Resources on Race Relations
Looking to branch out and expand your knowledge of different people and cultures? We’ve gathered a list of books, podcasts, movies and more to help get you started!
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Black/African American
Movies/TV
- Dear White People
- Black-ish
- Just Mercy
- When They See Us
- Hotel Rwanda
- Get Out
- Pose
- Moonlight
- Fruitvale Station
- Higher Learning
- Do The Right Thing
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- I Am Not Your Negro
- Blindspotting
Documentaries/Speeches
- 13th
- Queen Sugar
- Seven Seconds
- The Children’s March
- The Kaleif Browder
- The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
- LA92
- Say It Loud
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
- The Other America, video or text
- Letter from a Birmingham Jail
- King’s Message of Nonviolence has Been Distorted
Commentaries
- Trevor Noah - The Daily Show
- Ted Talks
- We Need to Talk About An Injustice by Bryan Stevenson
- How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline At A Time by Baratunde Thurston
- The Trauma of Systematic Racism is Killing Black Women by T. Morgan Dixon and Vanessa Garrison
- How to Overcome our Biases? Walk Towards Them by Verna Meyers
- The Atlantic
- Time
- BBC
Podcasts
- White Lies
- The New York Times 1619 Project
- Code Switch
- #TellBlackStories
- The Nod
- Angry Black Rant Z
- What Matters
- The New Black Panther Party
- Therapy for Black Girls
Research
- Critical Race Theory
- Prison Policy Initiative
- Police Use of Force Project
Books
- Men We Reaped, by Jesym Ward
- Free Cyntoia, by Cyntoia Brown-Long
- Unafraid of the Dark, by Rosemary L. Bray
- How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River, by Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor
- Children of Blood and Bones, by Tomi Adeyemi
- When They Call You A Terrorist, by Patrisse Khan Cullors
- Let’s Get Free: A Hip-hop Theory of Justice, by Paul Butler
- Pushout, by Monique Moriss
- Deadly Force: A Police Shooting and My Family’s Search for Truth, by Lawrence O’Donnell
- African Origin of Civilization: Myth or Reality, by Cheikh Anta Diop
- Christopher Columbus and the Afrikan Holocaust: Slavery & the Rise of European Capitalism, by John Herik Clarke
- Black Skin, White Masks, by Frantz Fanon
- Forgotten: The Untold Story of D-Day’s Black Heroes At Home and At War, by Linda Hervieux
- Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and It’s Urgent Lessons for Our Own, by Eddie S. Glaude Jr.
- Walking with the Wind: A Memoir of the Movement, by John Lewis
- Killing the Black Body, by Dorothy Roberts
- The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap, by Mehrsa Baradaran
- A People’s History of The United States by Howard Zinn
- The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance During WWII by Luis Alvarez
- Heavy: An American Memoir, by Kiese Laymon
- How To Be An Antiracist, by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
- Stamped From the Beginning, by Dr. Ibram X Kendi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
- Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson
- Raising Our Hands, by Jenna Arnold
- Redefining Realness, by Janet Mock
- Sister Outsider, by Audre Lorde
- So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
- The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
- The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,
- by Michelle Alexander
- Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston
- The Warmth of Other Suns, by Isabel Wilkerson
- Black Feminist Thought, by Patricia Hill Collins
- Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, by Dr. Brittney Cooper
- Monday’s Not Coming, by Tiffany D. Jackson
- The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas
Books for Youth
- My People, by Langston Hughes
- The Negro Speaks of Rivers, by Langston Hughes
- Black is a Rainbow Color, by Angela Joy, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
- Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson, illustrated by E.B. Lewis
- A Girl Like Me, by Angela Johnson, illustrated by Nina Crews
