Colorado UUs for Racial Justice
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Non-Fiction Books
Title | Author | Audience | Notes |
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A Field Guide to White Supremacy | Kathleen Belew ed. & Ramon A Gutierrez | intermediate | examines white supremacy out in society |
A Guide to Gender: The Social Justice Advocate’s Handbook | Sam Killermann | beginner | how to be respectful of gender presentation and orientation |
A World Without White People: Dismantling Sexism, Homophobia, and White Supremacy | Rai Lao | intermediate | how to understand the intersections of these issues from an Asian perspective |
American Hate: Survivors Speak Out | Arjun Singh Sethi ed. | intermediate | first hand accounts of hate crimes |
An African American and Latinx History of the United States | Paul Ortiz | intermediate | adding perspectives to our understanding of US history |
An Indigenous People’s History of the United States | Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz | intermediate | adding perspectives to our understanding of US history |
Are Prisons Obsolete? | Angela Y Davis | intermediate | examination of the prison industrial complex |
Avoiding Racial Equity Detours | Paul Gorski | intermediate (teachers) | equity in education |
Between the World and Me | Ta-Nehisi Coates | intermediate | explaining inequities |
Black Pioneers in a White Denomination | Mark D. Morrison Reed | intermediate (clergy) | explores the history of Black people in religion |
Bringing Race to the Table | Crystal Blanton | intermediate (pagan) | Older resource, racism in the pagan community |
Can We Talk About Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation | Beverly Tatum | intermediate (teachers) | older resource |
Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain: Promoting Authentic Engagement and Rigor Among Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students | Zaretta Hammond | intermediate (teachers) | older resource |
Decolonizing Wellness: A QTBIPOC-Centered Guide to Escape the Diet Trap, Heal Your Self-Image, and Achieve Body Liberation | Dalia Kinsey | beginner | addresses fatphobia, racism in beauty standards |
Dismantling Racism, The Continuing Challenge to White America | Joseph R. Barndt | beginner | older resource |
Do Better: Spiritual Activism for Fighting and Healing from White Supremacy | Rachel Ricketts | beginner (pagan friendly) | addresses racial justice from a comprehensive, intersectional, and spirit-based perspective, interfaith |
Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia | Sabrina Strings | intermediate | addresses fatphobia, racism in beauty standards |
Feed the Resistance: Recipes +Ideas for Getting Involved | Julia Turshen | beginner | addresses nurturing the community |
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 | Ibram X. Kendi, Keisha N. Blain | intermediate | Black accounts of US history |
Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement | Angela Y. Davis | advanced | nuanced discussion of race, colonialization and how they intersect |
Handbook for a Post Roe America | Robin Marty | beginner | discusses bodily autonomy, how we got here and how to get out |
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America | Clint Smith | intermediate | addresses slavery, racism, white supremacy history |
How to be An Anti Racist | Ibram X. Kendi | beginner | addresses racism, white supremacy |
How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy and the Racial Divide | Crystal Marie Fleming | beginner | addresses systematic racism |
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective | Keeanga Yamahtta Taylor | intermediate | addresses history of radical Black feminists and its impact on the struggles of today |
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body | Roxanne Gay | intermediate | addresses her experience with body image, food, and racism |
Indigenous Community: Rekindling the Teachings of the Seventh Fire | George A. Cajete | intermediate | addresses revitalizing community among indigenous people |
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption | Bryan Stevenson | beginner | addresses inequities in the justice system |
Laziness Does Not Exist | Devon Price | beginner | addresses neurodiversity and unrealistic expectations of mental health |
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World and Become a Good Ancestor | Layla F. Saad | beginner | |
Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World | Layla F. Saad | beginner | |
Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America | Ijeoma Oluo | intermediate | |
Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out | Ruth King | beginner | |
Multiplication Is for White People”: Raising Expectations for Other People’s Children | Lisa Delpit | intermediate (teachers) | addresses racial inequity in education for parents and teachers |
My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies | Resmaa Menakem | intermediate | addresses embodiment of racial damage/white supremacy damage |
Nobody: Casualties of America’s War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond | Marc Lamont Hill | intermediate | addresses police violence, environmental violence, and white supremacy in governmental systems |
Overcoming our racism: The journey to liberation | Derald Wing Sue | beginner | addresses internalized racism, and privilege, with exercises and activities |
Pedagogy of the Oppressed | Paulo Freire | advanced | very old resource addresses white supremacy culture worldwide |
Power, privilege, and difference | Allan G. Johnson | intermediate | older resource, examines systems of privilege and difference |
Radical Hope: Ethics in the Face of Cultural Devastation | Jonathan Lear | advanced | older resource, examines how to respond to cultural collapse |
Readings for diversity and social justice 4th addition | Maurianne Adams, Warren J. Blumenfeld, D. Chase Catalano, Keri Dejong, Heather Hackman, Larissa E. Hopkins, Barbara Love, Madeline L. Peters, Davey Shlasko, Ximena Zuniga | intermediate | intersectional resource that covers racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, classism, ableism, youth and elder oppression(ageism) |
Resistance and Hope: Essays by Disabled People | Alice Wong | beginner | addresses disability justice and ableism and how it intersects with race, sex, class |
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches | Audre Lorde | beginner | older resource, discusses sexism, racism, ageism, homophobia, and class |
Sisters in Hate: American Women on the Front Lines of White Nationalism | Seyward Darby | intermediate | expose of white women in white nationalist spaces, shows how white women normalize racist extremism |
So You Want to Talk About Race | Ijeoma Oluo | beginner | addresses police brutality, cultural appropriation and model minority myth |
SOUL WORK, Anti-Racist Theologies in Dialogue | UUA, Marjorie Bowens-Wheatley, Nancy Palmer Jones | intermediate (clergy) | |
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America | Ibram X. Kendi | intermediate | history of systematic racism in America |
Systemic racism: A theory of oppression | Joe R. Feagin | intermediate | explains and examines systematic racism |
Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom | bell hooks | intermediate | older resource, examines new ways to educate |
The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story | Nikole Hannah-Jones, The New York Times, Caitlan Roper, Ilena Silverman, Jake Silverstein | beginner | examines US history through the lens of systematic racism and white supremacy |
The Anti-Racist Cookbook, A Recipe Guide for Conversations About Race That Goes Beyond Covered Dishes and “Kum-Bah-Ya” | Robin Parker, Pamela Smith Chambers | beginner | explain how to create dialogue groups to discuss what to do and how to do it. |
The Body is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love | Sonya Renee Taylor | beginner | addresses fatphobia, western beauty standards, how to heal |
The Body Keeps Score: Mind, Brain and Body in the Transformation of Trauma | Bessel Van Der Kolk | intermediate | discusses how traumas sit in our bodies |
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America | Richard Rothstein | intermediate | discusses the history of how white supremacy defined where people lived/live |
The Color of Water: A Black Man’s Tribute to his White Mother | James McBride | intermediate | a memoir that discusses the nuance of race |
The Dreamkeepers: Successful Teachers of African American Children | Gloria Ladson-Billings | intermediate (teachers) | discusses cultural relevant teaching |
The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness | Rhonda V. Magee, Jon Kabat-Zinn | beginner | discusses how mindfulness practice can help with white awkwardness and guilt |
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness | Michelle Alexander | intermediate | examines the white supremacist underpinnings of our criminal justice system |
