Race Matters Resource Lists

“America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

Investing in California’s African American Students: College Choice, Diversity & Exclusion report by Project EXCEL - Examining College Choice, Enrollment & Linkages (February 2016)

Allyship (& Accomplice): The What, Why, and How by Michelle Kim | Medium (November 10, 2019)

Why You Need to Stop Saying "All Lives Matter" by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle | Harper’s Bazaar (April 16, 2019)

“Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

Black Trans Men Face a Constant Threat of Police Violence by Ash Stevens | The Advocate (May 28, 2020)

On George Floyd and the struggle to belong by Denise Herd | Othering & Belonging Institute (May 29, 2020)

We're in a moment of collective trauma. But there are glimmers of hope by john a. powell | Othering & Belonging Institute (June 2, 2020)

The clash over shelter-in-place rooted in slavery by john a. powell | San Francisco Chronicle (May 1, 2020)

The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates | The Atlantic (June 2014)

Statement on George Floyd by Gary May, UC Davis’ Chancellor (May 28, 2020)

How Higher Ed Can Fight Racism: ‘Speak Up When It’s Hard’ by Francie Diep | The Chronicle of Higher Education (June 1, 2020)

Roots, Race, & Place. A History of Racially Exclusionary Housing in the San Francisco Bay Area by Othering & Belonging Institute (October 1, 2019)

Hiring a Chief Diversity Officer Won’t Fix Your Racist Company Culture by Nadia Owusu | Catapult (January 28, 2020)

How to Fight Racism Through Inner Work by Jill Suttie | Greater Good Science Center (September 25, 2019)

5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Response to White and State-Sanctioned Violence by Showing Up for Racial Justice (May 27, 2020)

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack | Medium (August 13, 2017)

5 Things Allies Can Do to Sponsor Coworkers from Underrepresented Groups by Better Allies (May 22, 2020)

How student Aminah Elster liberated herself by giving voice to others by Ivan Natividad | Berkeley News (May 19, 2020)

‘Your presence is resistance’: 5 things we learned from the Library’s Berkeley Underground Scholars panel by Tor Haugan | Berkeley Library (February 5, 2020)

From Prison to Ph.D.: Berkeley’s Formerly Incarcerated Students by Robin Estrin | Cal Alumni Association (Spring 2020)

Berkeley Underground Scholars creates ‘prison-to-school pipeline’ on campus by Thao Nguyen | Daily Cal (November 29, 2018)

The Combahee River Collective Statement by Zillah Eisenstein (1978)

“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups by Craig Elliott, PhD (2016)

”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh (1988)

How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer Eberhardt

Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward

Are Prisons Obsolete by Angela Davis

Wilmington's Lie: The Murderous Coup of 1898 and the Rise of White Supremacy by David Zucchino

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon

Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold

Redefining Realness by Janet Mock 

Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs

The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson

Read, Watch, Listen, Engage by UC Berkeley Equity and Inclusion

The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times

Letters for Black Lives - Open letters in 20+ languages to talk to family about Black Lives Matter

An Antiracist Reading List by Ibram X. Kendi | New York Times

Resources on talking to young kids about race and racism by Katrina Michie

A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources by Katie Couric

Anti-Racism Resources for White People compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein

Things to Do to Support Black Lives & Protestors by Tayo Rockson

Anti-Racism Resources compiled by Sarafina Nance in the Department of Astronomy

Reading list for children compiled by Sujei Lugo Vázquez and Alia Jones 

Anti-Racism Resources by Crooked Media

Resources to Support Anti-Racist Learning by Greater Good Science Center