PCUCC’s Anti-Racism Resources

America’s Racist Origins

Video: The Origin of Race in the USA (10 min)

Article: How White People Got Made

Video: ‘We the People’ - the three most misunderstood words in US history (17 min)

Video: We can’t recover from this history until we deal with it

(6 min)

Book: Caste* by Isabel Wilkerson

White Privilege, Fragility, & Supremacy

Article: White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Book: White Fragility* by Robin DiAngelo

Video: How ‘White Fragility‘ Reinforces Racism (5 min)

Book: Me and White Supremacy* by Layla Saad

Policing and Incarceration

Article: The History of Policing in the United States (in 6 parts)

Article: ‘Re-fund the Police’? Why it Might Not Reduce Crime

Article: Five Days without Cops: Could Brooklyn Policing Experiment be a ‘Model for the Future’?

Video: Defund the Police (4 min)

Book: The New Jim Crow* by Michelle Alexander

Book: Just Mercy* by Bryan Stevenson

Everyday Disparities & Microaggressions

Video: Next time someone says racism isn’t real, show them this 3-minute video

Video: What Would You Do? Bike Theft (5 min)

Video: What kind of Asian are you? (2 min)

*Consider ordering your books from a black-owned independent bookstore.

In New Hampshire

Book: Surviving the White Gaze* by Rebecca Carroll

Article: ‘Divisive concepts’ ban is NH law. Will it affect the way teachers do their jobs?

Article: Asian Americans in N.H. face racist remarks

Article: I’m Not Racist, I’m Redlining.

Article: Police open new probe after more racist, anti-Semitic graffiti found on Portsmouth bridge

Article: In 2021, 6 Hate Groups Were Tracked in New Hampshire

Website: Indigenous New Hampshire Collaborative Collective

Photography Book: Different Roots, Common Dreams: New Hampshire’s Cultural Diversity* by Becky Field

Racist Policies

Video: The Disturbing History of the Suburbs (6 min)

Article: The Lasting Legacy of Redlining

Article: The Impact of Voter Suppression on Communities of Color

Article: Block the Vote: How Racist Politicians Are Trying to Block Voters from the Ballot Box

Article: Gerrymandering Explained

White Christian Nationalism and Antisemitism

Video: How Jesus Became Widely Accepted As Being White (11 min)

Article: Us vs. them: Challenging stereotypes about Judaism in the wake of the Pittsburg shooting

Book: The 7 Deadly Sins of White Christian Nationalism: A Call to Action* by Carter Heyward

What Can I Do?

Learn about legislative advocacy in New Hampshire

Take the Harvard Implicit Bias Test

Book: How To Be An Antiracist* by Ibram X. Kendi

Video: How to be anti-racist: it’s more than books, quotes and Blackout Tuesday (5 min)