RESOURCES TO CONTINUE THE CONVERSATION
• Be the Bridge
https://bethebridge.com
• Dallas TRHT (Truth, Racial Healing, Transformation)
https://dallastrht.org
• National Museum of African American History & Culture: Talking About Race
https://nmaahc.si.edu/learn/talking-about-race
• Talking to Kids About Race
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/in-the-news/talking-about-race/
• How to Talk to Kids About Race and Racism
https://www.parenttoolkit.com/social-and-emotional- development/advice/social-awareness/how-to-talk-to-kids-about-race-and- racism
• How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race
o https://www.npr.org/2020/06/03/869071246/how-white-parents-can-talk-to- their-kids-about-race
• Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
o https://www.pbs.org/parents/thrive/teaching-your-child-about-black-history- month
• Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
o https://www.prettygooddesign.org/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-5new4
RESOURCES FOR BECOMING A BETTER ALLY
• BOOKS o Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates o White Fragility: Why it’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo o White Rage o So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo o The Person You Mean To Be, by Dolly Chugh o Uprooting Racism, by Paul Kivel o The Souls of Black Folk, by W.E.B. DuBois o The Fire Next Time, by James Baldwin o The Warmth of Other Sons, by Isabel Wilkerson o Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence, by Derald Wing Sue o Understanding White Privilege, by Frances Kendall o Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower, by Dr. Brittney Cooper o Heavy: An American Memoir, by Kiese Laymon o Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie o Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson o Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad o Raising Our Hands, by Jenna Arnold o Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie o Just Mercy, by Bryan Stevenson o Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad o Raising Our Hands, by Jenna Arnold o Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie o When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth Century America, by Ira Katznelson
• PODCASTS o 1619 o Code Switch o Still Processing o Pod for the Cause o Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast o Pod Save the People o Seeing White
• MOVIES
o 13TH o When They See Us o Fruitvale Station o Selma o I am Not Your Negro o American Son o Dear White People o The New Jim Crow o The Kalief Browder Story o Just Mercy
• ARTICLES o “When Black People Are in Pain, White People Join Book clubs” The Washington Post o “Talking The Talk” by Joseph West o “Mom, Why Don’t You Have Any Black Friends?” by Michelle Silverthorn o “What The Death of George Floyd Should Teach The Legal Industry” The American Lawyer o “The Minnesota Paradox” David Leonhardt o “How To Be More Empathetic” Claire Cain Miller o “75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice” Corrine Shutack o “America’s Racial Contract is Killing Us” The Atlantic o “Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups” Craig Elliott o ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” Peggy McIntosh o Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” Dr. Ibram X. Kendi o “Save the Tears: A White Woman’s Guide” Tatiana Mac o “How Racism Invented Race in America,” Ta-Nehisi Coats
• ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
o ABA 21-Day Racial Equity Habit Building Challenge https://www.americanbar.org/groups/labor_law/membership/equal_opportunity/ How Did We Get Here, 163 Years of the Atlantic’s Writings on Racism https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2020/06/atlantic-reader-race- and-racism-us/613057/ o How Privileged Are You? https://www.buzzfeed.com/regajha/how-privileged-are-you o Harvard Implicit Bias Test https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/takeatest.html o Showing up for Racial Justice Toolkit https://www.showingupforracialjustice.org/resources.html o Anti-racism Resources to Become a Better Ally https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/anti-racism-resources-to-become-a-36289/
RESOURCES FOR RAISING ANTI-RACIST CHILDREN
CHILDREN’S RESOURCES
• Diverse Book Finder https://diversebookfinder.org
• Embrace.org
https://www.embracerace.org/resources/where-to-find-diverse-childrens-books
• Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/coretta-scott-king-book-award- winners
• Books to Help You Raise Anti-Racist Children
https://www.readbrightly.com/anti-racist-resources-for-kids/
TEEN AND YOUNG ADULT RESOURCES
BOOKS o Dear Martin, by Nic Stone o The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas o Genesis Begins Again ,by Alicia D. Williams o Stella by Starlight, by Sharon M. Draper o The Colors of Us, by Karen Katz o Skin Again, by bell hooks o Let’s Talk About Race, by Julius Lester o All American Boys, by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
FAMILY-FRIENDLY MOVIES • The Hate U Give • Hidden Figures • Remember the Titans • Red Tails • Harriet • They Had a Dream Too, Young Leaders of the Civil Rights Movement
RESOURCES FOR LAWYERS AND LAW FIRMS
• ABA Resolution 113 and the General Counsel Pledge
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/diversity/DiversityCommission/model- diversity-survey/
• ABA Implicit Bias Training
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/litigation/initiatives/task-force-implicit- bias/
• Texas Young Lawyers Association Retention Guide
https://tyla.org/resource/retention-guide/
• The National Lawyers Guild: Racism in the Legal Profession
https://www.nlg.org/nlg-review/article/racism-in-the-legal-profession-a-racist- lawyer-is-an-incompetent-lawyer/
• The National Lawyers Guild: Anti-Racism Resources
https://www.nlg.org/documents/anti-racism-resources/
ORGANIZATIONS DEDICATED TO RACIAL EQUITY IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM
National Organization
• Black Lives Matter Global Network • NAACP Legal Defense Fund • Colin Kaepernick Know Your Rights Camp • Equal Justice Initiative • Innocence Project • Act Blue Racism and Police Brutality Funds • Act Blue Bail, Mutual Aid, and Racial Justice Organizations Funds • National Police Accountability Project • Communities United for Police Reform • Restoring Justice • Law for Black Lives • National Lawyers Guild Legal Support Hotline • #8cantwait • The Movement for Black Lives • Campaign Zero
Texas-Based Organizations
• Buried Alive Project • Lone Star Justice Alliance • Mothers Against Police Brutality • Faith in Texas • Dallas Alliance Against Racist and Political Oppression • Dallas Bail Fund for Protestors • Tarrant County Bail Fund