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