Anti-Racism Resources

Library Resources:

• Kanopy Videos on Social and Systemic Injustice

Videos to watch:

• "Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers" | National LGBTQ Task Force (Jan. 23, 2016) (50:48)

• "Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses 'White Fragility'" | Seattle Central Library (June 28, 2018) (1:23:30)

• "Fmr. White Nationalist Says Ideology Will Endure "Underground" Post-Trump" | Amanpour and Company (Dec. 16, 2020) (18:00)
  Michel Martin interviews former white nationalist Derek Black about the future of the white nationalist movement and the anti-racist efforts needed to confront that ideology.

• "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" by Peggy McIntosh | TEDxTimberlaneSchools (Oct. 6, 2012) (18:26)

• "How to Deconstruct Racism, One Deadline at a Time" by Baratunde Thurston | TED (April, 2019) (16:42)

• "Jane Elliott's "Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes" Anti-Racism Exercise" | The Oprah Winfrey Show (1992) (32:53)

• Stereo: A Film About Reversed Gender Stereotypes by Ella Fields | (2017) (6:21)

• Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man by Emmanuel Acho | (2020)

  Emmanuel Acho sits down to have an “uncomfortable conversation” with white America, in order to educate and inform on racism, systemic racism, social injustice, rioting & the hurt African Americans are feeling today. Multi-part series.

Films and TV series to watch:

• 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Stanley Nelson)
• Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax
• Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
• Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — The Roku Channel
• Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi) — Available at library
• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available at library or on Kanopy
• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton)
• King in the Wilderness (Peter Kunhardt) — HBO
• Pushout: the Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools — Available on Kanopy
• See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
• Selma (Ava DuVernay)
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (Stanley Nelson Jr.)
• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.)
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

Lists:

• "10 Documentaries To Watch About Race Instead of Asking A Person of Color To Explain Things For You" by Ben Clay | Docplay (June 3, 2020)
• "The Anti-Racist Starter Pack: 40 TV Series, Documentaries, Movies, TED Talks and Books to Add to Your List" by Brea Baker | Parade (June 2, 2020)