As we dive as a community into centering the values of inclusion, equity, diversity, and justice, we know that education is a key component to the work. That is why we have compiled a list of some resources for our families embarking on this journey. This list is not exhaustive, of course, there are many excellent resources out there!
Books
So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Me And White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
We Want To Do More Than Survive by Bettina L. Love
In the Wake: On Blackness and Being by Christina Sharpe
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
Playing in the Dark: Whiteness and the Literary Imagination by Toni Morrison
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Essays
“The Language of White Supremacy” by Vann R. Newkirk
“Dismantling White Supremacy is White People’s Responsibility” by David McQuillan
“White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh
“What is Whiteness?” by Nell Irvin Painter
“Confronting racism is not about the needs and feelings of white people” by Ijeoma Oluo
“There is no Such Thing as a White Ally” by Catherine Pugh
“Why Talk About Whiteness” by Emily Chiariello