I believe that knowledge is power and I wish for others to be curious and empowered by information. In that spirit, I've compiled three categories of resources to expand your knowledge base from like-minded thinkers, movers, and shakers.
This shortlist is living and ever-evolving so check back for additions.
I also welcome your suggestions - contact me.
ARTICLES
A Case for Reparations — “Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.” Quote and essay by Ta-Nehisi Coates.
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Am I an American? — President Trump’s tirade against four minority congresswomen prompts the question: Whom does he consider to be American? by Ibram X. Kendi for the Atlantic.
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An Antiracist Reading List — a list of recommended resources by Ibram X. Kendi for the NYT.
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Herstory — how three radical Black organizers— Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors, and Opal Tometi —fostered a Black-centered space for political will and social activism through a movement called #BlackLivesMatter.
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H.R.40 is Not a Symbolic Act. It's a Path to Restorative Justice - HR40 is the bill requesting Congress to fund a research study to vet the viability of reparations for African Americans. Written by Re. Sheila Jackson Lee for the ACLU, this article provides a concise summary of the current conversations and furthers the argument for the US government to approve this bill.
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How White People Got Made — part II of a series on whiteness by Quinn Norton in Medium.
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Japan's Problem with Race — an opinion piece in Newsweek.
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Minor Feelings and Racial Melancholia: Understanding Anti-Asian Racism Beyond COVID-19 - an artice that will shake you upsidedown in order to see and appreciate the ongoing, cumulative grief and trauma of exclusion, othering, and diaspora that come with being Asian in America.
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The Unlikely Story Behind Japanese Americans' Campaign for Reparations — NPR's article on how a community successfully researched and campaigned for reparations.
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The White Problem — part I of a series on whiteness by Quinn Norton in Medium.
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The World's Long History of Reparations — Axios' quick-list of the countries that have issued reparations with helpful links to delve deeper.
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WEBSITES
Allyship and Anti-Oppression: A Resource Guide — a compilation of definitions, articles, and other resources by TriCollege Libraries.
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Anti-Racism Daily — ARD is a website as well as a daily newsletter dedicated to raising the level of understanding on how to approach this revolution and racial reckoning with awareness.
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Ansel Adams' Photographs of Japanese-American Internment — Adams donated 209 photographic prints and 242 original negatives of Manzanar to the Library of Congress and this is the entire collection presented online.
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Black Lives Matter — Founded in 2013, BLM is a 501c3 organization with over 25 chapters nationwide.
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Densho Project — Densho is a nonprofit organization started in 1996 with the initial goal of documenting oral histories from Japanese Americans who were incarcerated during World War II.
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Densho Encyclopedia — this is a live project of evolving articles and features to share the history of the Japanese American WWII exclusion and incarceration experience.
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Discover Nikkei — a community website about identity, history and experiences about and for Japanese migrants and their descendants.
The Great Unlearn — curated by Rachel Cargle, this course is a monthly self-paced and self-priced learning collective for those committed to celebrating and highlighting the genius of academics of color.
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Japanese American Citizens League — founded in 1929, the JACL is the oldest and largest Asian American civil rights organization in the United States.
Japanese American Confinement Sites Consortium — the JACSC is comprised of organizations committed to collectively preserving, protecting, and interpreting the history of the World War II experiences of Japanese Americans and elevating the related social justice lessons that inform issues today.
Japanese American National Museum — a comprehensive collection of the Japanese American experience established by the Civil Liberties Archives and Study Center (CLASC).
Milestones in the History of U.S. Foreign Relations — a division of the U.S. government, the Office of the Historian, provides this extensive online archive. Its expansion and updates ceased in mid-2016 but its essays are widely respected and are utilized by numerous reputable secondary sources.
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Movement for Black Lives — is a "collective of more than 50 organizations representing thousands of Black people from across the country that have come together with renewed energy and purpose to articulate a common vision and agenda."
National Archives on Japanese American Redress — this page of the U.S. government national archives documents the restitution offered to Japanese Americans for the injustices of evacuation, relocation, and internment during WWII.
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The Rochester Racial Justice Toolkit — an online resource to help strengthen, sustain, inform, and empower deeper racial justice dialogue and antiracism action in the Rochester community (and beyond).
442nd Regimental Combat Team — this regiment is the most decorated group of soldier in US history, comprised entirely of second generation Japanese Americans most of which were imprisoned in concentration camps prior to their service. This website is an independent and deeply researched compilation of information cutrated by Peter Wakamatsu.
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