The purpose of this Anti-Racism Resources Guide is to empower the AFS community to be active allies and advance the cause of racial justice. These resources, compiled (and in some cases created!) by AFS-USA Returnees, will help you get started, take action, and continue to educate yourself and others about systemic racism in the US and around the world.
Getting Started:
Systemic Racism Explained (Video)
Selected Publications from AFS-USA Alumna Ann Marie Garran, PhD
Black Lives Matter Resources Site
Discrimination against Asians in the time of Covid-19, an animated short film by YES Alumnus Soon King Yaw
Curriculum Planning / Pedagogy:
- Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
- What if ‘prejudice’ isn’t what causes racism?
- Is Everyone a Racist? Unconscious Racism is Pervasive, Starts Early, and Can Be Deadly
- Education Resources
How to dismantle our anti-Blackness:
- “Undocu Guide to Dismantle Anti-Blackness at Home”
- “Recognizing and Dismantling Your Anti-Blackness”
Letters for Black Lives – is a set of crowdsourced, multilingual, and culturally aware resources aimed at creating a space for open and honest conversations about racial justice, police violence, and anti-Blackness in our families and communities.
Blmthought – Prison-Industrial Complex
Taking Action:
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
How To Respond To Common Racist Comments
How to Talk to Your Family About Racism: A Guide For White People
How to Be An Ally As a College Student
Learning More:
*Adapted from Vamika Sinha’s DO BETTER Google Spreadsheet (a student at NYU Abu Dhabi)
LITERATURE
| Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi |
| Go Tell It On the Mountain | James Baldwin |
| Dear White America | George Yancy |
| Girl, Woman, Other | Bernardine Evaristo |
| White Teeth | Zadie Smith |
| ZONG! | NourBese Philip |
| Song of Solomon | Toni Morrison |
| 12 Years a Slave | Northup Solomon |
| To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee |
| The Hate U Give | Angie Thomas |
| So You Want to Talk About Race | Ijeoma Oluo |
| Brit(ish) | Afua Hirsch |
| When They Call You a Terrorist | Asha Bandele and Patrisse Cullors |
| How to be an Antiracist | Ibram X. Kendi |
| Stamped from the Beginning | X. Kendi |
ACADEMIA
| Are Prisons Obsolete? | Angela Davis | prison abolition/justice |
| The New Jim Crow | prison abolition/justice | |
| The First Civil Right | prison abolition/justice | |
| Just Mercy | prison abolition/justice | |
| The Color of Law | prison abolition/justice | |
| Critical Race Theory: an Introduction | prison abolition/justice | |
| On Intersectionality | intersectional feminism | |
| Women, Race & Class | intersectional feminism | |
| Assata: an Autobiography | intersectional feminism | |
| Sister Outsider | intersectional feminism | |
| Divided Sisters | intersectional feminism | |
| Ain’t I a Woman | intersectional feminism | |
| As We Have Always Done | intersectional feminism | |
| Hood Feminism | intersectional feminism | |
| The Invention of Women | Oyewumi | intersectional feminism |
| Black Feminist Thought | Patricia Hill Collins | intersectional feminism |
| White Fragility | Robin Diangelo | whiteness/formations of race |
| Blindspot | Banaji Mahzarin & Anthony Greenwald | whiteness/formations of race |
| The Possessive Investment in Whiteness | Lipsitz | whiteness/formations of race |
| Killing the Black Body | Dorothy Roberts | whiteness/formations of race |
| Racial Formation in the United States | Omi and Winant | whiteness/formations of race |
| The House that Race Built | ed. Wahneema Lubiano | whiteness/formations of race |
| Playing in the Dark | Toni Morrison | whiteness/formations of race |
| Black Skin White Masks | Frantz Fanon | whiteness/formations of race |
