Books & Articles

framework adapted from Nate Lee

"Help! I Don't Know Where to Start!"

• Beyond Colorblind: Redeeming Our Ethnic Journey - Sarah Shin 

• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption - Bryan Stevenson

• So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo

• The Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row - Raymond Hinton

• Very Good Gospel: How Everything Wrong Can Be Made Right - Lisa Sharon Harper

• White Awake: An Honest Look at What it Means to Be White - Daniel Hill

• White Fragility: Why it's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism - Robin DiAngelo

• “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” - Peggy McIntosh

“I Want to Go Deeper on Issues of Race & Faith”

• The Color of Compromise: The Truth About the American Church’s Complicity in Racism - Jemar Tisby

• How to Be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi

• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness - Austin Channing Brown

• “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” - Martin Luther King, Jr.

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

• The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity - Soong-Chan Rah

• Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores - Dominique Gilliard 

• Unsettling Truths: the Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery - Mark Charles 

"I'm Ready to be Challenged Practically and/or Theologically in My Engagement with Justice and Race"

• The Cross and the Lynching Tree - James Cone

• Dear White Christians: For All Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation - Jennifer Harvey

• The Death of Race: Building a New Christianity in a Racial World - Brian Bantum

• Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence - Kellie Carter Jackson

• Jesus and the Disinherited - Howard Thurman

• “Nothing to Add: a Challenge to White Silence in Racial Discussions” - Robin DiAngelo

• Rediscipling the White Church - David Swanson

"I’m Starting to See How My Understanding of Faith Has Been Premised on White Supremacy. Is There Another Way?"

• The Christian Imagination: Theology and the Origins of Race - Willie James Jennings

• Enfleshing Freedom: Body, Race, and Being - M Shawn Copeland

• God of the Oppressed - James Cone

• Making a Way Out of No Way: A Womanist Theology - Monica A. Coleman

• Meant for Good: Fundamentals of Womanist Leadership - Debora Jackson

• Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys: A Native American Expression of the Jesus Way - Richard Twiss

• Stand Your Ground: Black Bodies and the Justice of God - Kelly Brown Douglas

• Toward Decentering the New Testament: A Reintroduction - Mitzi J. Smith & Yung Suk Kim 

Movies, Television Shows, and Documentaries

• 13th - Ava DuVernay (available on Netflix)

• Bill Moyers Journal: Interview with James H. Cone 

• Dear White People - Justin Simien (available on Netflix)

• I Am Not Your Negro - James Baldwin (available to rent)

• Just Mercy - Destin Daniel Cretton (available to rent for free in June 2020 in the U.S.)

• Race, Faith, and Community - Willie Jennings 

• Selma - Ava DuVernay (available to rent)

• Sermon from Otis Moss III 

• Slavery by Another Name - PBS preview

• True Justice - EJI documentary

• When They See Us - Ava DuVernay (available on Netflix)

Podcasts

• 1619 - New York Times

• About Race

• Code Switch - NPR

• Intersectionality Matters!

• The Next Question

• Seeing White

Websites

• Be The Bridge (curriculum) Latasha Morrison

• A Long Repentance (blog post series) - Mako Nagasawa

• Love Mercy Do Justice - Covenant Church

• Race and Christian Community Initiative - Emmanuel Gospel Center

• Sojourners; see ​Soong-Chan Rah’s Lament from Lamentations 5

• Talking About Race - Smithsonian Institute

• The Witness: A Black Christian Collective

Music for Anti-Racist Congregations

• The Many

Resources for Black Healing

Mental Health Resources & Other Tools

• 7 Virtual Mental Health Resources Supporting Black People Right Now

• APA’s Racial Stress Toolkit

• Inclusive Therapists - Melody Li

• The Nap Ministry - Tricia Hersey

• Resources for Black Healing 

Books

• Becoming - Michelle Obama

• Bread for the Resistance - Donna Barber

• Healing Racial Trauma: the Road to Resilience - Sheila Wise Rowe

Podcasts

• The Anti-racist Pod Squad with Austin Channing Brown

• H.E.R. Space

• Therapy for Black Girls

• Truth’s Table

Resources for Allyship and Solidarity

For Non-Black People of Color

• Educational Readings on Racism, Racial Trauma, and Black Activism

• Letters for Black Lives Project- Translating Letters Addressing Anti-Blackness into Different Languages

• Model Minority Complex - Summary

• Shareable Anti-Racism Resource Guide

• Ten Simple Things You Can Do to Improve Race Relations

• Unlearning: From Degrowth to Decolonization

For Asian American Communities

General Resources

• Anti-Racism Resources for Asian-Americans 

• Asian Christian for Black Lives Resources - Grace Weng

• Asian Christian Collaborative

Articles & Tools

• 3 Ways Black People Have Shown Solidarity with Asians That We Don't Talk About

• 6 Ways Asian Americans Can Tackle Anti-Black Racism in Their Families

• 20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now 

• Addressing the Persistence & Foundations of South Asian Anti-Blackness

• Anti-Racism for Asian-Americans

• Asian-American Complicity in Racism

• An Asian-American Guide to Dismantling Anti-Blackness

• Asian-Americans and the Legacy of Anti-Blackness: A Guide for Asian American Students

