It’s important to be an ally for all, not just for Black History Month but all day, every day. This is something we strive for at Healthworks and in the wake of all that has happened these past few months, we’ve established a Diversity and Inclusion Training for our leadership team and various clubs to highlight, share resources and educate ourselves around the importance of anti-racism. With that said, we wanted to share some of the recent books our team has read and discussed, or plan to, as well as some additional films, podcasts and other ways we plan to educate ourselves with that we wanted to share with all of you. If you have anything you’d recommend we include here, please email us at [email protected].
Learning is power and we all need to do our part!
- Bad Feminist
- Between the World and Me
- Eloquent Rage
- Fruitvale Station
- Get Out
- Hood Feminism
- If Beale Street Could Talk
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
- Lovable Racists, Magical Negroes, and White Messiahs
- Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
- Queen & Slim
- The Hate U Give
- The New Jim Crow
- When They See Us
- White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue … and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation
Some additional articles and podcasts we recommend:
- Code Switch: The Kids Are All Right
- Code Switch: Why The Coronavirus Is Hitting Black Communities Hardest
- Immaculate perception: Jerry Kang at TEDxSanDiego 2013
- Louder Than A Riot: The Conspiracy Against Hip-Hop
- Nice White Parents
- Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them
