Suggested Readings on Understanding and Addressing Racism and White Supremacy
The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, by Dr. Joy Degruy
Waking Up White… and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, by Debby Irving
Say the Wrong Thing: Stories and Strategies for Racial Justice and Authentic Community, by Dr. Amanda Kemp
How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
Fit for Freedom, Not for Friendship: Quakers, African Americans, and the Myth of Racial Justice, by Donna McDaniel and Vanessa Julye
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race, edited by Jesmyn Ward
We appreciate the set of readings suggested by Friends General Conference, and share them here:
- The Daily Beast – Trevor Noah: ‘Police In America Are Looting Black Bodies’ (Video and Article)
- 14East Magazine – Beware of the White Gaze
- Fellowship of Friends of African Descent Minute Regarding State Sanctioned Violence, 2016
- Vox – The US medical system is still haunted by slavery (an article that provides background information on systemic racism in healthcare)
- AFSC – Standing up to anti-Asian racism
- The New York Times – Remember, No One Is Coming to Save Us
- Teen Vogue – How to Be an Activist When You’re Unable to Attend Protests (an article for disabled community members who want to take action)
- QuakerSpeak – White Quakers Confronting White Privilege (Video)
- The New York Times – The Slur I Never Expected to Hear in 2020
- Al Jazeera – Racism: The most dangerous ‘pre-existing condition’
- The Conscious Kid – Overt White Supremacy (Socially Unacceptable) and Covert White Supremacy (Socially Acceptable) (Instagram image)
From The Atlantic‘s coverage and commentary about systemic racism, white supremacy, and America’s history of racial oppression:
- The American Nightmare
- How White Backlash Controls American Progress
- The Atlantic‘s Social Distance Podcast – The Racial Contract (Podcast recording)
- The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying (an article that provides background information on systemic racism perpetuated through decisions around reopening the country to benefit the economy, not to save black and brown patients that have been disproportionately impacted by the coronavirus)
- The People Who Profited Off the Trail of Tears