- Going Down Home with Daddy, by Kelly Starling Lyons, illustrated by Daniel Minter
- Hammering for Freedom, by Lorraine Hubbard, illustrated by John Holyfield
- Hands Up, by Breanna J. McDaniel, illustrated by by Shane W. Evans
- Saturday, by Oge Mora
- Seeing into Tomorrow: Haiku, by Richard Wright, illustrated by Nina Crews
- When Aidan Become a Brother, by Kyle Lukoff, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
- The Undefeated, by Kwame Alexander
- New Kid, by Michael Berry
- Sulwe, by Lupita Nyong’o
- What Is Given from the Heart, by Patricia C. McKissack
- Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky: Tristan Strong, Book 1, by Kwame MBalia
- Look Both Ways: A Tale Told, by Jason Reynolds
- Genesis Begins Again, by Alicia D. Williams
- The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, by Junauda Petrus
- The Stuff of Stars, by Marion Dane Bauer
- Finding Langston, by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race, by Margot Lee Shetterly, Winifred Conkling
- The Parker Inheritance, by Varian Johnson
- The Season of Styx Malone, by Kekla Magoon
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, by Ibi Zoboi, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Nic Stone and More
- Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut, by Derrick Barnes
- Monster, by Walter Dean Myers
- Long Way Down, by Jason Reynolds
- Piecing Me Together, by Renée Watson
- March: Book One & Book Three, by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin
- The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, by Heidi W. Durrows
- Freedom Over me: Eleven Slaves, Their Lives and Dreams Brought to Life, by Ashley Bryan
- As Brave As You, by Jason Reynolds
- Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Jacaka Steptoe
- Freedom in Congo Square, by Carole Boston Weatherford
- Last Stop on Market Street, by Matt De La Peña
- Trombone Shorty, by Troy Andrews
- The Book Itch: Freedom, Truth, and Harlem’s Greatest Bookstore, by Vaunda Michaeuz Nelson
- Gone Crazy in Alabama, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement, by Carole Boston Weatherford
- The Boy in the Black Suit, by Jason Reynolds
- All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds, Brendan Kiely
- Firebird, by Misty Copeland
- Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, by Laban Carrick Hill
- I Have a Dream, by Kadir Nelson
- Nelson Mandela, by Kadir Nelson
- Bad News for Outlaws: The Remarkable Life of Bass Reeves, by Vauda Micheaux Nelson
- The Crossover, by Kwame Alexander
- Elijah Of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis
- Hand in Hand: Ten Black Men Who Changed America, by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Heart and Soul: The Story of America and African Americans, by Kadir Nelson
- P.S. Be Eleven, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball, by Kadir Nelson
- Brown Girl Dreaming, by Jacqueline Woodson
- How It Went Down, by Kekla Magoon
- Ninth Ward, by Jewell Parker Rhodes
- One Crazy Summer, by Rita Williams-Garcia
- How I Discovered Poetry, by Marilyn Nelson
- Darius & Twig, by Walter Dean Myers
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Indigenous/First-Nation/Native American
Podcasts
- The Red Nation
Books
- A People’s History of The United States, by Howard Zinn
- Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, by David Grann
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, by Cherríe Moraga & Gloria E. Anzaldúa
- Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, by Dee Brown and Hampton Sides
- I Am the Grand Canyon: The Story of the Havasupai People, by Stephen Hirst
Books for Youth
- We Are Grateful: Otsaliheliga, by Traci Sorell, illustrated by Frané Lessac
- We Are Water Protectors, by Carole Lindstorm, illustrated by Michaela Goade
- Ki Kîhcêyimin Mâna/You Hold Me Up, by Monique Gray-Smith, illustrated by Danielle Daniel
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Latino-a-x/Hispanic/Chicano-a-x
Documentary/Speeches
- Pero Like
Podcasts
- Radio Ambulante
- Bodega Boys
- Latino USA
- Latina Theory
Books
- This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, by Cherríe Moraga & Gloria E. Anzaldúa
