Anti-Racism Resources
Anti-Racism Resources
These resources have been compiled to help start, inform and facilitate conversations on race and racism for the music therapy community .
Music Therapy Resources
1.Talking about Police Brutality with Clients of Color (Resource Guide)
2. Anti-Oppressive Practices by Music Therapists of Color (Resource Guide)
3. Acknowledging Identity, Privilege, and Oppression in Music Therapy (Article)
https://blog.oup.com/2018/03/identity-privilege-oppression-music-therapy/
4. Experiencing Race as a Music Therapist: Personal Narrative (Book)
https://www.amazon.com/Experiencing-Race-Music-Therapist-Narratives/dp/1937440397
5. View of Multicultural Music Therapy: An Exploration (Position Paper)
https://voices.no/index.php/voices/article/view/2278/2033
6. Towards A Culturally Centered Music Therapy Practice (Paper)
https://voices.no/index.php/voices/article/view/2278/2033
7. Multicultural Considerations in Music Therapy Research (Chapter)
https://digitalcommons.molloy.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1011&context=mustherapy_fac
Resources for Black Mental Health:
- The Open Series https://www.theopenseries.com/
- ST. Foxie http://stfoxie.com/
- Heal Haus https://www.healhaus.com/
- Ask Dr. Jess https://www.askdrjess.com/about-1
- Black Girl in Om https://www.blackgirlinom.com/
- Dive In Well https://www.diveinwell.com/
- Therapy for Black Girls https://therapyforblackgirls.com/
- Afrcian American Mental Health https://www.nami.org/Your-Journey/Identity-and-Cultural-Dimensions/Black-African-American
- 44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in this Country https://www.self.com/story/black-mental-health-resources
- Black Women’s Health Imperative https://bwhi.org/tag/mental-health/
Culturally Competent Mental Health Resources:
Substance Abuse Prevention in the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Community
- Live Another Day - Live Another Day was founded to provide equal access to life-saving resources. They offer dozens of resources for finding help for mental health and substance use
- Resources for AAPI Students - 28 mental health and substance use resources for Asian American students, carefully curated by experts at Lexington Addiction Center
- Detox Local - An excellent resource that features abundant information including mental health and substance use resources specifically for the AAPI (American Asian and Pacific Islander) community
- A Guide for Addressing the Loneliness Epidemic - Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy recently issued a special report on the public health crisis of loneliness in America. The Summit Wellness Group has put together this incredible guide with dozens of mental health and substance use resources that can help.
- Skypoint Recovery - This guide, put together by the experts at Skypoint Recovery, helps people understand what it means to be a “functional” addict.
- Support for BIPOC Parents - An extensive resource list curated for BIPOC parents. This guide was put together by the experts at Louisville Addiction Center
- EMDR for Trauma - Trauma affects people in many ways. Skypoint Recovery Virginia put together this helpful guide to help people understand trauma and its treatment.
Mental Health Resources for the Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) Community
- Mental Health Resources for the BIPOC Community - Mental health affects everyone, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, socio-economic status, and age. This guide provides resources to help ease that burden.
