Anti-Racism Resources
We know action is what is needed - whether it’s listening, learning, donating, or participating in the conversations, activism and community building that surround us.
And we are committed to doing more.
Read the Provost’s June 8th Statement on Confronting Anti-Black Racism at Queen’s.
Read the Principal’s June 2nd statement on anti-racism protests in the United States and Canada.
Resources to Help Educate, Engage, and Amplify
Queen’s resources
Human Rights and Equity Office - offers online training modules for the Queen’s community in the areas of Human Rights and Equity, Diversity, Inclusion. A recommended starting place for those who would like to explore and consider their own identity and positionality is the “Power, Privilege and Bias” module. While this module does not speak directly to racism or anti-racist action, an exploration of the themes of ‘power, privilege and bias’ is integral to building and progressing a foundational understanding of how racism operates, anti-racism and corresponding anti-racist action.
Books
- Kingston Frontenac Public Library
- Policing Black Lives by Robyn Maynard (available on 24-hour reserve at Stauffer Library)
- The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole (available at Stauffer Library)
- Blank: Essays and Interviews by M. NourbeSe Philip
- In the Black by B. Denham Jolly
- Queer Returns: Essays On Multiculturalism, Diaspora and Black Studies by Rinaldo Walcott
- How to be an Anti-Racist – Ibram Kendi – but don’t buy from Amazon, if you call/email Novel Idea they will order in for you to pick it up
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- White Fragility – Robin DiAngelo
- On the Other Side of Freedom – Race and Justice in a Divided America by DeRay Mckesson
- When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele
- Canadian Justice, Indigenous Injustice – by Kent Roach
- Racism and Anti-Racism in Canada – Edited by David Este, Liza Lorenzetti and Christa Sato
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - by Michelle Alexander
- Divided Sisters – by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
- The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
- The Colour of Democracy: Racism in Canadian Society – by Frances Henry and Carol Tator (available at Stauffer Library)
- The Equity Myth: Racialization and Indigeneity at Canadian Universities - Frances Henry, Carl James, Peter S. Li, Audrey Kobayashi, Malinda S. Smith, Howard Ramos, and Dua Enakshi (available at Education Library and online at Queen’s University Library)
- I Bring the Voices of My People - A Womanist Vision for Racial Reconciliation – by Chanequa Walker-Barnes
- The Fire Next Time – by James Baldwin
- The Fire This Time – by Jesmyn Ward Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race – by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race – by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- So You Want To Talk About Race – by Ijeoma Oluo
- White Awake – by Daniel Hill
- Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do – by Claude M Steele
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness – by Austin Channing Brown
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? - by Beverly Daniel Tatum
- A Race is a Nice Thing to Have – by Janet E. Helms
- Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America – by Jennifer Harvey
- This Book is Anti-racist – by Tiffany Jewell, Aurelia Durand
- Antiracist Baby – Ibram X Kendi
Podcasts, Movies & Documentaries
- American Nightmare (Today, Explained)
- Code Switch (NPR)
- A Decade of Watching Black People Die (Code Switch NPR)
- Colour Code (CBC)
- Good Ancestor podcast
- Jemele Hill is Unbothered (Spotify)
- Vox anti-racist movies
- 13th - documentary by Director Ava DuVernay
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race podcast
- Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw
- Pod for the Cause – Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
- Pod Save for the People (Crooked Media)
- Uncivil (Gimlet Media)
- White Lies (NPR)
- 5 Tips for Being an Ally (YouTube)
- What does it mean for Nike to align itself with Colin Kaepernick? (New York Times)
- How Can We Win? (YouTube)
- Kyla Lacey - “White Privilege” (YouTube)
- Brene Brown with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist (Apple podcast)
- Smartest Person in the Room – with Laura Tremaine (Apple podcast)
- Side Effects of White Women – Small Doses with Amanda Seales (Stitcher podcast)
- Strong Opinions Loosely Held – It's Time to Unpack White Fragility (Vice Media Group)
- White Aware: An honest look at what it means to be white (YouTube)
- ‘Whistling Vivaldi’ and Beating Stereotypes (npr author interview)
- ‘Raising White Kids’ Author on How White Parents Can Talk About Race – hosted by Michel Martin (npr podcast)
Courses/Quizzes/Tools
- Call it Out: Racism, Racial Discrimination and Human Rights – Ontario Human Rights Commission 30 min e-course
- Racial Equity Tools – research, tips, curricula and ideas
- Racial Bias Test – this will help you understand your biases
- Summary of Stages of Racial Identity Development
Articles, Blogs & Donation Sites
- Anguish and Action (Obama Foundation)
- Racism Exists in Canada (Toronto Star)
- Being Black in Kingston (Keep up with Kingston article by Kingston Blogger and Queen’s Alumni)
- Other Side of the Game (CBC)
- 11 Things to Do Besides Say “This Has to Stop” in the wake of police brutality (Huffington Post)
- Black Organizations and Anti-Racist Groups Canadians Can Support Now (Huffington Post)
- The Skin I’m In: I’ve been interrogated by police more than 50 times – all because I’m black (Toronto Life piece by Desmond Cole)
- 10 Organizations That Empower Black Communities in Canada (Style Democracy)
- What You (Yes, You) Can Do To Support Black Lives Matter (The Kit)
- blacklivesmatter.ca/ (Black Lives Matter Toronto)
- 7 Places You Can Donate To In Support Of The Black Lives Matter Movement (INDIE88)
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism (Fractured Atlas)
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice (Medium.com)
- Why Seeing Yourself Represented on Screen is So Important (Vice Media Group)
- Ta-Nehisi Coates’ The Case for Reparations (The Atlantic)
- When Feminism is White Supremecy in Heels (blog - Harpers Bazaar)
- (1981) Audre Lorde “The Uses of Anger: Women Responding to Racism” (article - Black Past Org)
- While Walking Black (Lit Hub article)
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack – by Peggy McIntosh
- We can end Police Violence in America – Campaign Zero
- Black Visions Collective
- National Bail Out
Instagram accounts