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Fia recommends
What Lies Between Us: Fostering First Steps Toward Racial Healing
Whitney recommends
Finding Me
In a world where divisiveness dominates and fear fuels, What Lies Between Us: Fostering First Steps Toward Racial Healing brings much needed healing and hope. It’s a contagious hope that sparks a desire for life long learning, and it is an excellent book to help people grow in their knowledge prior to joining complicated conversations on race and racism.
Viola Davis's raw and vulnerable telling of her life story is beautiful and courageous. She exposes the effect of the triple threat of poverty, trauma and racism in her life and how she has taken her power back. She offers a glimpse into the nuance of brokenness and honors the complexity of that spectrum in both herself and her family.
Tracy recommends
Caste
ReGina recommends
Homegoing
Isabella Wilkerson weaves together stories and data from 400 years of America history to create a wide-angle understanding of racial discrimination in America. Her unsettling yet illuminating comparisons to racial hierarchies in India and Nazi Germany help readers understand how racial hierarchies are created, promulgated (intentionally and unintentionally), and how they can be eradicated. Highly recommend the audiobook version as well!
This book spans several generations, following the lineage of two half-sisters, one who experiences drops of privilege from the colonizing Whites and one who falls into the bondage of slavery. These stories, though drastically different, interweave with history, sadness, loss, pride, family, connection, meaning and self discovery. Homecoming will take you on a ride and force you to examine things, situations, and consequences that are often overlooked or not considered.
Randi recommends
Memphis, Martin and the Mountaintop
Kim recommends
A is for Activist
This book is a story from a child’s point of view about why Dr. King was in Memphis when he was shot and killed on a balcony at the Lorraine Motel in 1968. As a former elementary school teacher in Duval County, I feel this book should be in every classroom library.
A is for Activist is no ordinary alphabet book, exploring the concepts of activism letter by letter. This book is a way to reinforce children learning the alphabet while also showing little ones how they can make a difference in the world by asking children, "Are you an activist?"
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Sharon recommends
Kindred
Ron recommends
Dear White People
This show is a fictional/sci-fi depiction of slavery tangled with the present through the time travel experiences of a young Black woman. The transitions from past to future evoke so many emotions and make for an enthralling watch.
This Netflix series easily translates to the real world as many of the issues addressed in the show are present in Black communities today. The show touches on affirmative action, corrupt systems, and BIPOC students wanting more out of their universities.
To Listen
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Tom recommends
Nice White Parents
Jerail recommends
Code Switch
Nice White Parents by The New York Times and SERIAL is a five-part series about the intersection of race and public education reform. It was an eye-opener to me for my personal and professional lives. It is an example of structural racism and unintended perpetuation of bias.
Code Switch is a podcast that features fearless conversations about race, hosted by journalists of color. They really do a great job discussing how race affects the world, from politics to pop culture
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