The Power Worshippers: Inside the Dangerous Rise of Religious Nationalism | Katherine Stewart | intermediate | examines the Religious Right, their values and their goals |
The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls | Mona Eltahawy | beginner | discusses dismantling white supremacist patriarchial culture |
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together | Heather McGhee | beginner | discusses what white supremacy culture costs everyone |
They Can’t Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America’s Racial Justice Movement | Wesley Lowery | intermediate | examines police violence through interviews with survivors |
Uprooting Racism, How White People Can Work For Racial Justice | Paul Kivel | beginner | explains framework to understand institutional racism |
Utopia for Realists: How We Can Build the Ideal World | Rutger Bregman | advanced | discusses capitalism and the elimination of poverty through a universal basic income |
Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race | Debby Irving | beginner | discusses her evolution of understanding of race |
We Do This Until They Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice | Mariame Kaba | intermediate | discusses prison abolition and social transformation |
We Want to Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom | Bettina Love | intermediate | discusses how to dismantle white supremacy in the classroom |
What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk about Fat | Aubrey Gordon | intermediate | discusses fatphobia as a social justice issue |
When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matters Memoir | Patrisse Cullors, asha bandele, Angela Davis | beginner | discusses personal history and history of Black Lives Matter |
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism | Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson | beginner | discusses privilege, white tears, racism |
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide | Carol Anderson | intermediate | discusses historical white supremacy |
White Tears, Black Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color | Ruby Hamad | intermediate | discusses the white supremacy embedded in white feminism |
Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race | Beverly Daniel Tatum | intermediate (teachers) | discusses how racial identity is shaped |
Writing the Other: A Practical Approach | Nisi Shawl, Cynthia Ward | intermediate (writers) | discusses how to examine biases in how you portray characters from other cultures |
You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience | Tarana Burke, Brene Brown | intermediate | recognize and process the trauma of white supremacy |
Fiction Books
Title | Author | Genre | Notes |
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American War | Omar El Akkad | Science Fiction | post-apocalyptic |
The Antagonists | Burgandi Rakoska | Science Fiction, YA | superhero, disability |
Before She Sleeps | Bina Shah | Science Fiction | gender plague, intimacy |
The Black God’s Drums | P. Djeli Clark | Fantasy | alternate universe New Orleans |
Black Leopard, Red Wolf | Marlon James | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in African worldview |
Black Sun | Rebecca Roanhorse | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in pre Columbian worldview |
The Black Tide of Heaven | Neon Yang | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in Asian worldview, LGBTQ+ rep |
Chameleon Moon | RoAnna Sylver | Science Fiction, YA | neurodiversity, trauma |
Children of Blood and Bone | Tomi Adeyemi | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in African worldview |
Children of Vengeance and Virtue | Tomi Adeyemi | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in African worldview |
The City of Brass | S. A. Chakraborty | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in pre-Islamic and Islamic worldview |
Coyote Rage | Owl Goingback | Horror | story rooted in indigenous worldview |
Crota | Owl Goingback | Horror | story rooted in indigenous worldview |
Deathless Divide | Justina Ireland | Alternate History, YA | alternate American history of Civil War rooted in Black experience |
The Deep | Alma Katsu | Horror | alternate history Titanic |
The Devourers | Indra Das | Horror | story rooted in Indian worldview, LGBTQ+ rep |
Dread Nation | Justina Ireland | Alternate History, YA | alternate American history of Civil War rooted in Black experience |
Everfair | Nisi Shawl | Alternate History | alternate African history, LGBTQ+ rep |
