Anti-Racism Resources
We believe that the core of the anti-racist movement is education facilitated by uplifting and extending the messages of diverse voice. We can better fight racism armed with the knowledge to understand racism, it’s origins, and how it effects our communities and community members. The following anti-racism content has been sourced from local community members, informative content creators, and various authors who share the goal of ending racial discrimination.
Book Recommendations
Book cover links direct to Native Books Hawai’i, a Kānaka Maoli woman-owned independent bookseller
An Introduction to Hawaiian Context
Talking About Racism as a Construct
Book cover links direct to Underground Books, a Black-owned nonprofit under St. HOPE
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The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness, Michelle Alexander
Open Wide the Freedom Gates, Dorothy Height
Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
killing rage: Ending Racism, bell hooks
A People’s History of the United States, Howard Zinn
So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, Carol Anderson
The Warmth of Other Suns, Isabel Wilkerson
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, Paul Kivel
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, Ronald Takaki
How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
White Fragility, Robin Diangelo
Videos and Podcasts
Stand Against Racism Podcast: Building a Compassionate World with Michelle Kim, YWCA USA
Stand Against Racism Podcast: Exhibiting History and Curating the Future with Dr. Ariana Curtis, YWCA USA
What is Systemic Racism? Race Forward Videos (8 part series)
Hawaii is Diverse, but Far From a Racial Paradise, Interview with John Osorio, NPR
The Pōpolo Project Blog, The Blue Hawaii Podcast
Anti-Bias Lessons Help Preschoolers Hold Up A Mirror to Diversity, PBS News Hour
How Racist Are You? Jane Elliott’s Brown Eye-Blue Eye Experiment
The Link Between Health and Race, Ted Talks (7 videos)
Talks to Help You Understand Racism in America, Ted Talks (9 videos)
The Urgency of Intersectionality, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Ted Talks
Words That Don’t Belong to Everyone, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Articles
Letter to the Editor: “Stand Together, Stand Against Racism” by YWCA of Kaua‘i Executive Director, Renae Hamilton-Cambeilh, and Lead Prevention Educator, Matthew Houck, The Garden Island
“Asian Americans Describe ‘Gut Punch’ of Racist Attacks During Coronavirus Pandemic” by Matt Loffman, PBS News Hour
“It’s a racial justice issue: Black Americans are dying in greater numbers from Covid-19” by Kenya Evelyn, The Guardian
“How to Respond to Coronavirus Racism” by Teaching Tolerance
“Hawai’i As A Cure For Racism? Some Say Not” by Ku‘uwehi Hiraishi, Hawaii Public Radio
“The Truth About Anti-White Discrimination” by Keith Payne, Scientific American
“Case for Reparations” by Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic’
“Our Biased Brains” by Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
”Reconstructing the Canon” by Devon Black, Harvard Political Review
“Who’s Afraid of a White Minority?” by Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times
“7 Reasons Why ‘Colorblindness’ Contributes to Racism Instead of Solves It” by Jon Greenberg
“What it means to be anti-racist” by Anna North
“Teaching Your Child About Black History” by Nefertiti Austin