Things to Watch:

 13th: A documentary which very clearly details the links in the chain of American
oppression, starting from slavery, then to Jim Crow, then to police brutality. A great
overview of how deeply systemic racism is in the US.
o https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741
 Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap: Part of Netflix’s short documentary series which
details the process by which ‘black folks’ came to be synonymous with ‘poor folks.’
o https://www.netflix.com/watch/80243753?
trackId=13752289&tctx=0%2C19%2C023391b8-3032-4092-925c-
70d5ebbcebac-215389181%2C%2C%2C
o https://www.vox.com/2018/5/23/17377084/racial-wealth-gap-explained-netflix
 This supplemental link from Vox has a big list of supporting resources on
the subject.
 A Decade of Watching Black People Die by Code Switch: NPR’s podcast which details
the rage built up from years of police violence.
o https://www.npr.org/2020/05/29/865261916/a-decade-of-watching-black-people-
die

Things to Read:
 Anti-Racism Resources: A masterlist of what you should read/do as a white person to
learn about the history of racism, and how you can take steps to combat it in your daily
life.
o https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BRlF2_zhNe86SGgHa6-VlBO-
QgirITwCTugSfKie5Fs/preview?
pru=AAABcotORRU*HvsCuQLZLV_JUUpZoNvxaA
 White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo: An excellent book written by a white woman about
why we have such trouble talking about race as white people.
o PDF Attached
 How America Has and Hasn’t Changed Since MLK: A statistical view of racial
inequality.
o https://www.vox.com/identities/2018/4/4/17189310/martin-luther-king-
anniversary-race-inequality-racism
 PBS Race Timeline: An easily digestible timeline bookmarking the history leading to our
current conception of race.
o http://www.pbs.org/race/003_RaceTimeline/003_01-timeline.htm
 How Racism Invented Race in America by Ta-Nehisi Coates: A short guide by an
esteemed young black scholar. Links to other readings which explain how our current
moment is the product of a hundreds of years old system of white supremacy.
o https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations-a-
narrative-bibliography/372000/
 Violent Protests Are Not the Story, Police Violence Is: Examining how state-sanctioned
violence is inherent in the lives of black folks.
o https://www.vox.com/2020/5/30/21275507/minneapolis-george-floyd-protests-
police-violence
  The Truth You’ve Probably Never Heard About Riots: Reframing our notions about
change only being affected by nonviolent means.
o https://medium.com/@andrehenry/the-truth-youve-probably-never-heard-about-
riots-956e8fd90a49
 The Broken Heart of America by Walter Johnson: The history of St. Louis as a
prototypical example of the history of racism in America.
o https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/books/review-walter-johnson-broken-heart-
of-america-st-louis.html?auth=login-email&login=email&searchResultPosition=5

How to Help:
 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Injustice: A quick list of ways to resist white
supremacy and uplift people of color.
o https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-
justice-f2d18b0e0234
 A shortlist of places you can donate to support protesters, justice groups, and the families
of those murdered in police custody.
o Minnesota Freedom Fund (To provide bail)
o ACLU (To help with legal fees)
o Fair Fight (Stacey Abrams’ fund to end voter suppression)
o Committee to Protect Journalists
o NAACP
o Black Lives Matter
o Southern Poverty Law Center