We Stand Together Against Racism
June 2, 2020
“At this moment in history, Canada has an incredible opportunity to create a counter-narrative to what is happening in the United States, challenge regressive policies and laws, and champion social inclusion and human rights for all. This can only happen if we work together and if we listen to those who are most marginalized and oppressed.”D.Barreto Black Lives Matter, Vancouver
We Stand Together Against Racism. We are dedicated to using our influence and voices to advocate with you and for you.
Our incredible librarians have compiled a valuable list of resources for you.
Listen.
Learn.
Unlearn.
Canadian Resources
- Policing Black Lives: State Violence in Canada from Slavery to the Present (Maynard, Robyn)
- The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power (Cole, Desmond)
- In the Black: My Life (B. Denham Jolly)
- I’ve Been Meaning to Tell You: A Letter to My Daughter (Chariandy, David)
- The Hanging of Angélique: The Untold Story of Canadian Slavery and the Burning of Old Montréal (Cooper, Afua)
Adult Books
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Eddo-Lodge, Reni)
- So You Want to Talk About Race (Oluo, Ijeoma)
- How to be an AntiRacist (Kendi, Ibram X.)
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism (DiAngelo, Robin J.)
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness (Alexander, Michelle)
- When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Khan-Cullors, Patrisse and Asha Bandele)
- White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Anderson, Carol)
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Channing Brown, Austin)
Resources for Parents
- Let it Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters (Davis Pinkey, Andrea)
- Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation (Tonatiuh, Duncan)
- The Day You Begin (Woodson, Jacqueline)
- Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library (video)
- Viola Desmond Won’t Be Budged! (Nyasha Warner, Jody)
- Whose Knees are These? (Asim, Jabari)
- These Hands (Mason, Margaret)
- Nurtureshock: New Thinking About Children (Bronson, Po)
- Shades of People (Rotner, Shelley)
- All the Colors We Are: The Story of How We Get Our Skin Color (Kissinger, Katie)
- When We Were Alone (Robertson, David)
- Stolen Words (Florence, Melanie)
- The Sandwich Swap (Rania, Queen, Consort of Abdullah II, King of Jordan)
- Lila and the Crow (Grimard, Gabrielle)
