Racial Equity Resources

Leadership Tomorrow has made a commitment to antiracist work and addressing racism as a leadership issue. LT as a community includes a wide range of perspectives and ideas about how to go about this work. In this context, the goal of this list of resources is to introduce and explore a variety of perspectives, rather than presenting a unified or coherent set of theories or frameworks for addressing racism. We encourage you to take note of the different assumptions and theories of change. Tensions and divergences are ripe places for digging in, going deep, and recognizing the limitations of any single vantage point.

This is not an exhaustive list and will be updated periodically.

Resources on Black Reparations compiled by LT’s POC Alumni Group

• 10 point National African-American Reparations Plan.

• Reparations 4 Slavery website.

• “From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century.” (2020) William A. Darity Jr. and A. Kirsten Mullen.

• A 45 minute documentary on the aftermath of the Tulsa Massacre including discussions about reparations titled "Blood on Black Wall Street: The Legacy of the Tulsa Massacre".

• Facilitation Guide for our October 2021 Reparations Conversation developed by the LT POC Alumni Group, members of class antiracist white caucus groups, and LT’s Director of Alumni Impact and Equity.

Resources from LT Curriculum

• Class of 2021 - Race, Racism, and Racial Equity Prework

• Mid Year Retreat Reading and Reflection Guide

• Language Building and Definitions

• Leadership for Social Justice and Equity: Weaving a Transformative Framework and Pedagogy

• Tips for White Caucusing

• Structuring Disruption Within University-Based Teacher Education Programs: Possibilities and Challenges of Race-Based Caucuses

Ask Leticia: Understanding Oppression series:

• Part 1: Strategies in Addressing Power and Privillege

• Part 2: Skill Sets for Targets

• Part 3: Skill Sets for Agents

Donate & Support

• Black Led Community Investment Fund, Black-Lives Matter King County

• Curated list of places to donate nationally

• Support Black- and POC-owned businesses

• Support Black Farmers and Black Farmer Stands

• Black Future Co-op Fund

• Opportunity PAC supports Black women running for office in Washington State. LT does not endorse any political candidates.

Understand: Race, Racism, Antiracism, White Supremacy

What is race?

• "Race - The Power of an Illusion," PBS

• American Anthropological Statement on Race

• "Race Is a Social Construct, Scientists Argue," Scientific American

• "What we mean when we say race is a social construct," by Ta-Nehisi Coates

What is racism?

• Understand differences between individual, cultural, and institutional racism, by Racial Equity Tools

• “What is White Privilege, Really?” by Cory Collins

On Being Antiracist:

• National Museum of African American History & Culture

• How to be an antiracist, listen to Dr. Ibram X. Kendi speak with Jemele Hill

What is White Supremacy? 

• White Supremacy Culture

• The Language of White Supremacy, by Vann R. NewKirk II
  

Read: Books about Race and Racism

General Book Recommendations:

• So you want to talk about race, Ijeoma Oluo

• How to be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi

• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism, Robin DiAngelo

• Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Beyond Guilt Trips: Mindful Travel in an Unequal World, Dr. Anu Taranath

• Combined Destinies: Whites Sharing Grief about Racism, Ann Todd Jealous and Caroline Haskell

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander

History you weren’t taught in school:

• Stamped from the Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi

• A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, by Ronald Takaki

• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

• A People’s History of the United States: 1492 – Present, by Howard Zinn

• Lies my Teacher Told me, by James W. Loewen

• Native Seattle: Histories from the Crossing Over Place, by Coll Thrush.

• Waterlines Project by Amir Sheikh et al.

How to teach your kids about race:

• The Zinn Education Project provides learning resources for multicultural history and allows you to search for resources based on grade level, time period, or theme.

• Antiracist Baby, Ibram X Kendi

• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You, Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

• A Different Mirror For Young People: A History of Multicultural America, by Ronald Takaki, adapted by Rebecca Stefoff

• A Young People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn with Rebecca Stefoff

• An Indigenous People’s History of the United States for Young People, by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz; adapted by Debbie Reese and Jean Mendoza.

• Anti-Racism Videos to share with kids

• “Talking to young children about race and racism,” PBS for Parents

Action:

• The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing, by Anneliese A.Singh

• Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F Saad

• Liberating Structures

Change

Black Lives Matter

• Black Lives Matter King County

• Black Lives Matter National

• The Movement for Black Lives (M4BL)

• Seattle Black Collective Voice

Organizational/Institutional Change

• Racial Equity Tools is an organization and website that offers many resources for understanding racism and tools for racial equity work

• Dismantling Racism: A Resource Book, compiled by the Dismantling Racism Project by the Western States Center

Racial Caucusing

• Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People

• Racial Identity Caucusing: A Strategy for Building Antiracist Collectives  

• Racial Equity Tools – Caucus and Affinity Group Resources

• Tips for White Caucusing

• Structuring Disruption Within University-Based Teacher Education Programs: Possibilities and Challenges of Race Based Caucuses

Economic Justice

• 15 Percent Pledge: “Black people in the U.S. make up nearly 15% of the population. So, we are calling on major retailers to commit a minimum of 15% of their shelf to Black-owned businesses.”

• “The Power of Cooperatives: For the African-American community, co-ops represent a tool for social and economic progress.”

• “The Cleveland Model—How the Evergreen Cooperatives are Building Community Wealth.”

• “Solidarity Economy: Cooperatives, Community Development and Social Justice.”

Self-Care

• Liberate Meditation App

• Calm App

• Black Lives Matter Meditations for Healing Racial Trauma, by Dr. Candice Crowell, available on drcandicenicole.com

• Ally and Accomplice Meditation for Cultivating an Anti-Racist Mindset by Dr. Candice Crowell, on drcandicenicole.com

Dream

• Black Speculative Fiction: Imagining Otherwise for Racial Justice

• “How Much do we Need the Police?” NPR’s Leah Donnella interviews Alex Vitale author of The End of Policing

• Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination, Robin D.G. Kelley

• Octavia’ Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements, eds. adrienne maree brown and Walidah Imarisha

• Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction, ed. Grace Dillon