Resources for Educators
A shortlist of texts for educators to consider using on their way to being anti-racist. Compiled by Dr. Aretina R. Hamilton
The Basics
Race Names and Racial Categories
About the Racial Equity Tools Glossary (Frequently Used Terms)
A History: The Construction of Race and Racism
Essays to Read
The Geography of Despair (or All These Rubber Bullets) by Aretina Hamilton
The Killing Fields by Aretina Hamilton
Doing Right by Black People — and Not Just When It’s Convenient
The Victimization of Black Girls In School Settings
How White People Got Made by Quinn Norton
When Xenophobia Spreads Like A Virus
What Students Are Saying About the George Floyd Protests by the Learning Network
Kids need to talk about George Floyd, protests and racism. With coronavirus school closures, it’s hard to do by Erin Richards
A Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehesi Coates
Listen: How Racism Kills Black Americans
Cheap White Whine: Racism, Affirmative Action, and the Myth of White Victimhood by Tim Wise
Books to Read
Faces at the Bottom of the Well: The Permanence of Racism by Derrick Bell
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors, asha bandele
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism by Kevin Kruse
Making Whiteness: The Culture of Segregation in the South, 1890–1940
by Grace Elizabeth Hale
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America’s Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing by Joy a Degruy
What to Watch
HBO’s Lovecraft Country
Boston Teens Speak Out About Racism
The Anti-Racism Experiment That Transformed an Oprah Show Audience | Where Are They Now | OWN
Microaggressions in the Classroom
There’s something spreading faster than the coronavirus…racism | USA TODAY
How Coronavirus Racism Infected My High School | NYT Opinion
A Conversation With White People On Race | Op-Docs | The New York Times
A Conversation With Native Americans on Race | Op-Docs
A Conversation About Growing Up Black | Op-Docs | The New York Times
A Conversation With Latinos on Race | Op-Docs
A Conversation With Black Women on Race | Op-Docs
Being A White Student At A 99% Black School In A Segregated Town In America
Racism in America Small Town 1950s Case Study Documentary Film
Black Middle Class — Conversations from Penn State
Dr. Aretina Rochelle Hamilton is the inaugural Associate Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the Interlochen Center for the Arts. Dr. Hamilton’s commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment is grounded in her background as a scholar, diversity practitioner, and consultant. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Kentucky State University, a Masters in Urban Affairs and Policy from the University of Delaware, and a Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Kentucky. She is a super fan of Prince and Beyonce and loves the Games of Thrones,The Wire, and Lovecraft Country.