Anti-racism resources
This guide highlights resources for doing the work of anti-racism from the Macalester College Library and beyond.
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Welcome to a Mac community shared resource for doing the work of anti-racism. Our objective is to put our community in touch with selected resources available to all of us--through the campus library, and/or freely available online. This guide is a work-in progress. We welcome suggestions for additional resources and/or topic areas.
Community Resource Lists
There are many places to go for resources. Here are a few from the Mac Community:
- Racial Justice Project Fund From the Macalester Institutional Equity Office
- Unlearning White Supremacy Resource List From the Macalester Unlearning White Supremacy group
- Black Lives Matter at Mac The latest from BLM at Mac
Fiction and Poetry
If Beale Street Could Talk by Call Number: PS3552.A45 I4 2006ISBN: 0307275930Publication Date: 2006-10-10
Memoirs and Essays
Between the World and Me by Call Number: E185.615 .C6335 2015ISBN: 0451482212Publication Date: 2015-09-08
The Fire Next Time by Call Number: E185.61 .B195 1993ISBN: 9780679744726Publication Date: 1992-12-01
YA and Picture Books
Graphic Novels
Further Reading
How to Be an Antiracist by Call Number: E184.A1 K344 2019ISBN: 0525509283Publication Date: 2019-08-13
Stamped from the Beginning by Call Number: E185.61 .K358 2016ISBN: 1568585985Publication Date: 2017-08-15
Movies to Stream
- I Am Not Your Negro Using Baldwin's original words and flood of rich archival material, I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO is a journey into black history that connects the past of the Civil Rights movement to the present of #BlackLivesMatter. – Kanopy
- Precious Knowledge: Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools Precious Knowledge reports from the frontlines of one of the most contentious battles in public education in recent memory, the fight over Mexican American studies programs in Arizona public schools. The film interweaves the stories of several students enrolled in the Mexican American Studies Program at Tucson High School with interviews with teachers, parents, school officials, and the lawmakers who wish to outlaw the classes. – Kanopy