Fevered Star | Rebecca Roanhorse | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in pre Columbian worldview |
The Grace of Kings | Ken Liu | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in Chinese folklore |
The Gurka and the Lord of Tuesday | Saad Z Hossain | Fantasy | story rooted in pre-Islamic worldview |
The Haunting of Tram Car 015 | P. Djeli Clark | Alternate History | story rooted in pre-Islamic and Islamic worldview |
How Long Until Black Future Month? | N. K. Jemisin | Anthology | stories rooted in a wide range of African diaspora tales |
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms | N. K. Jemisin | Fantasy | LGBTQ+ rep |
The Kingdom of Copper | S. A. Chakraborty | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in pre-Islamic and Islamic worldview |
The Last Girl Scout | Natalie Ironside | Horror | LGBTQ+ rep |
Lovecraft Country | Matt Ruff | Horror | rooted in racism in the US |
Mexican Gothic | Silvia Moreno-Garcia | Gothic Horror | rooted in racism in US and Mexico |
My Heart is a Chainsaw | Stephen Graham Jones | Horror | rooted in racism and gentrification of indigenous lands |
Night of the Mannequins | Stephen Graham Jones | Horror | rooted in indigenous worldview |
Nothing But Blackened Teeth | Cassandra Khaw | Horror | rooted in Japanese and internet folklore |
The Only Good Indians | Stephen Graham Jones | Horror | rooted in indigenous worldview |
The Red Threads of Fortune | Neon Yang | Fantasy | epic fantasy rooted in Asian worldview, LGBTQ+ rep |
The Refrigerator Monologues | Cat Valente | Fantasy | explores the concept of ‘fridging’ in a variety of stories |
Red Widow | Alma Katsu | Thriller | story of women in intelligence services |
The Hunger | Alma Katsu | Horror | The Donner Party |
Fervor | Alma Katsu | Horror | Japanese internment |
Resistance Reborn | Rebecca Roanhorse | Science Fiction, Star Wars | story in Star Wars universe |
Ring Shout | P. Djeli Clark | Alternate History, Horror, | rooted in Black experience, racism |
Rosewater | Tade Thompson | Science Fiction | rooted in Nigerian worldview |
Skin Folk | Nalo Hopkinson | Short story collection | rooted in West Indian and African worldview |
Sorrowland | River Solomon | Science Fiction | rooted in African worldview |
Space Opera | Cat Valente | Science Fiction | LGBTQ+ rep |
Straight | Chuck Tingle | Horror | LGBTQ+ rep |
They Don’t Make Plus Size Space Suits | Ali Thompson | Short story collection | addresses fatophobia |
The Three Body Problem | Cixin Liu | Science Fiction | rooted in Chinese worldview |
Trail of Lightning | Rebecca Roanhorse | Dark Fantasy | rooted in Navajo worldview |
Under the Pendulum Sun | Jeannette Ng | Fantasy | |
Vermillion | Molly Tanzer | Alternate History, Horror, Dark Fantasy | LGBTQ+ rep |
Wake of Vultures | Lila Bowen | Dark Fantasy, Horror | |
The Worm and His Kings | Hailey Piper | Horror | LGBTQ+rep |
The Year’s Best African Speculative Fiction | Oghenechovwe Donald Ekpeki ed. | Short story collection | rooted in various African worldviews |
The Worth Saga | Courtney Milan | Romance | |
The Cyclone Series | Courtney Milan | Romance | |
The Brothers Sinister Series | Courtney Milan | Romance | |
The Turner Series | Courtney Milan | Romance |
Articles
Videos
Podcasts
TikTok
bea.six18 | Bea.six18 | Trans positive |
bluebeardthedad | Bluebeard | Nonbinary, pagan |
brandyglows | Brandy Walker LMSW | Mental health |
bwb.artist | Bruce W. Brackett | LGBTQ+ and addiction recovery |
crutches_and_spice | Imani Babian | Black and disabled |
drunkcrier | Jon Urquhart | ASL and LGBTQ+ |
fatposipua | FatPosPua | Indigenous and fat positive |
hostile_oglala696 | Wild_Ogalala | Indigenous |
kissyduere | Kissy Duere | Black and trans positive |
kweenwerk | Kween werK | Black and outdoors |
levertthebassman | Levert Blount | Black and history |
mahealanirowland | Mahealani Rowland | Indigenous |
mx.deran | Ty Deran | Trans positive |
navabroisss | isaac madson | Indigenous |
north_omaha_cat_lady | Rosie gettinmyfatbitchon | Anti-racist, pagan, political |
notoriouscree | James Jones | Indigenous |
oldgays | The Old Gays | LGBTQ+ |
reneedillard | Renee Dillard | Indigenous |
rynnstar | Rynn | Black and fat positive |
starr_mcqueen | Starr Mcqueen | Black and trans positive |
thehistorywizard | The History Wizard | Anti-racist, historical, political |
thezaragreen | Zara Green | Black |
thisbliss | Body Liberator | Black and fat positive |
traecrowder | Trae Crowder | Anti-racist, classism, comedy |
yourkoreandad | Nick Cho | Asian wholesome |
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