Simsbury Public Library

Let’s Talk: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Reading Resources

ADDITIONAL READING RESOURCES

Recommended readings by a BLM volunteer:

  • The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
    “Frantz Fanon’s classic text analyzes the role of class, race, national culture, and violence in the struggle for freedom.” -Penguin Classics
  • Critical Race Theory by Richard Delgado and Jean Stefancic
    “Critical Race Theory provides a radical and challenging perspective that reveals how racism shapes the everyday reality of the world; from law courts and prisons, to the economy, schools, media and health care.” -David Gillborn, Professor of Critical Race Studies, University of Birmingham, UK
  • Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis
    “A powerful study of the women’s liberation movement in the U.S., from abolitionist days to the present, that demonstrates how it has always been hampered by the racist and classist biases of its leaders.” -Random House
  • Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist by Eli Saslow.                                                                    Rising Out of Hatred tells the story of Derek Black, a white man who grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism and eventually disavowed everything he was taught to believe.
  • Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Tatum (Revised Ed.)
    “Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping strategy? Beverly Daniel Tatum, a renowned authority on the psychology of racism, argues that straight talk about our racial identities is essential if we are serious about enabling communication across racial and ethnic divides.” – Basic Books

LibGUIDES

ARTICLES

  • The False Promise of Anti-racism Books
    Written by Saida Grundy on July 21, 2020
  • Confronting Racism is Not About the Needs and Feelings of White People
    Written by Ijeoma Oluo on March 28, 2019
  • Robin DiAngelo On White People’s ‘Fragility’
    Interview with the author on NPR, August 18, 2018
  • Why Racism, Not Race, Is a Risk Factor for Dying of COVID-19
    Written by Claudia Wallis on June 12, 2020

VIDEO RESOURCES

PODCASTS

  • Unlocking Us – Brené Brown
    Episode with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist
  • 1619
    Hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones and NYT

WEB RESOURCES