Children’s Books
These children’s books are a great resource for any child to gain a stronger understanding of Jewish tradition, especially in relation to cultural heritage. They are all great starting points to actively taking diversity and inclusion into account. By touching on each book below you can access the link to learn more or to purchase them:
- Let’s Talk About Race by Julius Lester
- Ezra’s Big Shabbat Question by Aviva L. Brown
- The Colors of Us by Karen Katz
- Jalapeño Bagels by Natasha Wing
- Yaffa and Fatima: Shalom, Salaam by Fawzia Gilani-Williams
- Little & Lion by Brandy Colbert
- Color Me In by Natasha Diaz
Adult’s Antiracist Books
For any adult who is just starting out in learning about anti-racism efforts and how to get more involved, these books can be considered to be the first steps. While some are more specific or go into more depth than others, every adult, regardless of background or experience with anti-racism, can learn from these. Below are links to purchase them:
- Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
- Seeing Race Again: Countering Colorblindness across the Disciplines by Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
- Silent Covenants: Brown v. Board of Education and the Unfulfilled Hopes for Racial Reform by Derrick Bell
- Racial Formation In The Twenty-First Century by Laura Pulido, Oneka LaBennett, and Daniel HoSang
- A Black Women’s History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
- Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning by Andratesha Fitzgerald
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
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