mind by James Baldwin
How to Talk to Your Family About Racism on Thanksgiving by Rachel Cargle
20 Actions White people & non-Black POCs in Corporate (and otherwise) can take to show up for Black People right now by Michael J.A. Davis
4 Ways White People Can Process Their Emotions Without Hijacking the Conversation on Racial Justice by Jennifer Loubriel
The Language of Antiracism by Sydney Worth
White Racial Consciousness by Daphne Murphy
Racial Identity Development
Books
This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell
Uprooting Racism by Paul Kivel
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks
Antagonists, Advocates, & Allies by Catrice Jackson
Mindful of Race: Transforming Race from the Inside Out by Ruth King
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Radical Dharma: Taking Race, Love, and Liberation by Rev. angel Kyodo williams
The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V Magee
The White Ally Toolkit Workbook by David W. Campt
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Compassionate Warrior Boot Camp for White Allies by David W. Campt
White Spaces Missing Faces by Catrice Jackson
Between the World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
How to Be Less Stupid About Race by Crystal M Fleming
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by Dr. Joy Degruy
The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
The Michael Eric Dyson Reader by Michael Eric Dyson
Who's Afraid of Post-Blackness? by Toure
White Privilege by Paula S Rothenberg
What Truth Sounds Like by Michael Eric Dyson
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
White Rage by Carol Anderson
I Am Not Your Negro by James Baldwin
Choke Hold by Paul Butler
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
White Awake by Daniel Hill
Dear White America by Tim Wise
The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson
The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Alex Haley
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Understanding Privilege by Frances E Kendall
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
Waking Up White, and Find Myself in the Story of Race by Derby Irving
Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts
Raising Our Hands : How White Women Can Stop Avoiding Hard Conversations, Start Accepting Responsibility, and Find Our Place on the New Frontlines by Jenna Arnold
All About Love: New Visions by bell hooks
Women, Race, and Class by Angela Davis
Assata by Assata Shakur
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Ain't I a Woman by bell hooks
Stamped From the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
Act
Trainings
David Campt: Doing My Part To Dismantle Racism: Introduction To The White Ally Toolkit (Coming up June 4th Online Training)
Training for Change: White People Confronting Racism (Philadelphia)
Undoing Racism
Teach the Children
Anti-Racist Parenting While White: An Inquiry by Sherri Spelic
It's My Job to Raise Children Who Are Not Only Not Racist But Actively Anti-Racist by Mandy Hitchcock
Mom, Why Don't You Have Any Black Friends? by Michelle Silverthorn
Books To Teach White Children and Teens How to Undo Racism and White Supremacy
6 Things White Parents Can Do to Raise Racially Conscious Children by Bree Ervin
100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say To Your Child To Advance Racial Justice by Raising Race Conscious Children
White Parents Must Confront Racism By Teaching Kids How to Be Antiracist
Parenting & White Supremacy: A 90-minute Good Ancestor Academy Masterclass by Layla F Saad
They're Not Too Young to Talk About Race
Talking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests
18 Powerful Children's Books About Race and Racism
Booklists: 60 carefully selected lists of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators
Anti-Racism Organizations for White Folks
Showing Up For Racial Justice
Coming To The Table
Coalition of Anti Racist Whites
Race Forward Racial Justice Trainings
Crossroads Antiracism Organization and Training
Spiritual Activism 101 by Rachel Ricketts
Where Change Started
Racial and Social Justice 101 by Erika Hart
Good Ancestor Academy by Layla F Saad
Anti-Racism 101 "crash course" by Monique Melton
30-Day Crash Course for White Women by Catrice Jackson
Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higinbotham
Something Happened in Our Town: A Child's Story About Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
16 Resources You'll Need For Raising an Antiracist Child by Rebecca Ruiz
Raising Little Allies to Be by Lucy Song
Resources for Parents and Caregivers About Race and Racism
Listen
Start with listen
Claudia Rankine: How Can I Say This So We Can Stay in This Car Together?
Travis Jones: How Can White People Be Better Allies To People Of Color?
What’s My Complicity? Talking White Fragility With Robin DiAngelo
Speeches
Letter From Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.
I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.
By Any Means Necessary by Malcolm X
Malcolm X Addresses Police Brutality
The Ballot or the Bullet y Malcolm X
Prospects for Freedom by Malcolm X
Toni Morrison on Racism
Jane Elliott- Being Black
Jane Elliott- All White People are Racist
Angela Davis Revolution Today
Angela Davis How Does Change Happen
Keedron Bryant I just Wanna Live
Podcasts
Good Ancestor Podcast
The Break Down with Shaun King
The Opt-In With Aurora + Kelly
Facing Ourselves
Scene On Radio: Seeing White
Code Switch
Claudia Rankine: How Can I Say This So We Can Stay in This Car Together?
Support
Reperations
Reparations Roundtable
10 Ways to Pay Reparations If You're a Broke Ass White Person by DiDi Delgado
Coming to the Table Reparations Working Group
Organizations
Bread and Roses Community Fund
National Bail Out
Black Lives Matter
Movement for Black Lives
Audre Lorde Project
Equal Justice Initiative
BOLD: Black Organization for Leadership and Dignity
Black Owned Businesses
Shoppe Black
Official Black Wall Street
Black Owned Bookstores
125 Black Owned Businesses
Support Black-Owned Businesses By Shopping Online From These 31 Awesome Stores by Hannah Marder
101 Black Owned Restaurants You Need to Try In All 50 States
Find Black Owned Restaurants in your area
Racial Equity Tools: Reparations
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Ally Ship
7 Black-Owned Hotels Across the US
(Leaders + Educators) Instagram Acct. Linked
Lee Merritt
Grassroots Law
Rachel Cargle
The Conscious Kid
The Great Unlearn
Black Lives Matter
Alicia Garza
Layla F. Saad
Austin Channing Brown
Ibram X Kendi
Andrea Ranae
Check Your Privilege
Speaking of Racism
Dr. Tee Williams
McKensie Mack
Dr. Jennifer Mullan
Color of Change
Training for Change
No White Saviors
CTZNWELL
Antiracism Center
From Privilege to Progress - The #ShowUp Movement
Action St. Louis
BYP100
Movement for Black Lives
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Resource List
Anti-Racism Resource Collection by Resource Sharing Project
Racial Equity Tools
Anti-Racism Book List
Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
Justice in June
Anti-Racism Resource List: For Beginners
158 Resources to Understand Racism in America
Master List of Black Revolutionary Readings
Black Revolutionary Texts
Friendly Reminder
Keep learning! Everyday pick something to watch, listen, read, join, or follow.
It is your duty to educate yourself.
Seek to learn from Black educators and leaders in the anti-racism movement, with self-awareness and responsibility.
As white people we are going to fail and slip up many, many times. Keep moving forward, keep speaking up, keep showing up. Take responsibility, drop the ego, be humble, own it, and move forward.
Engage with your friends, family, coworkers. It starts with a conversation.