| Decolonising the Mind | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o | whiteness/formations of race |
| Stages of Colonialism in Africa: From Occupation of Land to Occupation of Being | Hussein A. Bulhan | |
| The Beauty Ideal: The Effects of European Standards of Beauty on Black Women | Susan L. Bryant | |
| Skin Bleaching and Global White Supremacy: By Way of Introduction | Yaba Amgborale Blay | |
| “If You’re Light, You’re Alright”: Light Skin Color as Social Captial for Women of Color | Margaret L. Hunter | |
| The Racial Contract | Charles W. Mills | sociopolitical theory |
| The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House | Audre Lorde | essay |
| Blues People | Amiri Baraka | musicology |
| Guns, Germs and Steel | Jared Diamond | history of fates of human societies |
| Superior: The Return of Race Science | Angela Saini | Racism in Biomedicine |
| Pedagogy of the Oppressed | Paulo Freire | pedagogy |
| Other People’s Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom | Lisa Delpit | pedagogy |
| “Multiplication is for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children | Lisa Delpit | pedagogy |
| Political Prisoners, Prisons, and Black Liberation (1971) | Angela Davis | |
| The Fact of Blackness | Frantz Fanon | |
| The Hidden Cost of Being African American: How Wealth Perpetuates Inequality | Thomas Shapiro | |
| The End of Policing | dismantling the police | |
| we real cool: black men and masculinity | bell hooks | |
| Toward a Global Idea of Race | Denise Ferreira da Silva | |
| On Tyranny: twenty lessons from the twentieth century | Timothy Snyder | Social science/politics |
| Vexy Thing | Imani Perry | Intersectional feminism |
| Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race | Reni Eddo-Lodge | whiteness/formations of race |
| Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphillis Experiment | James H. Jones | black history and systemic racism |
| Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus | Catherine Halley | education & society |
| Mama’s Baby, Papa’s Maybe: An American Grammar Book | Hortense Spillers | Black Feminism |
ARTISTS
| Name | Medium | Handle | Platform(s) | Country |
| Tyler Mitchell | Photography | @tylersphotos | IG | |
| Logan Sylve | Fine art | @lilblackgoat | IG | USA |
| Ladene Clark | Fashion/Lifestyle | @ladene_clark | IG | USA |
| ChuSuwannapha | Fashion design | @chusuwannapha | IG | South Africa |
| Nkuley Masemola | Dance/visual art | @nkuleymasemola | IG | South Africa |
| Yannis Davy Guibinga | Photography | @yannisdavy | IG | Canada |
| Herman Kambala | Photography | @herman_kambala | IG | Congo, D.R. |
| Nneka Ibeabuchi | Lifestyle/Influencer | @africanjawn | IG | USA |
| Jaël Art | Photography/Videography | @antalyamts | FB/IG | Congo, D.R. |
| Gabrielle Narcisse | Fine art | @gabrielleglitters | IG | USA |
| SAI | Fashion/Lifestyle | @blackspicegurl | IG | USA |
| Chuck Junior Achiké | Fine Art | @_chuckjunior | IG | Nigeria |
| Anifa Mvuemba | Fashion design | @anifam | IG | Congo,D.R. |
| Aida Muluneh | Film making | @aidamuluneh | IG | Ethiopia |
| Billie Zangewa | Fabrics | @billiezangewa1 | Zimbabwe | |
| Zanele Muholi | Installations | @muholizanele | IG | South Africa |
| Maty Biayenda | Fine Art | @bbiayenda | IG | Namibia |
| Kwabena Appiah-Nti | Photography | @sekyii | IG | Netherlands |
| Alexandria Couch | Fine art | @cosmocouch | IG | USA |
| Ibrahim Kamara | Creative director | @ibkamara | IG | USA |
| Amina Mucciolo | Fashion | @studiomucci | IG | USA |
| Langston Amadi | collage/photography | @langstonamadi | IG | USA |
| – | Movies/video clips | @nollybabes | IG | USA |
| Ciara Boniface | Film making | @ciaraboniface | IG | USA |
