Tisch Actions: Resources

This resource page is created for the NYU Tisch community: undergraduate, graduate, and Ph.D. students, faculty and staff. It will be continually updated, and contributions can be suggested here.

NYU Summer Reads

• The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
  • Program Video (July 8)
    
  • Reading Group Guide (PDF: 3.5 MB)
• Covering: The Hidden Assault on Our Civil Rights by Kenji Yoshino
  • Conversation on July 23 (12:00–1:30 p.m.) - More info & RSVP
• Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race by Matthew Frye Jacobson
  • Conversation on August 6 (12:00–1:30 p.m.) - More info & RSVP

Tisch Actions: Additional NYU Center Resources

• Anti-Racism Education, Programs, and Resources
• Center for Multicultural Education and Programs
• Employee Assistance Program- Carebridge
• Global Inclusion
• Global Spiritual Life
• Global Services
• LGBTQ+ Center
• NYU BeTogether
• NYU Hemispheric Institute Ecologies of Migrant Care Grant
• Moses Center for Student Accessibility
• Office of Global Inclusion
• Wellness Exchange


Tisch Action: Additional Resources

Articles to read

• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
• The Combahee River Collective Statement
• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
• “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Peggy McIntosh

Videos to watch

• "Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers"
• “Blackness, Racism & Protest: Reflections on the Past, Present & Future” 
• “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion”, Peggy McIntosh at TEDx Timberlane Schools
• "Slavery to Mass Incarceration” video featuring Professor Bryan Stevenson, NYU Law

Podcasts to subscribe to

• 1619 (New York Times)
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Seeing White

Books to read

• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• 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
• The Schomburg Center’s Black Liberation Reading List

A few suggested Films and TV series to watch

• 4 Little Girls (Spike Lee) - HBO Max
• 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen) - Available to rent
• 13th (Ava DuVernay) - Netflix
• American Son (Kenny Leon) - Netflix
• Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 (Göran Olsson) - Available to rent
• Daughters of the Dust (Julie Dash) - Available to rent
• Eyes on the Prize (Sam Pollard) - Kanopy
• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) - Available to rent
• Get Out (Jordan Peele) - Available to rent
• Hidden Figures (Theodore Melfi) - Available to rent
• I Am Not Your Negro (Raoul Peck) - Available to rent or on Kanopy
• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) - Hulu
• Mudbound (Dee Rees) - Netflix
• Notes From the Field (Anna Deavere Smith) - HBO
• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) - Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
• Harriet (Kasi Lemmons) - Available to Rent
• Killer of Sheep (Charles Burnett) - Milestone VHX
• Pariah (Dee Rees) - Available to Rent
• Selma (Ava DuVernay) - Available to rent
• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) - Hulu with Cinemax
• Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People (Thomas Allen Harris, Director & Tisch's Deb Willis, Producer) - Available to rent or on Kanopy
• When the Levees Broke: A Requiem in Four Acts (Spike Lee) - Hulu
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) - Netflix

Organizations to follow on social media

• Antiracism Center: Twitter
• Audre Lorde Project: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• Color Of Change: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• Colorlines: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• The Conscious Kid: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• Families Belong Together: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter, Facebook
• Muslim Girl: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• NAACP: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• RAICES: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• SisterSong: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook
• United We Dream: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook

More anti-racism resources to check out

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Anti-Racism Project
• Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
• Rachel Ricketts' anti-racism resources
• Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
• Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
• Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
• The [White] Shift on Instagram
• “Why is this happening?”  an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials