Note: This resource list began from the recommendations of four white high school educators I interviewed for an action research study in 2018. Since then, I have continued to add resources on the topics of social justice and educational equity.
All Americans share a history of white supremacy, systemic racism and oppression which continues to this day. Anyone who has been educated in the U.S. can benefit from exposure to resources which aim to raise one's racial and social justice consciousness.
All Americans share a history of white supremacy, systemic racism and oppression which continues to this day. Anyone who has been educated in the U.S. can benefit from exposure to resources which aim to raise one's racial and social justice consciousness.
Recommended Resources
Tim Weiss' books
Suzan-Lori Parks’ plays
Brookfield, S., & Preskill, S. (2009). Learning as a way of leading: Lessons from the struggle for social justice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Chimuku, Salome. (2018). What is Equity? Cultural Organizing. Retrieved from http://culturalorganizing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/SalomePDF.pdf
Delpit, L., & Dowdy, J. (Eds.). (2008). The skin that we speak : Thoughts on language and culture in the classroom. New York, NY: London: New Press ; Turnaround [distributor].
DiAngelo, R. J. (2019). White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. London: Penguin Books.
Equal Justice Initiative. (2017). Lynching in America: Confronting the legacy of racial terror. Montgomery, AL: Equal Justice Initiative. Retrieved from https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/
Equal Justice Initiative. (2014). Slavery in America: The Montgomery slave trade. Montgomery, AL: Equal Justice Initiative. Retrieved from https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/
Freiere, P. (2005). Pedagogy of the oppressed ( M.B. Ramos, Trans.). New York, NY: Bloomsbury.
Glynn, C., Wesely, P., & Wassell, B. (2014). Words and Actions: Teaching Languages Through the Lens of Social Justice. Alexandria, VA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Gorski, P.C. & Chen, C. (2015). "Frayed All Over:" The Causes and Consequences of Activist Burnout Among Social Justice Education Activists. Educational Studies, 51:5, 385-405, DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2015.1075989
Hansberry, L. (1994). A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry ; with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.
New York, NY: Vintage Books.
hooks, bell. (2015). Ain't I a woman: Black women and feminism. New York, NY: Routledge.
Hollie, S. (2017). Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning.
(Second ed.). Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education.
Irving, D. (2014). Waking up white: And finding myself in the story of race. Cambridge, MA : Elephant Room Press.
Kuttner, P. (2016, Oct 29). The problem with that equity vs. equality graphic you're using [Article]. Cultural Organizing. Retrieved from dhttp://culturalorganizing.org/the-problem-with-that-equity-vs-equality-graphic/
Landsman, J. (2008). Growing Up White. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
Lindsey, T. B. (2017). Colored No More: Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois.
Loewen, J. (2008). Lies my teacher told me : Everything your American history textbook got wrong.
New York, NY: New Press.
McIntosh, P. (2000). White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack. Place of publication not identified.
Montgomery, A., Thompson, M., & Chow, K. (Producers). (2016-2018). Code Switch
[Podcast Series]. NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
Moore, D. L. (2019). No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America. New York, NY: Bold Type Books.
Rothenberg, & Rothenberg, Paula S. (Ed.). (2012). White privilege : Essential readings on the other side of racism (4th ed.). New York, NY: Worth.
Simon, R. I. (1992). Teaching against the grain : Texts for a pedagogy of possibility / Roger I. Simon.
(Critical studies in education and culture series). New York, NY: Bergin & Garvey.
Spring, J. (2016). Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality. New York, NY: Routledge.
Smith, S. & Ellis, K. (Sept. 4, 2017). Shackled Legacy: History shows slavery helped build many U.S. colleges and universities. APM Reports. Retrieved from https://www.apmreports.org/story/2017/09/04/shackled-legacy
Stannard, D. E. (2006). American holocaust: The conquest of the New World. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Tatum, B. (2017). Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? : And other conversations about race. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Toldson, I. A. (2019). No B.S. (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Sense.
Zinn, H., & Emery, K. (1997). A people's history of the United States. (Teaching ed.). New York, NY: New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton.