- The Devil's Highway, by Luis Urrea
- Enrique’s Journey, by Sonia Nazario
- Mexican Whiteboy, by Matt De La Peña
- The Power of the Zoot: Youth Culture and Resistance During WWII, by Luis Alvarez
- Deceit and Other Possibilities, by Vanessa Hua
- One Hundred Years of Solitude, by Gabriel García Márquez
- Translation Nation: Defining a New American Identity in the Speaking United States, by Héctor Tobar
- The Course of Mexican History, by Susan M. Deeds
- Santeria: The Belief and Rituals of a Growing Religion in America, by Miguel A. De La Torre
- The Last Lords of Palenque: The Lacandon Mayas of the Mexican Rain Forest, by Victor Perea and Robert D. Bruce
- Kuran: A Twenty-Year Journey with the Maya (Case Studies in Cultural Anthropology), by Cindy L. Hull
- Mexicanos: A History of Mexicans in the United States, by Manuel G. Gonzalez
- Mexican Lives, by Judith Hellman
Books for Youth- My Papi has a Motorcycle, by Isable Quintero, illustrated by Zeke Peña
- Lado a Lado: La Historia de Dolores Huerta y César Chavez/ Side by Side: The Story of Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez, by Monica Brown, illustrated by Joe Cepeda
- Tenemos El Mundo Entero en las Manos/We’ve Got the Whole World in Our Hands, by Rafael López
- Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Jacaka Steptoe
National Support
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Jewish
Movies/TV
- Denial
- Schindler's List
- The Pianist
- Life is Beautiful
- The Hiding Place
- My Italian Secret
- Jojo Rabbit
- Sophie’s Choice
- The Boy in The Striped Pajamas
- The Book Thief
Books
- Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir, by T Kira Madden
- The Lost: The Search for Six of Six Million, by Daniel Mendelsohn
- Schindler’s List, by Thomas Keneally
- Nite, by Elie Wiesel
- Maus, by Art Spiegelman
- The Librarian of Auschwitz, by Antonio Iturbe and Lilit Žekulin
- Tattooist of Auschwitz, by Heather Morris
- The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas, by John Boyne
- The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
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Pan-Asian
Movies/TV
- Fresh Off-The Boat
- Patriot Act
- Ramy
Documentaries/Speeches
- Indian Matchmaking
Books
- Paper Wife, by Laila Ibrahim
- Naturally Tan, by Tan France
- American Born Chinese, by Gene Yuen Yang
- A Hope More Powerful Than the Sea: One Refugee’s Incredible Story of Love, Loss, and Survival, by Melissa Fleming
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, by Ocean Vuong
- The Bride Test, by Helen Hoang
- Frankly in Love, by David Yoon
- The Groom Will Keep His Name, by Matt Ortile
- Anna K, by Jenny Lee
- The Girl with Seven Names, by Hyeonseo Lee
- The Library of Legends, by Janie Chang
- If I Had Your Face, by Frances Cha
- How to Pronounce Knife, by Souvankham Thammavongsa
- Passage West, by Rishi Reddi
- Minor Feelings, by Cathy Park Hong
- Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir, by T Kira Madden
- The Farm, by Joanne Ramos
- The Joy Luck Club, by Amy Tan
- Interior Chinatown, by Charles Yu
- The Lowland, by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Unmarriageable, by Soniah Kamal
- Green Island, by Shawna Yang Ryan
- Chemistry, by Weike Wang
- Dear Girls, by Ali Wong
- Patron Saints of Nothing, by Randy Ribay
- Home Remedies, by Xuan Juliana Wang
- In The Country, by Mia Alvar
- Good Talk, by Mira Jacob
- A River of Stars, by Vanessa Hua
- How Much of These Hills Is Gold, by C Pam Zhang
- Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, by Jamie Ford
- White Chrysanthemum, by Mary Lynn Bracht
- Natalie Tan’s Book of Luck and Fortune, by Roselle Lim
- The Woman Warrior, by Maxine Hong Kingston
- Internment, by Samira Ahmed
- The Sympathizer, by Viet Thanh Nguyen
- Pachinko, by Min Jin Lee
- Little Fires Everywhere, by Celeste Ng
- Clay Walls, by Kim Ronyoung
- The Namesake, by Jhumpa Lahiri
- Girls Burn Brighter, by Shobha Roa
- I Love You So Mochi, by Sarah Kuhn
- The Astonishing Color of After, by Emily X.R. Pan
- Marriage of a Thousand Lies, by SJ Sindu
- Where Reasons End, by Yiyun Li
- The Leavers, by Lisa Ko
- America is Not the Heart, by Elaine Castillo
