Below, you'll find a collection of resources to better understand the cause of racial justice, to support the call for equality, and to work together toward a more just society. Initially inspired by #BlackoutTuesday and #theshowmustbepaused, an initiative launched by African American music executives Brianna Agyemang and Jamila Thomas, the list will be updated regularly.
Resources for better understanding
Read
- Wexner Medical Center blog: "How racism is a structural and social determinant of health"
- Ohio State's Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity: Understanding Implicit Bias
- Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Chameleon: A Syllabus for Survival
- Museums & Race blog
- Truthout: "We Are Fighting for a World Where Ma’Khia Bryant Would Have Lived"
- NEA Ed Justice: Coded Language
- Stop AAPI Hate 2021 National Report
- Washington Post: "The long, ugly history of anti-Asian racism and violence in the US"
- Schomberg Center Black Liberation Reading List
- Scott Woods Makes Lists: what to read about racism and its effects
- Columbus Alive: Scott Woods, "What the killing of another Black man makes you do"
- Chapter & Verse: The Gospel of James Baldwin
- The Atlantic: Ta-Nehisi Coates, "Letter to My Son"
- The Atlantic: Ibram X. Kendi, "There is No Debate Over Critical Race Theory"
- The Atlantic: Ibram X. Kendi, "Compliance Will Not Save Me"
- Ohio State Office of Diversity and Inclusion: "Focus on Racial Justice"
- Yale University free online course: "African American History: From Emancipation to the Present"
- Brennan Center for Justice: "Hidden in Plain Sight: Racism, White Supremacy, and Far Right Militancy in Law Enforcement"
Watch
- The Hips and Booty Don't Lie: Counterfeit Madison and the White American Thing, episode 1
- The Hips and Booty Don't Lie: Counterfeit Madison and the White American Thing, episode 2
- Counterfeit Madison: "Sharon is in Columbus and confused / demons"
- Black Film Archive
- PBS: Asian Americans
- Black Lives Matter: "What Matters" web series
- Vox: "11 Movies that confront American racism"
- Hasan Kwame Jeffries for Zinn Education Project, "Movies and documentaries to use (and avoid) when teaching civil rights"
- Author Kimberly Jones, "How Can We Win"
- California Newsreel: film and video for social change
Listen
Tools to move forward
- 2022 Director's Dialogue on Art & Social Change: 400Forward
- Mosaic Education Network workshops and services
- Wexner Center Shumate Council Blog: "Black artists are coping and creating during times of unrest"
- New York Times, Kayla Reed & Blake Strode, "How to turn protest power into political power"
- Columbus Monthly, "Stephanie Hightower on how Columbus can promote racial equity"
- The National Museum of African American History and Culture: Talking About Race
- Learning for Justice: Teaching Hard History podcast
- PBS News Hour: "How some educators are teaching anti-racism to the youngest students"
- On Point: How to talk to your kids about race, racism, and police violence
- How to talk to your parents about Black Lives Matter
- Columbus Alive: Scott Woods, "Anti-racism work is supposed to be hard"
- Critical Resistance: Reformist reforms vs. abolitionist steps in policing
- Treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: "the linen cupboard metaphor"
- New York Times: Michelle Alexander, "America, This is Your Chance"
- The Guardian: "What does 'defunding the police' mean?"
- Medium, "A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources"
- Google doc: Anti-racism resources
- Anti-Asian Violence Resources
- Let's Talk Supporting Asian and Asian-American Students Through COVID-19
- Creative Capital: Resources & Ways to Support Asian-American and Pacific Islander Communities
- L.A. Review of Books: "Anti-racism in the Contemporary University"
- A Plan for the Movement accountability worksheet
Ways that you can help
- Don't Call The Police Columbus
- Central Ohio Freedom Fund
- Central Ohio Street Medic Collective
- Black, Queer & Intersectional Collective emergency fund
- Showing Up for Racial Justice
- Ohio National Lawyers Guild
- African American Policy Center's #SayHerName campaign
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Red Canary Song
- ACLU: "Know Your Rights"
- WITNESS Activist's Guide to Archiving
- CNN: "18 Ways to sustain the fight against racism"
- Barnard Center: 6 tips for responding to racist attacks
- How you can be an ally to the Black Lives Matter movement
- Blackout Coalition: US map of Black-owned banks and credit unions
- Ways you can support the Black LGBTQ+ community
- How to be an ally to Black coworkers
- Medium: "103 things white people can do for racial justice"
- Medium: "Performative allyship is deadly (here's what to do instead)"
Top of page: Protesters in Columbus peacefully face off with a line of police during the May 30, 2020 demonstration against the death of George Floyd; photo: Mary Barczak