Books
The following books have guided White Folks Anti-Racism Caucus (WFARC) in our work. We recommend them as a starting point for white folks interested in getting more involved in anti-racism work.
Consider purchasing books through an independent Black owned bookstore. There may be one local to you.
So You Want to Talk About Race
Author, Ijeoma Oluo
Me and White Supremacy
Author, Layla F. Saad
How to Be an Antiracist
Author, Ibram X. Kendi
Some Black Owned and Independent Bookstores
Have a bookstore to recommend? Let us know.
The Circle Way
WFARC has adopted a meeting format founded on The Circle Way. We embrace the principles that leadership rotates, responsibility is shared, and a reliance on wholeness. The three practices of The Circle Way are to speak with intention, Listen with attention, and tend to the well-being of the circle. To learn more about The Circle Way, check out thecircleway.net.
Online Resources
The following are works on anti-racism by topic.
Understanding White Privilege
Books by Black Writers
HIV Spaces
HINAC
PWN-USA
What is Race?
Terms & Definitions
White Fragility
The intolerability of racial stress or discomfort that blocks white people from doing the work of anti-racism.
Antiblackness
Internalized beliefs, discrimination and harms imposed and impacting Black people.
White Dominant Culture
Normalized practices, beliefs, and values of white people that have become the standard in a society.
BIPOC
An acronym for Black Indigenous People of Color. A. term used to define a group and is not a term applied to any individual.
White Saviorism
A belief that white people have an obligation to save BIPOC from their “inferiority and helplessness”.