ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES
Online Courses
Anti-Racism I is an introduction to the topic of race and racism in the United States. The primary audience for this course is anyone who is interested in learning about race/racism in the US who has never taken a course in critical race or ethnic studies or affiliated fields (indeed, who may not know what the fields of critical race studies or ethnic studies are), who has never read a book about race/racism, or attended any race equity or diversity trainings on the topic of race/racism. There is no charge for this ongoing course.
Anti-Racism II explores the historical and linguistic constructions of race and racism in the United States and interrogates the origins and meaning of intersectionality.
Video
Black And Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom, Harvard Divinity School, 2020
Black and Buddhist and the Sanitized Stench of Genocide in the U. S. Zen Peacemakers, 2021.
New Orleans Mayor Denounces Confederate Nostalgia in Stirring Speech Defending Monument Removal, Slate Magazine, May 23, 2017
Articles
Soto Zen priest Ben Connelly writes on the importance of listening to Indigenous leaders in environmental activism, such as the effort to stop the proposed tar sands oil pipeline. Lion's Roar, August 10, 2021.
Buddhists and Racial Justice: A History. Ann Gleig, Tricycle, July 24, 2021.
Buddhist Justice Reporter and the George Floyd Trials. Pamela Iyo Yetunde, Tricycle, March 29, 2021
Why Are Asian Americans Being Attacked and What Can You Do About It? Zaid Jelani, Greater Good, March 21, 2021
Born with Two Strikes: How Systemic Racism Shaped Floyd’s Life and Hobbled his Ambition. Washington Post, October 8, 2020
Why is Covid-19 Killing so Many Black Americans? Andrea Collier, Greater Good, June 30, 2020.
The West has a role in re-imagining the U.S, Ruxandra Guidi, High Country News, June 23, 2020
The American Nightmare, Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic, June 1, 2020
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, National SEED Project, Peggy McIntosh, 1989.
The Right Speech of Race, Breeze Harper, Lion's Roar, December 31, 2018
Waking up to Whiteness, Greg Snyder, Lion's Roar, August 16, 2017
Healing the Broken Body of Sangha. Lion's Roar, February 17, 2017
The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, June 1, 2014
Waking up to Racism: Dharma, Diversity, and Race, bell hooks, Tricycle, Fall 1994
Books
Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom, Pamela Yetunde and Cheryl A. Giles, 2020.
The Inner Work of Racial Justice, Rhonda V. Magee, 2019
So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo, 2019
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo, 2018
Web Sites
Dharma Relief announces “Healing Race Relations,” a project that will provide Buddhist leaders of color with financial support for their dharma activities and offer resources and support for North American Buddhist groups interested in healing the trauma of racism in their dharma communities. To learn more and support the effort, click here.
Talking About Race, National Museum of African American History and Culture, Smithsonian Institution
Tara Brach Anti-Racism Resources
Video
Black And Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom, Harvard Divinity School, 2020
Black and Buddhist and the Sanitized Stench of Genocide in the U. S. Zen Peacemakers, 2021.
New Orleans Mayor Denounces Confederate Nostalgia in Stirring Speech Defending Monument Removal, Slate Magazine, May 23, 2017
Articles
Buddhist Justice Reporter and the George Floyd Trials. Pamela Iyo Yetunde, Tricycle, March 29, 2021
Why Are Asian Americans Being Attacked and What Can You Do About It? Zaid Jelani, Greater Good, March 21, 2021
Born with Two Strikes: How Systemic Racism Shaped Floyd’s Life and Hobbled his Ambition. Washington Post, October 8, 2020
Why is Covid-19 Killing so Many Black Americans? Andrea Collier, Greater Good, June 30, 2020.
The West has a role in re-imagining the U.S, Ruxandra Guidi, High Country News, June 23, 2020
The American Nightmare, Ibram X. Kendi, The Atlantic, June 1, 2020
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, National SEED Project, Peggy McIntosh, 1989.
The Right Speech of Race, Breeze Harper, Lion's Roar, December 31, 2018
Waking up to Whiteness, Greg Snyder, Lion's Roar, August 16, 2017
Healing the Broken Body of Sangha. Lion's Roar, February 17, 2017
The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic, June 1, 2014
Waking up to Racism: Dharma, Diversity, and Race, bell hooks, Tricycle, Fall 1994
Books
Black and Buddhist: What Buddhism Can Teach Us about Race, Resilience, Transformation, and Freedom, Pamela Yetunde and Cheryl A. Giles, 2020.
The Inner Work of Racial Justice, Rhonda V. Magee, 2019
So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo, 2019
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo, 2018