The following represents a brief list of articles, web resources, digital media, and books that highlight anti-racist teaching strategies.
Suggested Interactive Resources:
Websites and News Magazines | Web articles | People to read about and follow | Podcasts and videos |
Learning for Justice | Understanding Race and their Resources page | Brene Brown and “Building Brave Spaces for Students” | YouTube: What is Privilege? |
The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education | “Anatomy of an Ally,” by Carry Gaffney, from Learning for Justice | Verna Myers; especially her TED talk | YouTube film preview: Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible |
Harriet Speaks and the founder Jyarland Daniels (local) | “Teaching While White,” by Molly Tansey & Melissa Katz, from Learning for Justice | Clint Smith; see his books, TED talk, and Crash Course Black American History videos | YouTube: ‘Reverse Racism’ Is A Giant Lie – Here’s Why |
Mercy Education System of the Americas resources on Race and AntiRacism | “Antiracist Action for White Educators,” collection from Learning for Justice | Calvin Terrell; see his recorded talks and his extensive list of resources. | YouTube: Cracking the Codes: Power Analysis |
Rethinking Schools | “The Evolution of Racism,” by Ben Zimmer, from The Atlantic | Tim Wise | Podcast: Still Processing, a New York Times culture podcast with Jenna Wortham and Wesley Morrison |
Understanding Race and their resources page | “What we mean when we say race is a ‘social construct’,” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, from The Atlantic | Ibram X. Kendi, the author of How to Be an Antiracist and Director of the Antiracism Center | Podcast: Seeing White, part of Scene on the Radio podcast series |
Harvard University Anti-Racism Resources | “Kimberlé Crenshaw on Intersectionality, More than Two Decades Later,” interview from Columbia Law | Gholdy Muhammed | Podcast: Code Switch, from NPR |
AJCU Anti-Racism Examen | Pew Research data from 2017-18, K-12 and College | | |
Anti-Racist Books Available at the Detroit Mercy McNichols Campus Library
(Permanent links to each book’s record at the University of Detroit Mercy McNichols Campus Library are included).
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students by Zaretta Hammond (book)
https://dalnet-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/sicv3p/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1652536772
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (book)
https://dalnet-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/1d72m3c/01DAL_UDM_ALMA2178958680003254
The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children by Gloria Ladson-Billings (book)
https://dalnet-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/d9s986/01DAL_UDM_ALMA5194624860003254
The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing by Anneliese A. Singh (book)
https://dalnet-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/d9s986/01DAL_UDM_ALMA51106776350003254
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo (book)
https://dalnet-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/d9s986/01DAL_UDM_ALMA2191499670003254
Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverley Daniel Tatum (book)
https://dalnet-primo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/d9s986/01DAL_UDM_ALMA21100559080003254