LibGuides: Anti-Racism Resources: Audio and Video Resources

Audiobooks

A Different Mirror by Ronald Takaki; Peter Berkrot (Narrated by)
ISBN: 9781452621555
Publication Date: 2011-03-31
Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounts the history of America in the voice of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States-Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others-groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture.From the role of black soldiers in preserving the Union to the history of Chinese Americans from 1900 to 1941, from an investigation into the issue of "illegal" immigrants from Mexico to a look at the sudden visibility of Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Takaki's work is a remarkable achievement that grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.

Stamped from the Beginning - The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Unabridged) by Ibram X. Kendi [on Spotify]
Audiobook streaming for free on Spotify.

Podcasts, etc.

Art of the Sermon podcast with Austin Channing Brown
Author Austin Channing Brown of I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness discusses how and why he started work in racial reconciliation, his memoir, the importance and uniqueness of the voice of Black women, helpful and unhelpful ways to lead conversations on race, why some people of color turn down opportunities to teach or lead discussions, as well as other topics.
Code Switch: A Decade Of Watching Black People Die
The last few weeks have been filled with devastating news — stories about the police killing black people. At this point, these calamities feel familiar — so familiar, in fact, that their details have begun to echo each other.
The Ezra Klein Show: Why Ta-Nehisi Coates is Hopeful
A discussion with author of Between the World and Me and The Water Dancer about what he sees as he looks out at the country.
Getting Curious: How Can Democrats be Anti-racist?
A conversation with Alicia Garza co-founder of Black Lives Matter and Director of Strategy & Partnerships for National Domestic Works Alliance.
Good For You
An important conversation with David Oyelowo, actor and activist who portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Selma, about the emotional toll and the graphic images it has taken for black people to be heard while engaged in this space.
Hope & Hard Pills
A conversation with Britt Hawthorne, a nationally recognized equity trainer in education.
NPR Podcast with Claude Steele Author of Whistling Vivaldi
Conversation with social psychologist Claude Steele author of Whistling Vivaldi And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us. Steele unpacks the stereotype threat, the impacts it has on our lives, and how to work against it to minimize its impact.
Smartest Person in the Room with Laura Tremaine
Continuing our series on racial bias, a black and white conversation between friends. Episode 30: Bias: Well-Meaning White People.
Speaking of Racism: Andre Henry
A conversation with Andre Henry, writer and speaker with a passion for racial justice. He writes a weekly email giving practical insight on antiracism and nonviolent social change. Andre joins Jen to talk about the power of everyday people, the importance of doing the work to create the world we want to see, why hope is essential in this movement, and how people can come together to build the world they want to live in.
Still Processing: Kaepernick
Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham discuss what it means for Nike to align itself with Colin Kaepernick.
Unlocking Us with Brené Brown and Ibram X. Kendi
Conversation between Brené Brown with professor Ibram Kendi, New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist and the Director of the Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. They talk about racial disparities, policy, and equality, and focus on how to be an antiracist, which is a groundbreaking approach to understanding uprooting racism and inequality in our society and in ourselves.
The United States of Anxiety
A podcast hosted by Kai Wright about "the unfinished business of our history and its grip on our future."
Resistance
A podcast about activism and the movement for Black Lives, hosted by Saidu Tejan-Thomas Jr.
Intersectionality Matters!
A podcast by Kimberlé Crenshaw analyzing various issues through an intersectional lens.
Pod Save The People
A podcast hosted by DeRay Mckesson on activism and social justice.