| Sade Ndya | Cinematography | @sadendya | IG | USA |
| Crwn Mag | Magazine | @crwnmag | IG | USA |
| – | Book club | @wellreadblackgirl | IG | USA |
| The Conscious Kid | Education organization | @theconsciouskid | IG | |
| @theccnyc | IG | |||
| @kanaiza.kanaiza | IG | |||
| Gabrielle | Documentor + Curator | @fridacashflow | IG | USA |
| @torinashtun | IG | |||
| Richie Pope | Illustrator/ Character Designer | @richiepope | IG | USA |
| Awuradwoa Afful | Designer/ Animator | @rajiee | IG | Canada |
| Kadir Nelson | Artist/ Writer | @kadirnelon | IG | |
| Shellene | Artist/ Illustrator | @shellenerodney | IG | Canada |
| David A | Animator/ Illustrator | @indaviduall | IG | |
| Zouzouo Williams Obrou | Artist/ Illustrator | @weel_lee | IG | Italy |
| Kevin Roualland | Director/ Designer/ Art Director | @kevinroualland | IG | France |
| Gyimah Gariba | Artist/ Animator | @gyimahg | IG | |
| Morgan Bissant | Graphic Designer/ Illustrator | @morg_city | IG | |
| DJ Welch | Artist/ Animator | @djwelchart | IG | USA |
| Artist/ Illustrator | @kamo_988 | IG | ||
| B. Arakaki | Artist/ Illustrator | @heybiji | IG | |
| MISO (Kristen) | Artist/Illustrator | @miso.art | IG | USA |
| DennisARTWORKS | Illustrator/ Character Designer | @dennis_artworks | IG | |
| Cameron Knight | Artist/ Illustrator | @cknightart | IG | |
| Freddy Carrasco | Artist/ Illustrator | @fredbread | IG | |
| Jeffrey Oyem | Illustrator | @jeff_oyem | IG | |
| Dominique D | Comic Artist/ Illustrator | @petalromance | IG | |
| Comic Artist/ Illustrator | @endofdaysonmars | IG | ||
| Abelle H | Illustrator/ Story Artist | @abellehayford | IG | |
| Artist/ Illustrator | @nephelomancer | IG | ||
| Geneva | Artist/ Illustrator | @gdbee | IG | |
| McFlyy Sensei | Artist/ Illustrator | @mcflyy | IG | |
| Francis | Illustrator/ Character Designer | @francojoe_art | IG | |
| ELOI | Illustrator | @viteloi | IG | Brazil |
| Shirley Jackson | Artist/ Illustrator | @lioninthetrees | IG | Korea |
| Nicole Miles | Comic Artist/ Illustrator | @nicolemillo | IG | UK |
| Manny Edeko | Illustrator/ Character Designer | @manny.oe | IG | USA |
| Kofi Ofosu | Illustrator/ Character Designer | @braku_star | IG | |
| Dominique Ramsey | Illustrator | @euqinimodart | IG | |
| Animator/ Illustrator | @thenicoleham | IG | ||
| Artist/ Illustrator | @cbedfordart | IG | ||
| Odera Igbokwe | Illustrator/ Painter | @odyism | IG | |
| STYLES | Illustrator/ Painter | @stylesosunde | IG | |
| Artist/ Illustrator | @deericku | IG | ||
| Lamaro Smith | Artist/ Storyteller | @lamarosmith | IG | |
| Darian Shepherd | Artist/ Illustrator | @dshepherd_art | IG | USA |
| Queer Black People | Art Collective | @arthoecollective | IG | USA |
| Peo Michie | Comic Artist/ Illustrator | @peomichie | IG | |
| Mattahan | Artist/ Illustrator | @mattahan | IG | Jamaica/ France |
| Umba Daima Gallery | Digital African Art Gallery | @umbadaima | IG | African Artists |
Specific to AFS continents/countries
Europe:
- Combating Racism and Racial Discrimination in Europe | United Nations
- In the Wake of Xenophobia: The New Racism in Europe | United Nations
- Encountering Racism in Europe by Rick Steves
Southeast Asia:
Malaysia:
- Racial Inequality and Affirmative Action in Malaysia and South Africa
- Racism in Malaysia’s housing market: how landlords get away with barring African and South Asian tenants
- Will a Black American family be welcomed in Malaysia? – Kuala Lumpur Forum
- Kepada Ibu, Ayah dan Saudara-Saudari: Nyawa Orang Berkulit Hitam Bermakna Kepada Kami, Juga
China:
Japan:
Morocco:
Movies/TV
| Title | Writer/Director | Genre | Platform | Language | |
| I Am Not Your Negro | James Baldwin | Documentary | Kanopy | ||
| Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | Drama | Netflix | ||
