Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB) Resource List

This is a resource list of books, films, TV series, podcasts, etc., to serve as a resource to support us as we deepen our anti-oppression and anti-racism work. This is not a comprehensive list. If you have suggestions for additional resources, please get in touch with us at info@healingequityunited.com. Feel free to share this list with your colleagues, friends, and family.

Books

• America for Americans, A History of Xenophobia in the United States, Erika Lee

• American Like Me: Reflections on Life Between Cultures, America Ferrera 

• An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

• Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, Helen Zia

• Be Anti-Racist, a Journal for Awareness, Reflection, and Action, Ibram X. Kendi

• Caste, Isabel Wilkerson

• The Chinese in America, Iris Chang

• The Color of Law, Richard Rothstein

• Color of Violence: the Incite Anthology, Incite!

• The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

• Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? Mumia Abu-Jamal

• How to Be An AntiRacist, Ibram X. Kendi

• Intersectionality, Patricia Hill Collins & Sirma Bilge

• Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson

• The Making of Asian America, Erika Lee

• Me and White Supremacy: A 28-Day Challenge to Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, Layla Saad

• Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation, Derald Wing Sue

• Minor Feelings, Cathy Park Hong

• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem

• Only What We Could Carry, Patricia Wakida, William Hohri, & Lawson Fusao Inada

• Privilege, Power, and Difference, Allan Johnson

• Race Matters, Cornel West

• The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander

• The Purpose of Power, Alicia Garza

• So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo

• Stamped from the Beginning, Ibram X. Kendi

• Waking Up White, Debbie Irving

• We Want to Do More Than Survive, Bettina Love

• When They Call You a Terrorist, Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele

• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo

• White Rage, Carol Anderson

• Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?, Beverly Daniel Tatum

Articles/Short Reads

• Colorlines, Daily News Site, published by Race Forward

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, Peggy McIntosh

Films, Documentaries, and TV Series

• 13th (Ava DuVernay)

• Asian Americans (PBS)

• Coded Bias (PBS - Shalini Kantayya)

• Dear White People (Justin Simien)

• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)

• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton)

• Hello, Privilege. It’s me, Chelsea (Chelsea Handler)

• Selma (Ava DuVernay)

• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.)

• Till (Chinonye Chukwu)

• True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality

• United Shades of America, CNN TV Series (W. Kamau Bell)

• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)

Shorts

• TED Talk: How I’m Fighting Bias in Algorithms, Joy Buolamwini

• TED Talk: Poverty vs. Privilege, Ashley Canas

• TED Talk: The Story We Tell About Poverty Isn’t True, Mia Birdsong

• TED Talk: Why Do We Jail People for Being Poor? Salil Dudani

• TED Talk: The Urgency of Intersectionality, Kimberlé Crenshaw

• The Unequal Opportunity Race, African American Policy Forum

• Dr. Bettina Love’s Talk on Co-Conspiratorship: We Want to Do More than Survive

• How The Upper Middle Class Keeps Everyone Else Out, PBS Newshour

Podcasts

• Woke Isn’t Enough, Healing Equity United

• 1619 (New York Times)

• Code Switch (NPR)

• Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

• Nice White Parents

Resources for Kids/Youth

• AntiRacist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi

• Inclusion School

• Stamped, Ibram X. Kendi

• Teaching Tolerance

Tools for Educators, Activists, and Accomplices/Co-Conspirators

• 1619 Project

• The Anti-Oppression Network

• CAPACITAR Emergency Response Toolkit

• Harvard’s Project Implicit Association Test

• Interrupting Microaggressions

• Native Land Digital

• Promoting Diversity and Social Justice, Dianne Goodman

• Race to Lead, Building Movement Project

• Racial Equity Tools

• Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice, Maurianne Adams, Lee Anne Bell, & Pat Griffin

Resources for Racialized Trauma Healing

• Racialized Trauma Course by Cultural Somatics Training & Institute 

• Free Cultural Somatics Ecourse by Cultural Somatics Training & Institute 

• The Four Bodies: A Holistic Toolkit for Coping With Racial Trauma by The Nappy Head Club | Medium 

• Self-Care Tips for Asian Americans Dealing with Racism Amid Coronavirus | HuffPost Wellness

• Latinx Healing from Colonialism Toolkit by Diana Quinn Inlak’ech ND | Squarespace 

• Tips for Self-Care: When Police Brutality Has You Questioning Humanity and Social Media Is Enough by Dr. Imani J. Walker | The Root

Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Bookstores

• Eastwind Books (Berkeley, CA)

• Marcus Books (Oakland, CA)

• Harriet’s Bookshop (Philadelphia, PA)

• Estelita's Library (Seattle, WA) 

• Mahogany Books (Washington, D.C.)

• Yu and Me Books (New York City)

• Birchbark Books (Minneapolis, MN)