Resources
These are a few of the resources we are engaging with right now as an organization. Board members, Resident Artists, and staff collaborated on a list of books, television shows, films, and organizations that have helped us to deepen our understanding and continue our learning.
Articles
“How to be a good white ally, according to activists”
“Tired but Not Daunted in the Twin Cities”
“Who Gets to be Afraid in America?”
“Of Course There Are Protests. The State is Failing Black People”
The New York Times: The 1619 Project
“There’s a growing call to defund the police, here’s what it means”
Books
Broken Earth Triology by N.K. Jemisin
“Bloodchild” by Octavia Butler
“Washington Black” by Esi Edugyan
“Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor” by Layla F. Saad
“The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin
“White Fragility” by Robin Diangelo
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
“Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You” by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi
“How To Be An Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi
“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“We Were Eight Years in Power” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
“Beloved” by Toni Morrison
“March” trilogy by John Lewis
Plays
“We are Proud to Present…” by Jackie Sibblies Drury
“What to Send Up When it Goes Down” by Aleshea Harris
“A Raisin in the Sun” by Lorraine Hansberry
“The American Century Cycle” by August Wilson
“An Octoroon” by Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins
Brother/Sister Play Trilogy by Tarrell Alvin McCraney
“Master Harold and The Boys” by Athol Fugard
“Fires in the Mirror” by Anna Deavere Smith
Film, TV
“The Hate U Give”
“Just Mercy”
“13th”
“Dear White People”
“When They See Us”
Organizations & People to Follow
NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.
People’s City Council – Los Angeles
@leemerrittesq – Civil Rights Lawyer
BIPOC Businesses
Chicken N Chips, Atwater Village
Honey’s Kettle, Culver City
Industry Cafe & Jazz, Culver City
Obet & Del’s Coffee, Los Feliz
The Gourmet Cobbler Factory, Pasadena
Pasadena Fish Market, Pasadena
Bloom & Plume Coffee, Los Angeles
My Two Cents, Los Angeles
Stevie’s Creole Café, Los Angeles
Hot and Cool Café, Los Angeles
Eso Won Bookstore, Los Angeles
Podcasts
“Unlocking Us with Brené Brown” with Ibram X. Kendi on How to be an Antiracist
Organizations to Donate To
BU Center for Antiracist Research
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