Coalition of Occupational Therapy Advocates for Diversity

We urge you to take the time to read, listen, and learn about the history of racism in the United States. Take the time to reflect on your own unconscious biases. Being anti-racist means that you are dedicated to fighting racism in yourself, with those around you and in our society. Listening and learning is the first step.  

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READ

Articles

Books

• An Anti-Racist Reading List from New York Times

• Affirming Black Lives without Inducing Trauma

• An Essential Reading Guide for Fighting Racism

• The Intersectionality Wars

• How to Respond to Racial Microagressions When They Occur

• We Need Co-Conspirators, Not Allies: How White Americans Can Fight Racism

• How White Womens' Tears Threaten Black Existence

• Accomplices Not Allies: Abolishing the Alley Industrial Complex

• This is What Black Burnout Feels Like 

• How White People Can Hold Each Other Accountable to Stop Institutional Racism

• Structural Racism

• More Colleges Should Divest From the Institution of Policing

• Key Ingredients for Successful Trauma Informed Care Implementation

• How to Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram C. Kendi

• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

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

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

• Freedom Is A Constant Struggle by Angela Davis

• Your Silence Will Not Protect You  By Audre Lorde

• Pedagogy of the Oppressed By Paolo Freire 

• Blackballed - Lawrence Ross 

• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People- Mahzarin R. Banaji

• Colorblind Racism- Meghan Burke

• Racist America: Roots, Current Realities, and Future Reparations 4th Edition- by Joe R. Feagin  and Kimberley Ducey 

• Between the World and Me-  Ta-Nehisi Coates

• Force and Freedom Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence- Kellie Carter Jackson

• Our Enemies in Blue- Kristian Williams

• Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues- Derald Wing Sue

• Racism without Racists- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva  

• Tears we Cannot Stop- Michael Eric Dyson

• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do- Jennifer Eberhardt

• The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America- Richard Rothstein 

• Slavery by Another Name- Doughlass A.Blackmon

WATCH

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• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) - Netflix

• The Daily Show with Trevor Noah - George Floyd and the Dominos of Racial Injustice

• The 13th (Ava DuVernay) - Netflix

• Dear White People (Justin Simien) - Netflix

• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)

• The Urgency of Intersectionality

• King in the Wilderness- HBO

• More at YouTube COTAD Media Channel: Listen and Learn

LISTEN

• Pod Save the People

• 1619 - New York Times

• About Race

• Code Switch

• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

• Seeing White

• What Matters- Black Lives Matter Global Network 

• Intersectionality Matters! With Kimberly Crenshaw

• Irresistible

• Scene on Radio Season 2: "Whiteness" and Season 4 on U.S. Founding

• The Heart Radio 2020 Season- "Race Traitor"

• The Nod

• The Stoop

• Identity Politics

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●      Rachel Ricketts

●      The Great Unlearn

●      Ibram X. Kendi

o   IG TV Resources 

▪       Systemic Racism Explained (also on Viola Davis page)

▪       All videos on Black History in Two Minutes page 

▪       Videos on Amanda Seales page

• Reni Eddo-Lodge

•  George Floyd Memorial Fund

• Public Goods- A Mutual Aid Project for Minneapolis Public Housing Residents

•  Community Bail Funds

•  Grassroots Law Project

• Black Visions Collective

• Reclaim the Block

• Minnesota Freedom Fund

  • Due to overwhelming support, they have recently asked to direct donations to other organizations

• More comprehensive nationwide list

  • Rolling Stone Lisst of Funds 

  • North Star Health Collective 

Resources

Resources for Parents

• Helping Kids Process Violence, Trauma, and Race in a World of Nonstop News

• Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk about Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good

• Abby Cadabby from Sesame Street Talks About Racism

Other Resources​

• Teaching About Race, Racism and Police Violence

• Resources in the Fight Against Police Brutality and Systemic Racism

• Mental Health Resources

• National Police Accountability Project (NAAP)

• A Detailed List of Anti-Racism Resources

• The Antiracism Starter Kit

• White Anti-racism: Living The Legacy

• A list of resources for supporting Black Lives Matter movement 

• A Guide to how to Support Marginalized Communities

• African American and LGBT+

• BLM at School 2020 Curriculum Resource Guide

• 26 ways to be in the struggle beyond the streets