"Reading Is Only a Step on the Path to Anti-Racism."
A reading list "... is not a panacea. This compilation of resources is JUST A STARTING POINT to encourage people to do their own work and have their own hard conversations."
- Nicole A. Cooke, Publishers Weekly, June 19, 2020
Writer, researcher Ibram X. Kendi explains how being "not racist" perpetuates racism, and that becoming actively antiracist is the necessary goal. TED2020 (May 2020)
Writer, activist, comedian Baratunde Thurston speaks at TED2019
Poet, educator, activist Clint Smith on silence; TED@NYC, 2014
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In the Shadow of Liberty: The Hidden History of Slavery, Four Presidents, and Five Black Lives by 
Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by This page presents selected important readings for addressing racism and specifically anti-Blackness racism. This page was developed as a collaboration between the ISU Colegas Faculty & Staff Association and the Library's DEI Committee chair.
NOTE: This content was taken offline in May 2023 and is no longer being updated.
Portions of the guide are being kept here privately for archival purposes. --Susan Vega García
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African American-Latino Relations in the 21st Century: When Cultures Collide by 
How to Be an Antiracist by ✸ See also our How to Be an Antiracist Book Discussion Series guide
How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by 
Is Everyone Really Equal? An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education by ✸ See also our Is Everyone Really Equal Book Discussion Series guide
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by 
On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by 
Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America by 
So You Want to Talk about Race by 
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by 
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by ✸ See also our White Fragility Book Discussion Series guide
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The African Experience in Spanish America: 1502 to the Present by 
Africans to Spanish America: Expanding the Diaspora by 
The Afro-Latin@ Experience in Contemporary American Literature and Culture by 
The Afro-Latin@ Reader by 
Afro-Latin@s in Movement by 
Afro-Latin America, 1800-2000 by 
Black in Latin America by 
Black Social Movements in Latin America: From Monocultural Mestizaje to Multiculturalism by 
Debates históricos contemporáneos : africanos y afrodescendientes en México y Centroamérica by 
¡Manteca! An Anthology of Afro-Latin@ Poets by 
No Longer Invisible: Afro-Latin Americans Today by 
Race and Ethnicity in Latin America, 2nd ed. by 
