Anti-Racist Resources for Dancers
- I Said, Can You Hear Me Now? by the International Association of Blacks in Dance
- Dance/NYC Racial Justice Resources
- Enough Already with the Statements of “Solidarity”, Arts World by Kaisha S. Johnson
- The Black Dancing Body; A Geography from Coon to Cool by Brenda Dixon Gottschild
- Dance Pedagogy for a Diverse World: Culturally Relevant Teaching in Theory, Research, and Practice by Nyama McCarthy-Brown
- Are College Dance Curriculums Too White? by J. Bouey
- Recognizing Systemic Racism in Dance by Alicia Mullikin
- Where is Your Outrage? Where is Your Support? by Theresa Ruth Howard
- We See You, White American Theatre
- nobody100
- White Women Doing White Supremacy in Nonprofit Culture by Heather Laine Talley
Recommended Reading
- My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
- Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- This Bridge Called my Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
- Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women that a Movement Forgot by Mikki Kendall
- Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- So You Want to Talk About Race? by Ijeoma Oluo
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
- Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings the Formed the Movement Edited by Kimberlé Crenshaw, Neil T. Gotanda, Gary Peller and Kendall Thomas
- Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
- The Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
Training & Courses
- Free Racialized Trauma Course led by Resmaa Menakem
- Cultural Equity Learning Community
- Healing from Internalized Whiteness led by Sandra Kim and Everyday Feminism
- Justice in June
- Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources
- White Supremacy Culture by Kenneth Jones and Tema Okun
- Institutionalized Racism: A Syllabus
- Find Calm in Chaos: Radical Self-Care as Resistance led by Dr. Joi Lewis
- The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
- White Awake
- White Ally Toolkit
- Racial Equity Tools
Videos/Film/TV Series
- 13th directed by Ava DuVernay
- I Am Not Your Negro directed by Raoul Peck, based off the writings of James Baldwin
- When They See Us directed by Ava DuVernay
- Dear White People directed by Justin Simien
- I May Destroy You directed by Michaela Coel
- Get Out directed by Jordan Peele
- If Beale Street Could Talk directed by Barry Jenkins
- Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins
Social Media
- @ckyourprivilege
- @whistle_whileyouwork
- @mobballet
- @idealblackfemale
- @blackdancestories
- @reclaimtheblock
- @ibramxk
- @blackvisionscollective
- @nowhitesaviors
- @ihartericka
- @ziwef
- @austinchanning
- @attnwhitepeople
- @untilfreedom
- @_shethepeople
- @savedbythebellhooks
- @mpd_150
- @thedanceunion
- @blklivesmatter
- @renieddolodge
- @amy_sall
- @resmaamenakem
- @theconsciouskid
- @osopepatrisse
- @officialmillennialblack
- @thefatsextherapist
- @zenchangeangel
- @taranajaneen
- @ogorchukwuu
- @audrelordeproject
- @theokraproject
- @ruthkingmindful
- @indyamoore
- @camarynalejandra
- @thegreatunlearn
- @tamikadmallory
- @soyouwanttotalkabout
- @iamrachelricketts
- @itsagreatdaytolearnabout
Podcasts
- Intersectionality Matters! by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Code Switch NPR
- 1619 New York Times Podcast
- Seeing White: Scene on Radio
- On Being: Resmaa Menakem and Robin DiAngelo
- Therapy for Black Girls Podcast
Mental Health Resources
- Therapy for Black Girls
- Kente Circle
- The Four Bodies: A Holistic Toolkit for Coping with Racial Trauma
- Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media Is Enough
- Black Lives Matter Meditation for Healing Racial Trauma
- Racial Anxiety Relief: The Tapping Meditation
- http://Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community
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