• Black History Month Reading List For Asian Americans

• Ending Anti-Blackness in Asian Communities

• Ferguson to Asian-Americans: Deconstructing Silence

• Institutional White Racism and Oppression Examined From A Personal Perspective

• Minor Feelings and Racial Melancholia: Understanding Anti-Asian Racism Beyond COVID-19

• The Model Minority Myth and the Wedge Between Black and White America

• Tou Thao and the Myths of Asian American Solidarity

Videos & Podcasts

• Asian-Americans - PBS series

• Interconnected - YouTube series

• Is Yellow Black Or White? - Centering: The Asian-American Christian Podcast

For the Latino/a/x Community

• How Latinx People Can Fight Anti-Black Racism in Our Own Culture

• The Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict Between Latinos and Blacks and What It Means for America

• On Deconstructing and Unlearning Anti-Blackness in the Latinx Community

• Racism and Colorism’s Effects in the Latinx Community

• When Latinx People Use the N-Word

For the Arab Community

• Arabs and African-Americans: A Complicated Relationship Between Solidarity and Bigotry

• Black Muslims Struggle with Racism and Islamophobia

• Confronting Anti-Black Racism in the Arab World

• The Divisiveness that Permeates Detroit’s Communities of Colour

For White Allies

• The 5 Stages of White Privilege Awareness

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice

• Anti-Racist Resources - Anti-Oppression LibGuide

• ​Anti-Racism Resources for White People - Masterpost

• Educational Readings List

• Engaging White Folks at Square One

• How White People Can Hold Each Other Accountable to Stop Institutional Racism

• Keep Talking to Your Kids About Race and Racism

• Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources

• Shareable Anti-Racism Resource Guide

For Caregivers and Educators: Raising Anti-Racist Children

General Resources

• Be The Bridge (Youth)

• The Conscious Kid - follow them on Instagram 

• Justice Journey for Kids - curriculum from the Evangelical Covenant Church

• ​Live in Color - A Resource Guide on Race and Racism for Children - Grace Church Chicago

Books

For Caregivers

• Daddy Why Am I Brown?: A Healthy Conversation About Skin Color and Family - Bedford F. Palmer

• Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America - Jennifer Harvey

• Dorena Williamson Website Resources

For Younger Kids

• Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: Books for Children and Young Adults

• Multi-Ethnic Conversations for Kids - Mark DeYmaz and Oneya Fennell Okuwobi

• Ada Twist, Scientist - Andrea Beaty

• AntiRacist Baby - Ibram X. Kendi

• The Gospel in Color: A Theology of Racial Reconciliation for Families

• Change Agent Handbook: Myths and Facts about Racism

• Colorfull: Celebrating the Colors God Gave Us - Dorena Williamson

• The Colors of Us - Karen Katz

• The Day You Begin - Jacqueline Woodson

• Happy in Our Skin - Fran Manushkin & Lauren Tobia

• I Am Enough - Grace Byers

• A Kids Book About Racism - Jelani Memory

• Let’s Talk About Race - Julius Lester

• Maybe God is Like That Too - Jennifer Grant

• Mixed: A Colorful Story - Arree Chung

• The Other Side - Jacqueline Woodson

• Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story About Racial Injustice - Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, & Ann Hazzard

• Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer: The Spirit of the Civil Rights Movement - Carole Boston Weatherford & Ekua Holmes

• God’s Very Good Idea by Trillia Newbell

• God Made Me and You by Shai Linne

• Colorfull by Dorena Williamson

• What is God Like? by Rachel Held Evans

• God’s Beloved Community by Michelle Sanchez (scroll down the page for a free Kids Activity Kit download)

For Teens

• Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: Books for Children and Young Adults

• Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson

• Dear White People - Justin Simien & Ian O’Phelan

• The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas

• Harbor Me - Jacqueline Woodson

• This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work - Tiffany Jewell & Aurelia Durand

Podcasts

• Fare of the Free Child

• Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey - Integrated Schools

Articles 

• How School Counselors Can Support After Social Racial Events - Loom Video

• How to Talk to Kids About Anti-Asian Racism - Asian-American Christian Collaborative

• How to Talk to Kids About Race - The Atlantic Homeschool Series

• How to Talk to Your Kids About Race and Racism - Parent Toolkit

• How to Talk to Your Kids About Racism: An Age-By-Age Guide - Today’s Parent

• ‘Raising White Kids’ Author on How White Parents Can Talk About Race - NPR

• School Counselors’ Role in Conversations About Racism

• Talking to Kids About Race - National Geographic

• Talking to Your Kids About Racism - The Parent Cue

• Talking With Your Kids About Race and Racism - The Longest Shortest Time

• Teaching Your Child About Black History Month - PBS

• Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup - Pretty Good Design

Credits

All links were compiled from Christian and secular sources by a collaboration of Highrock church staff in Arlington, Cambridge, Lexington, MetroWest and Quincy; through Zoom discussions; from social media; or sourced from other public master lists including #GeorgeFloyd Resource Compilation, Anti-Racism Resources for White People, Books & Media for Beginning Conversations on Race & Diversity, Anti-Racist Allyship Starter Pack, Evangelical Covenant Church's Love Mercy Do Justice, Asian Christians for Black Lives Resources, Great Road Church, Quest Church, Nate Lee, and Kelly Ladd Bishop. Thank you to those who have poured out their time, energy, and passion into making these resources available. May we learn well.