- Falling Leaves: The Memoir of an Unwanted Chinese Daughter, by Adeline Yen Mah
- It’s Not Like It’s a Secret, by Misa Sugiura
- If They Come For Us, by Fatimah Asghar
- Days of Distraction, by Alexandrea Chang
- Deceit and Other Possibilities, by Vanessa Hua
- What We Carry, by Maya Shanbhag Lang
- A Nail The Evening Hangs, on by Monica Sok
- The Body Papers, by Grace Talusan
- The Empress of Salt and Fortune, by Nghi Vo
- Sansei and Sensibility, by Karen Tei Yamashita
- Night Sky with Exit Wounds, by Ocean Vuong
- Iran Awakening: One Woman’s Journey to Reclaim Her Life and Country, by Shirin Ebadi and Azadeh Moaveni
- Baghdad Burning: Girl Blog from Ira q, by Riverbend
- Then They Came For Me: Martin Niemöller, the Paster Who Defied the Nazi, by Matthew D. Hockenos
- And I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Was Shot, by Malala Yousafzai and Christina Lamb
- The Lemon Tree: An Arab, a Jew, and the Heart of the Middle East, by Sandy Talon
- The Book of Awesome Women: Boundary Breakers, Freedom Fighters, Sheroes and Female Firsts (Badass Women Biographies), by Becca Anderson, Ntozake Shange, and Vicki Leon
Books for Youth
- A Big Bed for Little Snow, by Grace Lin
- A Map Into the World by Kao Kalia Yang, illustrated by Seo Kim
- When Aidan Become a Brother, by Kyle Lukoff, illustrated by Kaylani Juanita
- Your Name Is a Song, by Jamilah Thomkins-Bigelow, illustrated by Luisa Uribe
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Polynesian/Pacific Islander
Movies/TV
- Whale Rider
Books
- Iep Jāltok: Poems from a Marshallese Daughter, by Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner
- The Girl in the Moon Circle, by Sia Figiel
- Afakasi Women: A Collection of Short Stories from a “Real Samoan Woman,” by Lani Wendt Young
- Black Ice Matter, by Gina Cole
- Tales of the Tikongs, by Epeli Hau’ofa
- Where the Rēkohu Bone Sings, by Tina Makereti
- Shark Dialogues, by Kiana Davenport
- Leaves of the Banyan Tree, by Albert Wendt
- This is Paradise, by Kristiana Kahakauwila
- Black Marks on the White Page, edited by Witi Ihimaera and Tina Makereti
- Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir, by T Kira Madden
- My Urohs, by Emelihter Kihleng
- Island of Shattered Dreams, by Chantal T. Spitz, translated by Jena Anderson
- Pidgin Eye, by Joe Balaz
- Language of the Geckos and Other Stories, by Gary Yong Ki Pak
- Freelove, by Sia Figiel
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Multiracial/Biracial Resources
Books
- Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir, by T Kira Madden
Books for Youth
- Radiant Child: The Story of Young Artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, by Jacaka Steptoe
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, by Ibi Zoboi, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Nic Stone and More
- The Girl Who Fell from the Sky, by Heidi W. Durrows
- A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara
- The Tenth Muse, by Catherine Chung
- The Resisters, by Gish Jen
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White/Caucasian
Research
Books
- White Like Me, by Tim Wise
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo, Ph.D.
- Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, by Debby Irving
- When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America, by Ira Katznelson
- Rising Out of Hatred, by Eli Saslow
- A People's History of the United States, by Howard Zinn
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
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International Resources
Books
- Why I Am No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century, by Grace Lee Boggs
- Born a Crime, by Trevor Noah
- How the Irish Became White, by Noel Ignatiev
Books For Youth
- Sulwe, by Lupita Nyong’o
- The Stars and the Blackness Between Them, by Junauda Petrus
- Black Enough: Stories of Being Young & Black in America, by Ibi Zoboi, Lamar Giles, Leah Henderson, Nic Stone and More
- When the Beat was Born: DJ Kool Herc and the Creation of Hip Hop, by Laban Carrick Hill
- Elijah Of Buxton, by Christopher Paul Curtis
- A Little Life, by Hanya Yanagihara