| If Beale Street Could Talk | Barry Jenkins | Romantic Drama | Hulu | ||
| Blindspotting | Daveed Diggs | Drama | Hulu | ||
| The Hate U Give | George Tillman Jr | Drama | Hulu | ||
| Selma | Ava DuVernay | Drama | |||
| Ray | Taylor Hackford | Biopic | |||
| BlacKkKlansman | Spike Lee | comedy crime | |||
| Black Panther | Ryan Coogler | marvel superhero | |||
| La Haine | Mathieu Kassovitz | Comedy/ Drama/ Crime film | YouTube | French | |
| 13th | Ava DuVernay | Documentary | Netflix | English | |
| Mudbound | Dee Rees | Drama | Netflix | English | |
| Belle | Ama Asante | Romantic Drama | |||
| Fruitvale Station | Ryan Coogler | Drama | Netflix | English | |
| Just Mercy | Destin Daniel Cretton | Drama | English | ||
| GET OUT | Jordan Peele | horror/comedy | English | ||
| Us | Jordan Peele | thriller | English | ||
| Hidden Figures | Theodore Melfi | history drama | English | ||
| Cry Freedom | Richard Attenborough | Drama | English | ||
| 12 Years a Slave | Steve McQueen | Drama | Netflix | English | |
| The Color Purple | Steven Spielberg | Drama | |||
| The Last Black Man in San Francisco | Joe Talbot | Drama | Kanopy | ||
| Zootopia | Byron Howard and Rich Moore | Animation | |||
| Dolemite Is My Name | Craig Brewer | Comedy/Drama | Netflix | ||
| Harriet | Kasi Lemmons | History/Drama | |||
| Green Book | Peter Farrelly | Comedy/ Drama | Amazon | English | |
| The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson | Documentary | Netflix | English | ||
| Paris Is Burning | Documentary | English | |||
| Killer of Sheep | Charles Burnett | Thriller | English | ||
| Atlantics | Mati Diop | Wolof/French | |||
| Le Havre | Aki Kaurismäki | French | |||
| Deadly Voyage | Stuart Urban | English | |||
| Sonny Boy | Maria Peters | Dutch | |||
| Come Back, Africa | Lionel Rogosin | English | |||
| Black Panthers | Agnès Varda | Documentary | The Criterion Channel | ||
| The Watermelon Woman | Cheryl Dunye | The Criterion Channel | English | ||
| Nappily Ever After | Rom com | Netflix | English | ||
| When They See Us | Ava DuVernay | Netflix | |||
| Dear White People | Justin Simiens | Netflix | |||
| She’s Gotta Have It | Spike Lee | Netflix | |||
| Hollywood | Netflix | ||||
| Insecure | Issa Rae | HBO | |||
| Orange is the New Black | Jenji Kohan | Netflix | |||
| #BlackAF | Kenya Barris | Netflix | |||
| Atlanta | Donald Glover | Netflix | |||
| Luke Cage | Cheo Hodari Coker | Netflix | |||
| Watchmen | HBO | ||||
| Girls from Ipanema | Netflix | ||||
Editorial
| Title | Creator | Genre | Language | Online/Free Platform |
| Code Switch | NPR | Society & Culture | English | Spotify, Apple, Google, NPR One, Pocket Casts |
| 1619 | The New York Times | History and Society | English | Apple, Google, NYT Webpage |
| Home Girls Unite | HomeGirlsUnite | Society & Culture | English | Spotify, Apple |
| The Subtlety Of It | Nana Owusu | Identity | English | Spotify, Apple |
| Black History Year | PushBlack | History and Society | English | Spotify, Apple |
| Pod Save The People | Crooked Media | News/Activism | English | Everywhere you can find podcasts |
| Say Your Mind | Kelechi Okafor | English | Soundcloud, Youtube, Spotify and more | |
| Smart girl club | Princess Nokia | POC and queer space, intersectional feminism, spirituality | English | Soundcloud, other platforms? |
| The voices in my head | Princess Nokia | feminism, black culture | English | Soundcloud, other platforms? |
| About Race | Reni Eddo-Lodge | Race; politics; history | English | Free on website: https://www.aboutracepodcast.com/ |
| BOLD | White People 4 Black Lives | race, politics, justice | English | Free on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/147-bold-police-23378833 |