• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
  by Michelle Alexander
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century
  by Grace Lee Boggs
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
• Faces at the Bottom of the Well by Derrick Bell Foreword by Michelle Alexander
• The Sum of Us by Heather McGhee
• Handbook for Nonprofit Leadership: Recruiting, Training and Engaging Trustees of Color by Cynthia Primo Martin

Check Delaware Libraries for book availability.

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)
• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists
• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)
• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine
• The Combahee River Collective Statement
• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)
• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD
• “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” by Courtney Martin (June 1, 2020)
• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh
• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
• “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
• 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
• Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
• Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
• Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
• Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
• Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
• I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
• If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
• Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
• King In The Wilderness  — HBO
• See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
• Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

• 1619 (New York Times)
• About Race
• Code Switch (NPR)
• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
• Seeing White
• Be Antiracist with Ibram X. Kendi

• Delaware Division of Libraries Social Justice Page
  
• 97 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
• Anti-Racism Project
• Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)
• Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources
• Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
• Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac
• Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits
• “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie
• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials

• Antiracism Center: Twitter
• Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

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• Unbound: My Story of Liberation and the Birth of the Me Too Movement by Tarana Burke
• Assume Nothing: A Story of Intimate Violence by Tanya Selvaratnam
• Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture by Roxane Gay
• Free Lunch by Rex Ogle
• The Gift of Fear by Gavin De Becker
• Coercive Control by Evan Stark
• Nobody’s Victim: Fighting Psychos, Stalkers, Pervs, and Trolls by Carrie Goldberg
• Recover and Rebuild: Moving on From Partner Abuse by Stacie Freudenberg, PsyD
• One for the Murphys by Lynda Mullaly Hunt
• Fighting Works by Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
• What Jamie Saw by Carolyn Coman
• Mommy’s Black Eye by William G. Bentrim
• Some Secrets Should Never Be Kept by Jayneen Sanders
• The Day My Daddy Lost His Temper by Carol S. McCleary, PsyD
• Miles is the Boss of His Body by Abbie Chiffer and Samantha Kurtzman-Counter
• The Magic Beads by Susin Nielsen-Fernlund

What are gender pronouns? Gender pronouns are words people choose to refer to themselves in place of a proper name such as “she/her,” “he/him,” “they/them,” and “ze/hir” [pronounced zee/heer]. Gender pronouns match personal identity.

Individuals who identify as non-binary, genderqueer, or gender non-conforming do not identify with he and she pronouns. Many identify with gender-neutral pronouns like they/them, ze/zir, or hir/zir.

Why do gender pronouns matter?
An individual’s pronoun is often assumed based on appearance, behavior, voice, name, or stereotypes. However, gender identity is not always apparent and not necessarily tied to sex assigned at birth. Gender identity is an internal sense of self and can be man, woman, neither, or both. Making assumptions on gender identity can be incorrect and limiting.

YWCA Delaware’s Policy on Discrimination standards includes “refraining from any manner or form of discrimination and/or harassment, whether it is sexual, racial, religious or related to another’s gender, orientation, or disability.” Making the wrong assumption about someone’s gender identity by extension of their pronouns can be insulting and constitutes workplace bias or harassment if done repeatedly.

YWCA Delaware is a statewide organization that offers economic empowerment, health and safety, racial justice, and social advocacy in safe and stable environments. Above all, YWCA Delaware respects all identities and welcomes all to share their pronouns voluntarily.

How to ask someone for their pronoun? Try asking, “What are your preferred pronouns?”  or “May you remind me which pronouns you like for yourself?”

What if you make a mistake? If you make a mistake, apologize and correct yourself, “Sorry, I meant she.” Remember the correct pronoun moving forward.

Pronoun Resources

• • Out & Equal’s Best Practices for Non-Binary Inclusion in the Workplace
  • GLAAD Media Reference Guide
  • GLSEN Pronoun Guide