Clarence Ewing: The Million Year Trip writesHow to Not Be a Racist

The events happeninng ascross the world that have occured in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd have been, to completey undersell it, extraordinary. The latest chaper in the stuggle for equality has shook up the world and brought together people from all races.

However, some people are wondering what else they could do to further the cause in additon to marching and standing shoulder to shoulder with their Black brothers and sisters.

It is the opinion of this author that learning and understaning is a great place to start, not just of the emotional states of individuals, but the natiure and history of the country we live in, and the ways society makes oppression possible. 

Below is a brief list of books and other media resouces to help in that journey. If you have a suggestion for other resources, list them below in the comments or send us an email and we'll add it.

• Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
• The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu
• How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
• An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
• Mexican Americans and the Question of Race by Julie A. Dowling
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
• War Against All Puerto Ricans: Revolution and Terror in America's Colony by Nelson A. Denis 
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo
• 13th (2016 documentary) [review by Clarence Ewing and Kevin Fullam]
• The 1619 Project (New York Times)
• Code Switch (National Public Radio)
• Higher Learning (1995 film)
• "The Problem We All Live With" (This American Life)

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