Recommended books, websites, movies, and videos to support learning about race and doing anti-racist work. This list is far from exhaustive, but we hope it provides a good introduction and launchpad to more resources. All these resources are either free or available using your library card.

Resources Related to the AAPI Experience

• Stop AAPI Hate: Safety Tips for Those Experiencing or Witnessing Hate
• Report a Hate Crime
• Books Celebrating Asian American & Asian Authors
• Coronavirus/COVID-19 Resources to Stand Against Racism
• Cornell University Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI Community

Books Available From the Library

For Youth:

• #BlackJoy: Picture books featuring everyday stories about Black children living their lives joyfully.
• Anti-Racist Picture Books: Kids are never too young to talk about race. Here are some books to start the conversation.
• Anti-Racist Books for Middle Schoolers: Fiction and Nonfiction titles for middle schoolers about African diasporic experiences and how to be anti-racist.

For Adults:

• Black Lives Matter: Books for adults about race.
• Anti-Racist Books for Educators: Adapted from a curated list created by Joe Truss, the principal of Visitacion Middle School in San Francisco Unified and a consultant on racial equity in schools.
• Reading About Race in Hoopla Digital: Books about race and anti-racism available anytime on Hoopla using your Library card, no wait-lists.

Online Resources For White Parents: Raising Anti-Racist Youth

• Coming Together: Standing Up To Racism A town hall for kids and families created by CNN and Sesame Street.
• EmbraceRace: Webinars, articles, booklists and more to support families raising anti-racist kids.
• The Conscious Kid Parenting and education through a critical race lens.
• Talking About Race: A Lifelong Journey | National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Center for Racial Justice in Education

Podcasts:

• Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
• Fare of the Free Child podcast
• Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”

Articles:

• How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race | NPR
• Talking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality and Protests | Aha! Parenting Blog
• Teaching Your Child About Black History Month | PBS
• Teaching 6-Year-Olds About Privilege and Power | KQED
• Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
• What So Many Get Wrong About Racism in the Workplace | Fingerprint for Success

Videos:

• Parenting in Support of Black Lives: How to Build a Just Future for Kids | Commonwealth Club
• Talking With Kids about Race (by musician Kimaya Diggs)

Organizations to Follow On Social Media

Local:

• Ella Baker Center for Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Multicultural Center of Marin: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• North Bay Black Chamber of Commerce: Facebook
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ) Marin: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

National:

• Antiracism Center: Twitter
• Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram
• The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

Podcasts

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Black Men Can’t Jump (In Hollywood)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Seeing White
• The Stoop

Films and TV Series Available From the Library

• American Promise: DVD | Hoopla
• Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975: DVD
• Crown Heights: DVD | Hoopla
• Blindspotting: DVD
• Clemency: DVD
• Dear White People (movie): DVD
• Dear White People (tv series): DVD
• Fruitvale Station: DVD
• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin documentary): DVD | Hoopla | Kanopy
• Policing the Police (PBS/Frontline): Kanopy
• The Talk: Race in America (PBS): DVD | Kanopy
• White Like Me: Race, Racism, and White Privilege in America: DVD | Kanopy
• Whose Streets? An Unflinching Look at the Ferguson Uprising: DVD | Hoopla | Kanopy