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Resources

Books We Like

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome

Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome

Joy DeGruy

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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

Michelle Alexander

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Witnessing Whiteness

Witnessing Whiteness

Shelly Tochluk

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Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race

Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race

Debby Irving

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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy

Ta-Nehisi Coates

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Stamped: Remix

Stamped: Remix

Ibram X. Kendi

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Notes of a Native Son

Notes of a Native Son

James Baldwin

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Men We Reaped

Men We Reaped

Jesmyn Ward

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Podcasts We Like

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Under the Arch

St Louis activists Kayla Reed and Blake Stroke talk racism in housing, politics, policing and more.

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Vox's Conversations

Ezra Klein and Ibram X Kendi discuss racism in its current manifestations.

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Nice White Parents

A series about the power white parents wield that maintains school inequality.

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This American Life

A classic podcast, but this episode - The Problem We All Live With - goes into school desegregation

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Code Switch

Pretty much every episode carries insights about race and racism and ideas for making change

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We hope you find these resources helpful towards your work against racism, classism, sexism and their intersections.

Articles from The Sun Magazine

The Sun Magazine is a literary magazine that engages with issues in thoughtful and provoking ways. These are a few articles that we have really enjoyed.

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Love Thy Neighbor: Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove on Race, Faith & Resistance

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Not So Black And White:
Dorothy Roberts On The Myth Of Race

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Poetic Justice:
Camille T. Dungy On Racism, Writing, And Radical Empathy

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White Lies:
Ijeoma Oluo On Privilege, Power, And Race

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We Will Be Seen:
Tressie McMillan Cottom on Racism, Sexism & Classism

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