Books, Articles and Informational Resources
The legendary novelist and activist James Baldwin once wrote: “Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced.” One of the ways we can face systemic racism at SJSU is through learning. Fiction, non-fiction, in-depth analysis, poetry, film, theater, and a variety of other platforms can help us to learn and understand systemic racism. A wide variety of resources are available on- and off-campus.
Sections:
- Readings
- Alliance-Building
- Protesting and Safety
- Videos
- Donate or Support
- Organizations
- Social Media
Readings
- On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life
- Assorted works of Ibram X. Kendi
- Don’t Talk About Implicit Bias Without Talking About Structural Racism - Medium
- Threats to Equity: White Supremacist and Colonial Logic - Psychology Today
- A Reading list on issues of race - Harvard Gazette
- Call It What It Is: Anti-Blackness - by kihana miraya ross
- Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus by JSTOR Daily
- Teaching While White: foundational texts
- Allegories on Race and Racism by Camara Jones
- Critical Race Theory, Race Equity, and Public Health: Toward Antiracism Praxis
- Free online PDF copies of Black Revolutionary texts by Black writers and activists
- My Role in a Social Change Ecosystem-A Mid-Year Check-In
- Dismantling Anti-Blackness Together
- Anti-Racist Resource Guide
- Scaffolding Anti-Racism Resources
- Recognizing Race in Language: Why We Capitalize "Black" and "White"
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- 30+ Ways Asians Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism Everyday
- Continuum of Anti-Racist Multicultural Organizational Development [pdf]
- Anti-racism resources for White people
- A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 "Fed Up" Rising
- 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in this country
- Digital Pedagogy in the Humanities: A peer-reviewed, scholarly collection of pedagogical artifacts
- Resources from Professor of Education at the University of Washington, Robin DiAngelo
- Anti-Racism Daily Newsletter: Sign up to receive Nicole Cardona's daily emails
- The State of Black Immigrants - Black Alliance for Just Immigration
- Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Student's Mental Health Needs
Alliance-Building
- Let's Talk About Anti-Blackness
- First, Listen. Then, Learn: Anti-Racism Resources for White People
- Whiteness and White Privilege - Racial Equity Tools
- White Allyship 101: Resources to Get to Work by the Dismantle Collective
- Non-black People of Color Need To Start Having Conversations About the Anti-Blackness In Our Communities
- 20+ Allyship Actions for Asins to Show up for the Black Community Right now
- Asian American Organizing Project - Resources for Black Lives Matter
- Latino USA Podcast: Allyship and Black Lives Matter - A conversation Across Cultures
- How Latinx People Can Fight Anti-Black Racism in Our Own Culture
- 10 ways to be an ally to Black LGBT people
- An open letter to the lgbtq+ community about #blacklivesmatter and pride by GLADD's Antonio Calbo-Jackson
Protesting and Safety
- ACLU Know Your Rights - Protesters' Rights
- How to Protest Safely
- Street Medic Webinar
- Critical Race Theory, Race Equity, and Public Health: Toward Antiracism Praxis
- Protect your protest
Videos
- SJSU Library "Social and Systemic Injustice" Kanopy list of movies and documentaries
- Oprah Winfrey: Where Do We Go From Here?
- Kimberly Jones on the difference between protesting, rioting, looting and more
- Coming to Terms with Racism's Inertia: Ancestral Accountability - Rachel Cargle - TEDxBend
- American Council on Education 2019 Keynote Session: Talk about Race with Beverly Daniel Tatum and Robin DiAngelo
Places To Donate or Provide Support
Local
- Race Forward
- Standing up for Racial Justice Bay Area
- Muwekma Ohlone Tribe
- RYSE Center
- San José African American Community Services Agency
- Silicon Valley De-bug
National
- Minnesota Freedom Fund
- Support Black Trans People
- Support Black Owned Food Businesses in Los Angeles
Organizations
- Black Lives Matter Resources
- Las Vidas Negras Importan [in Spanish]
- Black Women's Health Imperative
- Black Alliance for Just Immigration
- SURJ: Showing Up for Racial Justice