Streaming Video

12 Streamable Plays That Depict Black Lives Pierced by Racism
From the documentary works of Anna Deavere Smith to brief monologues written in this moment of unrest, dramatists are sounding an alarm.
African American History: From Emancipation to the Present
From Yale Open Courses, this course examines the African American experience in the United States from 1863 to the present. Prominent themes include the end of the Civil War and the beginning of Reconstruction; African Americans’ urbanization experiences; the development of the modern civil rights movement and its aftermath; and the thought and leadership of Booker T. Washington, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X.
Between the Scenes at the Daily Show: Bloomberg and the Legacy of Stop-and-Frisk
Unpacking the legacy of stop-and-frisk in New York under Mike Bloomberg.
Beyond Reform: Reenvisioning the Role of Police
In “Beyond Reform: Reenvisioning the Role of Police,” University of Pennsylvania Professor Dorothy Roberts moderates a conversation with leading scholars Amna Akbar, Monica C. Bell, and Jocelyn Simonson to understand what it truly means to build a racially just system of public safety.
Just Mercy
The 2019 legal drama starring Michael B. Jordan as Equal Justice Initiative founder Bryan Stevenson is streaming for free or available to rent for free on several platforms for the month of June, including Amazon and AppleTV.
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
As nationwide protests over the deaths of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor are met with police brutality, John Oliver discusses how the histories of policing and white supremacy are intertwined, the roadblocks to fixing things, and some potential paths forward.
Rethinking Policing: Activism and Reform
A four-part video series from Georgetown Law.
Structural Frustrations: Challenges to Implementing Change
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School will convene a year-long colloquium, Achieving Racial Justice, beginning with a summer series focused on policing. This summer series, A Path for Change: Policing in America, will be hosted by the Law School’s Quattrone Center for the Fair Administration of Justice, in partnership with the Office of Inclusion & Engagement and the Toll Public Interest Center’s Social Justice Programs. It will bring together leading scholars, practitioners, and activists to re-imagine the criminal justice system.
TED Talk: Don't Be a Savior, Be an Ally
A brief talk on intersectionality and the different types of identity that we all negotiate - how we can all learn to be advocates for social positive social change.
TED Talk: How to Build an Anti-Racist World
An interview with Ibram X. Kendi, author and historian.
TED Talk: How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time
Baratunde Thurston, activist & comedian, reveals the power of language to change stories of trauma into stories of healing -- while challenging us all to level up.
TED Talk: How to Overcome Our Biases? Walk Boldly Toward Them
Our biases can be dangerous, even deadly — as we've seen in the cases of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and Eric Garner, in Staten Island, New York. Diversity advocate Vernā Myers looks closely at some of the subconscious attitudes we hold toward out-groups. She makes a plea to all people: Acknowledge your biases. Then move toward, not away from, the groups that make you uncomfortable. In a funny, impassioned, important talk, she shows us how.
TED Talk: Racism Has a Cost For Everyone
Racism makes our economy worse -- and not just in ways that harm people of color, says public policy expert Heather C. McGhee. From her research and travels across the US, McGhee shares startling insights into how racism fuels bad policymaking and drains our economic potential -- and offers a crucial rethink on what we can do to create a more prosperous nation for all. "Our fates are linked," she says. "It costs us so much to remain divided."
TED Talk: The Path to Ending Systemic Racism in the US
In a time of mourning and anger over the ongoing violence inflicted on Black communities by police in the US and the lack of accountability from national leadership, what is the path forward? Sharing urgent insights into this historic moment, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King and Anthony D. Romero discuss dismantling the systems of oppression and racism responsible for tragedies like the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd and far too many others -- and explore how the US can start to live up to its ideals. (This discussion, hosted by head of TED Chris Anderson and current affairs curator Whitney Pennington Rodgers, was recorded on June 3, 2020.)
TED Talk: The Symbols of Systemic Racism -- And How to Take Away Their Power
Multidisciplinary artist and TED Fellow Paul Rucker is unstitching the legacy of systemic racism in the United States. A collector of artifacts connected to the history of slavery -- from branding irons and shackles to postcards depicting lynchings -- Rucker couldn't find an undamaged Ku Klux Klan robe for his collection, so he began making his own. The result: striking garments in non-traditional fabrics like kente cloth, camouflage and silk that confront the normalization of systemic racism in the US. "If we as a people collectively look at these objects and realize that they are part of our history, we can find a way to where they have no more power over us," Rucker says. (This talk contains graphic images.)
TED Talk: The Urgency of Intersectionality
Kimberle Crenshaw calls on us to bear witness to the reality of race and gender biases, and speak up for victims of prejudice.
White Privilege
Kyla Lacey's spoken word poem about the impact of white supremacy.
White Like Me
White Like Me, based on the work of acclaimed anti-racist educator and author Tim Wise, explores race and racism in the U.S. through the lens of whiteness and white privilege. In a stunning reassessment of the American ideal of meritocracy and claims that we've entered a post-racial society, Wise offers a fascinating look back at the race-based white entitlement programs that built the American middle class, and argues that our failure as a society to come to terms with this legacy of white privilege continues to perpetuate racial inequality and race-driven political resentments today.