Singable Songbooks for Children in Music Therapy:
- 10 Singable Books by Black Authors http://annapolismusictherapy.com/blog/?fbclid=IwAR3pT8VogobLLZs2N2SY78zmCBv5FT9RN14ZNz3_aD_t2zH72XZ2sAv7Zjw
- Sunshine on My Shoulders https://www.amazon.com/dp/1584690488/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_zwc6EbGRMJT8Y?fbclid=IwAR1zPLmOPTcq5sJNvpiZluUpxx1B7PX6x_QtXISggmrMlzZJUMv1h3unM_I
- This Little Light of Mine https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1688183.This_Little_Light_of_Mine?fbclid=IwAR0ELdo8eeSzHulwKHlN5mcEunBfJTvRaA5C_a9kb35c14I9hHL5Iu9ahXY
- What a Wonderful World https://www.amazon.com/dp/1627792562/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_Dcd6EbZCW1GMN?fbclid=IwAR3nXmImC2dDSDqUwxx8FYv_oAmuO-nc52kU_8lJnfoyUwKULWgo3MR31Ds
- Squeak, Rumble, Whomp! Whomp! Whomp!: A Sonic Adventure https://www.amazon.com/Squeak-Rumble-Whomp-Sonic-Adventure/dp/0763639915/ref=mp_s_a_1_fkmr1_2?dchild=1&keywords=winston%20marsalis%20childrens%20book&qid=1592286216&sr=8-2-fkmr1&fbclid=IwAR1Os91QrvJ7mm77pNBLsdpVZ5-dchqr4dbOMl3VUcmyzRbPFJGMg5fnu7M
- I Got Rhythm https://www.amazon.com/I-Got-Rhythm-Connie-Schofield-Morrison/dp/1619631784?fbclid=IwAR1Os91QrvJ7mm77pNBLsdpVZ5-dchqr4dbOMl3VUcmyzRbPFJGMg5fnu7M
Educational Resources
One Site Resources
- Fantasy World Masters List of Resources on How to Dismantle Systemic Racism
Information provided includes:
- Daily Updates
- Literature: Black History
- Resources for Educators
Articles
Medium Article: 75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Injustice
https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e023Black Lives Matter Co-Founder
Explains Why This Time is Different By Issac Chotiner
Race Talk: Engaging Young People in Conversations about Race and Racism
‘I’m Prejudiced,’ He Said. Then We Kept Talking. By Heather C. McGhee
https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/10/opinion/sunday/im-prejudiced-he-said-then-we-kept-talking.html
The Corona Virus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying By Adam Serwer
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/americas-racial-contract-showing/611389/
White Privilege: Unpacking The Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
http://convention.myacpa.org/houston2018/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/UnpackingTheKnapsack.pdf
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/05/ahmaud-arbery/611539/
21 Anti-Racist Videos to Share With Kids
150 Black-owned Businesses
https://www.websiteplanet.com/blog/support-black-owned-businesses/
Non-Fiction Books
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
A Black Women’s History of the United States by Diana Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
https://www.wordbookstores.com/book/9780807033555
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
Divided Sisters by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell https://www.amazon.com/Divided-Sisters-Midge-Wilson/dp/0385473613
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison https://www.amazon.com/Bluest-Eye-Vintage-International/dp/0307278441
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston https://www.amazon.com/Their-Eyes-Were-Watching-God/dp/0060838671
They Cant Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery https://www.amazon.com/They-Cant-Kill-All-Baltimore/dp/0316312479
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou https://www.amazon.com/Know-Why-Caged-Bird-Sings/dp/0345514408
Fatal Intervention by Dorothy Roberts https://www.amazon.com/Fatal-Invention-Politics-Re-create-Twenty-first/dp/1595588345
Locking Up Our Own by James Forman https://www.amazon.com/Locking-Up-Our-Own-Punishment/dp/0374189978
Podcasts/Ted Talks
Ted Talk - Ibram X. Kendi: How to build an antiracist World
The Seeing White podcast is a production from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and is distributed by the public radio nonprofit organization PRX. The second season, which explored the "history and meaning of whiteness," is essential listening for parents.
So Get Me, a podcast from the Grammy-nominated children’s hip-hop group Alphabet Rockers, is for families of all backgrounds who want to work for racial justice. In their music and work with school children, the Alphabet Rockers encourage kids to practice intervening when they witness exclusion of any kind in school or out in public, including racism and prejudice.
1619 (New York Times)
Code Switch (NPR)
Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberle Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Pod for the Cause (Leadership Conf on Civil & Human Rights)
Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
Seeing White Podcast
Parenting Forward podcast episode 'Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt'
Fare of the Free Child Podcast
Videos/Movies
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Social Media
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Donate
- Black Visions Collection (blackvisionsmn.org)
- Reclaim the Block (reclaimtheblock.org)
- Know Your Rights Camp (knowyourrightscamp.com)
- Minnesota Freedom Fund (minnesotafreedomfund.org)
- Campaign Zero (joincampaignzero.com)
- Communities United Against Police Brutality (cuapb.org)
- I Run with Maud (gofundme.com/f/i-run-with-maud)
- NAACP Legal Defense Fund (naacpldf.org)
- American Civil Liberties Union (aclu.org)
This list is not exhaustive, we have looked through the Anti-Ractists Alliance’s resources and provided a limited list but more extensive materials can be found on the ARA’s anti-racism resources page that be found here