YWCA HIGH POINT COMMUNITY BUILDERS
Community Builders Task Force
Antiracism Resources
The resources below are provided as reference material to work toward a more antiracist High Point.
Change Often – Social Innovation Firm, in collaboration with High Point University’s Center for Community Engagement, developed this rubric for organizations to evaluate their practices for anti-racism. Anti-racism includes a spectrum of actions done to change, implement, and sustain more just and equitable organizations.
- Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Anderson, Carol. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
- Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time
- Beatty, Paul. The Sellout
- Blackmon, Douglas. Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to WWII
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me
- Davis, Angela. Women, Race, and Class.
- Diangelo, Robin. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- Du Bois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk
- Dyson, Michael Eric. Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
- Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man
- hooks, bell. Ain’t I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism
- Hannah-Jones, Nikole, The 1619 Project.
- Harvey, Jennifer. Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
- Irving, Debby. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
- Kendi, Ibram X. Stamped From the Beginning and How to be an Anti Racist and Stamped
- Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider.
- McGhee, Heather. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
- Morrison, Toni. Beloved
- Resendez, Andres. The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
- Rodriguez, Prisca Dorcas Mojica. For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
- Rothstein, Richard. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.
- Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Smith, Clint. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
- Steele, Claude. Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
- Tatum, Beverly Daniel. “Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” And Other Conversations About Race
- Tobar, Hector. Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking US
- Truax, Elleen. Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation’s Fight for Their American Dream
- West, Cornel. Race Matters
- Whitehead, Colston. The Underground Railroad
- Wise, Tim. White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
- 13th. (http://www.netflix.com/title/80091741)
- African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. (http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/african-american-history-many-rivers-to-cross/)
- Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequality. (https://world-trust.org)
- Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eyesontheprize/)
- Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible. (https://world-trust.org)
- Race: The Power of an Illusion. (http://www.pbs.com/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm)
- 1619 Podcast. (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/podcasts/the-daily/1619-project.html)
- Intersection (https://soundcloud.com/intersection-tnr)
- Codeswitch (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch)
- About Race Podcast (https://soundcloud.com/about-race)
- Nice White Parents (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/podcasts/nice-white-parents-serial.html)
- Revisionist History, Season 2, Episode 1, On Brown v. Board (http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/13-miss-buchanans-period-of-adjustment
Antiracism Resources
The resources below are provided as reference material to work toward a more antiracist High Point.
Change Often – Social Innovation Firm, in collaboration with High Point University’s Center for Community Engagement, developed this rubric for organizations to evaluate their practices for anti-racism. Anti-racism includes a spectrum of actions done to change, implement, and sustain more just and equitable organizations.
- Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
- Anderson, Carol. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
- Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time
- Beatty, Paul. The Sellout
- Blackmon, Douglas. Slavery By Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to WWII
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me
- Davis, Angela. Women, Race, and Class.
- Diangelo, Robin. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
- Du Bois, W.E.B. The Souls of Black Folk
- Dyson, Michael Eric. Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
- Ellison, Ralph. Invisible Man
- hooks, bell. Ain’t I a Woman?: Black Women and Feminism
- Hannah-Jones, Nikole, The 1619 Project.
- Harvey, Jennifer. Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America
- Irving, Debby. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race
- Kendi, Ibram X. Stamped From the Beginning and How to be an Anti Racist and Stamped
- Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider.
- McGhee, Heather. The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together
- Morrison, Toni. Beloved
- Resendez, Andres. The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
- Rodriguez, Prisca Dorcas Mojica. For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
- Rothstein, Richard. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.
- Skloot, Rebecca. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
- Smith, Clint. How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America
- Steele, Claude. Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
- Tatum, Beverly Daniel. “Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” And Other Conversations About Race
- Tobar, Hector. Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Spanish-Speaking US
- Truax, Elleen. Dreamers: An Immigrant Generation’s Fight for Their American Dream
- West, Cornel. Race Matters
- Whitehead, Colston. The Underground Railroad
- Wise, Tim. White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
- 13th. (http://www.netflix.com/title/80091741)
- African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross. (http://www.pbs.org/black-culture/shows/list/african-american-history-many-rivers-to-cross/)
- Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequality. (https://world-trust.org)
- Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965. (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/eyesontheprize/)
- Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible. (https://world-trust.org)
- Race: The Power of an Illusion. (http://www.pbs.com/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm)
- 1619 Podcast. (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/podcasts/the-daily/1619-project.html)
- Intersection (https://soundcloud.com/intersection-tnr)
- Codeswitch (https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch)
- About Race Podcast (https://soundcloud.com/about-race)
- Nice White Parents (https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/23/podcasts/nice-white-parents-serial.html)
- Revisionist History, Season 2, Episode 1, On Brown v. Board (http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/13-miss-buchanans-period-of-adjustment
YWCA HIGH POINT COMMUNITY BUILDERS
Community Builders Task Force
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