Anti-Black Racism Reading List

The US resources on this list have been adapted from the scaffolding anti-racism resources list. Canadian resources have either been added by us, or adapted from Canadian library guides such as:

• the Anti-Black & Systemic Racism list (Concordia)
• the Resources and calls to action against anti-Black racism and violence (SFU)
• the Anti-Black Racism Reading List (University of Toronto)

Resources from Print and Online Media (adapted from the Anti-Black & Systemic Racism list created by Concordia)

• What you can do to be active against anti-Black racism (Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance)
• Robyn Maynard: It’s long-past time to talk about policing of Black women in Canada
• Maija Kappler: Racism In Canada Is Ever-Present, But We Have A Long History Of Denial
• Debra Thompson: My Black My Black ancestors fled America for freedom. I left Canada to find a home...
• Sandy Hudson: Defunding The Police Will Save Black And Indigenous Lives In Canada
• Collecitif: 11 brefs essais contre le racisme
• Pam Palmater: Yes, Canada Has a Racism Crisis and its Killing Black and Indigenous People
• Distinct histories, shared solidarity: Two Black and Indigenous activists’ reflections on land, policing, and gender
• Kandise Le Blanc: Dear White People, This is What We Want You to Do 
• 5 Racist Anti-Racism Responses “Good” White Women Give to Viral Posts
• Robin Maynard: Black Life and Death across the US-Canada Border: Border Violence, Black Fugitive Belonging, and a Turtle Island View of Black Liberation
• Austin Clarke (1963): A Black Man Talks About Race Prejudice in White Canada (1963)
• Hawa Y Mire: Why Black Canadians don't believe Trudeau and Canada
• Alejandro Hernandez: Some factors that can help to explain why six Montreal boroughs are Canada’s COVID-19 epicenter
• Ways to be involved in the fight against racism and support #BlackLivesMatter outside of protesting
• CBC Community:  Hear More Black Voices

Podcast and webinar recommendations

Canadian

• Desmond Cole on Anti-Black Racism in Canada & US (Warrior Life podcast)
• The Secret Life of Canada Podcast (Recent episodes: Crash Course on Black Nurses, What's the deal with blackface?)
• Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Education - University of Toronto (webinar)

US

• White Lies by NPR
• The 1619 Project  by the New York Times
• Uncivil by Gimlet Media 
• The Witness Podcast Network - Pass the Mic
• Seeing White
• Codeswitch by NPR

Resources for educators

• Anti-Racist Pedagogy Project
• Raising and Teaching Anti-Racist Kids
• Anti-Racist Educator Self-Questionnaire and Rubric 
• Anti-Racist Student Self-Questionnaire
• #ShutDownStem - https://www.shutdownstem.com/
• Recognizing and Dismantling Your Anti-Blackness - Janice Gassam (article)

Selected Novels from the scaffolding anti-racism resources list:

• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Go Tell It On the Mountain by James Baldwin
• Parable of the Sower  by Octavia Butler
• Caucasia by Danzy Senna
• The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead