Resources for Studying Birth Justice and Anti-Racism
This list is in service of furthering birth justice by acknowledging and addressing racism and white supremacy in birth in our culture. This is by no means an exhaustive list; it will be updated frequently. We are open to suggestions and/or feedback on these resources.
Books
- White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, Robin DiAngelo
- So You Want to Talk about Race, Ijeoma Oluo
- How to Be Anti-Racist, Ibram X Kendi
- Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out, Ruth King
- Birthing Justice: Black Women, Pregnancy, and Childbirth, Julia Oparah and Alicia Bonaparte
Podcasts
Online courses and downloadable workbooks
- Showing Up for Racial Justice Racism 101
- Rachel Ricketts Spiritual Activism 101
- The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond
Other resources for understanding race, racism, and white privilege; deconstructing the good/bad binary; and recognizing/avoiding White Savior Complex
- 11 Step guide to understanding race, racism, and white privilege
- The Gardener’s Tale, Video with Dr. Camara Jones
- Robin DiAngelo, Good-Bad Binary
- Good-Bad Binary flashcards
- White Savior Complex is Real
- Unpacking the White Savior Complex
- What is a White Savior Complex
- The White Savior Industrial Complex
- Holding up the mirror-recognizing and dismantling the white savior complex
- Peggy McIntosh's classic article on White Privilege
- An interview with Peggy McIntosh