Anti-asian racism resources Resources compiled by Dr. Noreen Naseem Rodríguez [email protected]
● Lunch Box Moment video by NBC Asian America ● How America created the “Model Minority” myth by Adam Ruins Everything ● Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit ● Anti-Asian Racism and COVID-19 by Dr. Jennifer Ho ● Coronavirus: Fostering Empathy in an Interconnected World by Morningside Center ● Let’s Stop the Scapegoating during a Global Pandemic by the American Civil Liberties Union ● Coronavirus: Protect Yourself and Stand Against Racism by Facing History and Ourselves ● Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus by Teaching Tolerance ● Resources for Teaching about Racism, Racial Injustice and Human Rights by the National Council for the Social Studies ● Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center ● Yellow Peril Open-Source Syllabus by Dr. Jason Oliver Chang ● Asian Americans on PBS
It is impossible to teach students to have a Critical lens if teachers don’t have one themselves - Gholdy Muhammad, Cultivating Genius ( 2020), p. 131
Hoping to develop a critical lens and learn more about anti-racism? Lots of resources below!
Anti-Racist Resources for Adults Anti-Racism Resources for All Ages by Dr. Nicole Cooke, The University of South Carolina
How to be an Anti-Racist by Ibram Kendi Everyday Anti-Racism edited by Mica Pollock So You Want to Talk About Race b y Ijeoma Oluo The New Jim Crow b y Michelle Alexander We Want to Do More than Survive b y Bettina Love Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America b y Ibram Kendi A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History b y Jeanne Theoharis I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness b y Austin Channing Brown
Books Specifically for Educators: Being the Change b y Sara Ahmed We Got This by Cornelia Minor Cultivating Genius b y Gholdy Muhammad Repurposing Our Pedagogies: Abolitionist Teaching in a Global Pandemic (video of 6/2/20 panel on Facebook)
Anti-Racist Books for Children & Young Adults ELEMENTARY CHILDREN Momma, Did You Hear the News? by Sanya Whitaker Gragg; illustrated by Kim Holt Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higgenbotham (f ree download until June 19!) The Power Book by C laire Saunders, Georgia Amson-Bradshaw, Minna Salami, Mik Scarlet, Hazel Songhurst; illustrated by Joelle Avelino Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, Ann Hazards; illustrated by Jennifer Zivoin The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander; illustrated by Kadir Nelson
MIDDLE SCHOOL/YOUNG ADULT All American Boys b y Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely I Am Alfonso Jones by Tony Medina; illustrated by Stacey Robinson & John Jennings Say Her Name by Zetta Elliot; illustrated by Loveis Wise Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You adapted by Jason Reynolds This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell; illustrated by Aurélia Durand Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice by Mahogany L. Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo & Olivia Gatwood; illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
Resources for Your Own Learning about Diversity BOOKS PODCASTS OTHER
● Why Are All the Black Kids ● Code Switch by NPR ● Liberate and Chill Sitting Together in the ● Teaching Hard History by ● Clear the Air: A series of Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum guided PD/book clubs with ● Pushout by Monique Morris Teaching Tolerance Twitter chats ● An Indigenous People’s ● Seeing White ● Teaching Tolerance History of the United States ● This Land by Rebecca Nagle ● Rethinking Schools for Young Readers b y ● Education for Liberation Roxane Dunbar-Ortiz, ● They Call Us Bruce network adapted by Jean Mendoza ● Latino USA ● I Am Not Your Negro and Debbie Reese ● Disability Visibility ● Just Mercy (free in June!) ● A Different Mirror for Young ● 13th by Ava DuVernay Readers by Ronald Takaki ● History is Gay ● Race: The Power of An ● The Other ‘F’ Word: A ● Cult of Pedagogy Illusion (PBS) Celebration of the Fat & ● Visions of Education ● Asian Americans (PBS) Fierce e dited by Angie ● LGBTQ Visibility & Manfredi ● Stepping Into Truth Integration in Elementary ● We Are Not Yet Equal b y ● Pod Save the People Schools Carol Anderson with Tonya ● 1619 by the New York Times ● Talking About Race by the Bolden National Museum of African ● A Queer History of the American History United States for Young ● Race in US History People b y Michael Bronshi (curriculum by Facing ● Gender: Your Guide b y Lee History) Airton ● Teaching about Race, Racism and Police Violence ● Social Justice Resources
Resources for Finding and Vetting Diverse Books WEBSITES/BLOGS TWITTER INSTAGRAM
● Book Toss @theconsciouskid @theconsciouskid ● Crazy Quilt Edi @diversebooks @hereweeread ● American Indians in @readingspark @leeandlow Children’s Literature @debreese @weneeddiversebooks @readitrealgood @booksfordiversity ● Disability in Kid Lit @booktoss ● Latinos in Kid Lit @heisereads ● Teaching for Change @CrazyQuilts HASHTAGS TO FOLLOW: ● We Are Kid Lit Collective @JustUsBooks #OwnVoices @juliaerin80 #DisruptTexts @sujeilugo #WeNeedDiverseBooks @WeAreKidLit #DiversityJedi ● CLA: Critical Selection and @brownbookshelf Teaching of Diverse Children’s Literature
Diverse Books about School Segregation (Beyond The Story of Ruby Bridges)
The First Step: How One Girl Put Segregation on Trial b y Susan E. Goodman Ruby Head High: Ruby Bridges’ First Day of School b y Irene Cohen-Janca Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation b y Duncan Tonatiuh Shi-shi-etko b y Nicola I. Campbell; illustrated by Kim LaFave Shin-chi’s Canoe by Nicola I. Campbell; illustrated by Kim LaFave Sylvia and Aki by Winifred Conkling Todos Iguales/Un Corrido de Lemon Grove/All Equal: A Ballad of Lemon Grove by Christy Hale
Article by Sohyun An about a 1st grade inquiry with stories of school desegregation with g raphic organizer
Recommended Books with Asian American Representation (Longer version here)
May 2020 booklist by Noreen & Sarah Park Dahlen in S chool Library Journal Bilal Cooks Daal by Aisha Saeed; illustrated by Anoosha Syed Drawn Together by Minh Lê; illustrated by Dan Santat Front Desk by Kelly Yang Hello, Universe b y Erin Entrada Kelly Inside Out and Back Again b y Thanh-Ha Lai Jasmin Toguchi series by Debbie Michiko Florence A Map into the World b y Kalia Kao Yang; illustrated by Seo Kim Yasmin s eries by Saadia Faruqi; illustrated by Hatem Ali