In service of my focus to participate in deconstructing systemic oppression, I am actively educating myself about the history of "whiteness" and how racism, especially in the United States, impacts me, my relationships, and the systems we live in.
Following are some books, classes, and resources I have already or am currently engaging with.
Following are some books, classes, and resources I have already or am currently engaging with.
Anti-Racism Resources
Books:
Resources & Programs:
Videos & Audios:
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem
- The Water Dancer by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- Witnessing Whiteness by Shelly Tochluk
- Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals by Alexis Pauline Gumbs
Resources & Programs:
- Embodied Social Justice Certificate, a program by The Embody Lab
- YWCA St. Louis - Witnessing Whiteness book study program
- 400 Years of Inequality
- Dr. Angel Acosta
- Pocket Project
- Collective Trauma Summit
Videos & Audios:
- Barack Obama & Bruce Springsteen "Renegades: Born in the USA" (spotify)
- "Undoing Racism: Archetypal Energies, Race Relations, And Decolonizing The Anti-Black Racist Mind", with Dr. Carroy (Cuf) Ferguson and panelists, Humanity Rising Day 204 (youtube)
- Dave Chappelle's "8:46" on George Floyd's Murder (youtube)
- How America Invented Race | The History of White People in America, by World Channel formerly PBS World (youtube)