Suzan-Lori Parks’ plays
Brookfield, S., & Preskill, S. (2009). Learning as a way of leading: Lessons from the struggle for social justice. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
Chimuku, Salome. (2018). What is Equity? Cultural Organizing. Retrieved from http://culturalorganizing.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/SalomePDF.pdf
Delpit, L., & Dowdy, J. (Eds.). (2008). The skin that we speak : Thoughts on language and culture in the classroom. New York, NY: London: New Press ; Turnaround [distributor].
DiAngelo, R. J. (2019). White fragility: Why it's so hard for white people to talk about racism. London: Penguin Books.
Equal Justice Initiative. (2017). Lynching in America: Confronting the legacy of racial terror. Montgomery, AL: Equal Justice Initiative. Retrieved from https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/
Equal Justice Initiative. (2014). Slavery in America: The Montgomery slave trade. Montgomery, AL: Equal Justice Initiative. Retrieved from https://lynchinginamerica.eji.org/report/
Freiere, P. (2005). Pedagogy of the oppressed ( M.B. Ramos, Trans.). New York, NY: Bloomsbury.
Glynn, C., Wesely, P., & Wassell, B. (2014). Words and Actions: Teaching Languages Through the Lens of Social Justice. Alexandria, VA: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages.
Gorski, P.C. & Chen, C. (2015). "Frayed All Over:" The Causes and Consequences of Activist Burnout Among Social Justice Education Activists. Educational Studies, 51:5, 385-405, DOI: 10.1080/00131946.2015.1075989
Hansberry, L. (1994). A raisin in the sun / Lorraine Hansberry ; with an introduction by Robert Nemiroff.
New York, NY: Vintage Books.
hooks, bell. (2015). Ain't I a woman: Black women and feminism. New York, NY: Routledge.
Hollie, S. (2017). Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Teaching and Learning.
(Second ed.). Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education.
Irving, D. (2014). Waking up white: And finding myself in the story of race. Cambridge, MA : Elephant Room Press.
Kuttner, P. (2016, Oct 29). The problem with that equity vs. equality graphic you're using [Article]. Cultural Organizing. Retrieved from dhttp://culturalorganizing.org/the-problem-with-that-equity-vs-equality-graphic/
Landsman, J. (2008). Growing Up White. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education.
Lindsey, T. B. (2017). Colored No More: Reinventing Black Womanhood in Washington, D.C. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois.
Loewen, J. (2008). Lies my teacher told me : Everything your American history textbook got wrong.
New York, NY: New Press.
McIntosh, P. (2000). White privilege: Unpacking the invisible knapsack. Place of publication not identified.
Montgomery, A., Thompson, M., & Chow, K. (Producers). (2016-2018). Code Switch
[Podcast Series]. NPR. Retrieved from https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch
Moore, D. L. (2019). No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America. New York, NY: Bold Type Books.
Rothenberg, & Rothenberg, Paula S. (Ed.). (2012). White privilege : Essential readings on the other side of racism (4th ed.). New York, NY: Worth.
Simon, R. I. (1992). Teaching against the grain : Texts for a pedagogy of possibility / Roger I. Simon.
(Critical studies in education and culture series). New York, NY: Bergin & Garvey.
Spring, J. (2016). Deculturalization and the Struggle for Equality. New York, NY: Routledge.
Smith, S. & Ellis, K. (Sept. 4, 2017). Shackled Legacy: History shows slavery helped build many U.S. colleges and universities. APM Reports. Retrieved from https://www.apmreports.org/story/2017/09/04/shackled-legacy
Stannard, D. E. (2006). American holocaust: The conquest of the New World. New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Tatum, B. (2017). Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? : And other conversations about race. New York, NY: Basic Books.
Toldson, I. A. (2019). No B.S. (Bad Stats): Black People Need People Who Believe in Black People Enough Not to Believe Every Bad Thing They Hear about Black People. Leiden, Netherlands: Brill Sense.
Zinn, H., & Emery, K. (1997). A people's history of the United States. (Teaching ed.). New York, NY: New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton.
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