Spread Respect Social Justice Toolkit

The America East Conference remains committed to provide resources to our student-athletes, coaches and administrators to become more educated on racial and social injustice. This toolkit was gathered by America East Conference staff from various sources and individuals. While the list is not all-encompassing of every resource available, we believe this is an appropriate start to continued education. 

Spread Respect Social Justice Toolkit (Last Updated Sept. 3, 2020)
 
Books
"How to be an Antiracist" Ibram X. Kendi
"So You Want to Talk About Race" Ijeoma Oluo
"White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism" Robin Diangelo
"Biased" Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt
"The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America's Great Migration" Isabel Wilkerson
"Stamped from the Beginning" Ibram X. Kendi
"Waking Up White" Debby Irving
"Can We Talk About Race?" Beverly Daniel Tatum
"The Half Has Never Been Told" Edward E. Baptist
"A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History" Jeanne Theorharis
"Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race" Reni Eddo-Lodge
"The New Plantation: Black Athletes, College Sports, and Predominantly White NCAA Institutions - 2010th Edition" Billy Hawkins
"In Black and White: Race and Sports in America" Kenneth L. Shropshire
"They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up" Eternity Martis
"Race and the University: A Memoir" George Henderson
"Being Black, Being Male on Campus: Understanding and Confronting Black Male Collegiate Experiences" Derrick R. Brooms
"Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on America's Campuses" Lawrence Ross
"The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindedness" Michelle Alexander
"A Most Beautiful Thing: The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team" Arshay Cooper
 
Articles/Blog Posts/Websites
Four Years a Student-Athlete: The Racial Injustice of Big-Time College Sports Patrick Hruby
6 Steps Everyone Can Take to Become an Ally in White, Male-Dominated Workplaces Ethan Siegel
Five Racist Anti-Racism Responses "Good" White Women Give to Viral Posts & the Only Kind of Response That's Acceptable Katie Anthony
What is Owed Nikole Hannah-Jones
Resources to Understand America's Long History of Injustice and Inequality Washington Post
How to Call out Racial Injustice at Work James R. Detert & Laura Morgan Roberts
Jen Fry Talks Jen Fry
 
Podcasts
Seeing White John Biewen
Code Switch Gene Demby & Marisol Meraji
Intersectionality Matters! Kimberle Crenshaw
Still Processing Jenna Wortham & Wesley Morris
1916 Nikole Hannah-Jones
Pod Save the People DeRay Mckesson
The Tim Ferris Show Tim Ferris
 
Movies/TV Miniseries/Documentaries
13th Ava DuVernay
Loving Jeff Nichols
I Am Not Your Negro Raoul Peck
Dear White People Justin Simien
Just Mercy Destin Daniel Cretton
When They See Us Ava DuVernay
LA 92 T.J. Martin & Daniel Lindsay
Teach Us All Sonia Lowman
Do the Right Thing Spike Lee
Selma Ava DuVernay
Pariah Dee Rees
   
Videos
5 Tips for Being a White Ally Franchesca Ramsey
Talks to Help You Understand Racism in America TEDTalk Playlist
What is Systematic Racism? Race Forward
 
Resource Guides and Checklists
Checklist for White Allies
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Racial Equity Tools
Racial Equity Glossary
 
Organizations
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Urban League
Southern Poverty Law Center
United Negro College Fund
Color of Change
The National of Civic Participation
Black Lives Matter
Coaches for Change
Return on Inclusion

 
Please note: These resources and links are being provided as a convenience; they do not constitute an endorsement or an approval by the America East Conference of any of the products, services or opinions of the corporation or organization or individual. The America East Conference bears no responsibility for the accuracy, legality or content of the external site or for that of subsequent links.