Readings
Below is a very partial list of readings intended to support education around racism and anti-racism. This list is evolving constantly; please let us know if you have a suggestion we might add.
1619 Project, Nikole Hannah-Jones
Anti-Racism Resources for White People: Resource guide (includes articles, podcasts, films, books) compiled by Sarah Sophie Flick and Alyssa Klein
An Antiracist Reading List, compiled by Ibram X. Kendi for the New York Times
Be an Antiracist, reading list compiled by SF Public Library
Black and Queer: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, Charlene Caruthers
Bryan Stevenson on the Frustration Behind the George Floyd Protests
Centering Black Community Needs: living document curated by Stanford Biosciences, includes relevant readings
The Color of Water, James McBride
The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale (free e-book)
Five Dos and Don’ts for White Leaders and Colleagues Discussing Racism at Work Today, created by Dynasti Hunt
Giovanni's Room, James Baldwin
How to Make this Moment a Turning Point for Real Change, Barack Obama
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America, Darnell L. Moore
No Tea, No Shade, Edited by E. Patrick Johnson
The Summer We Got Free, Mia McKenzie
Six Questions to Stop Asking Your Black Friends Right Now, created by Dynasti Hunt
Since I Laid My Burden Down, Brontez Purnell
The Great Unlearning: created by Rachel Cargle
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change, Barack Obama
The Other Side of Paradise: A Memoir, Staceyann Chin
The Yellow House, Sarah L. Broom
Zami: A New Spelling of My Name, A Biomythography, Audre Lorde