Anti-Racism
Resources
We share a collective responsiblity to fight racial injustice.
This page is created to share anti-racism resources 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.
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Anti-Racism Education, Programs, and Resources
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Recommended Reading
Articles
- 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
Books
- 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
Recommended Viewing
Videos
- "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
Films and Series
- 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
Follow
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
Podcasts
Additional Resources recommended by members of the Tisch community
- 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