Department of Psychiatry

Books

• 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
• Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie
• 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
• The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda Magee
• Four Hundred Souls by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha Blain
• Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverly Daniel Tatum
• Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
• Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
• Social (In)Justice and Mental Health by Ruth Shim MD, MPH and Sarah Vinson MD
• Biased:  Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice that Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer Everhardt, PhD
• The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
• Freedom is a Constant Struggle by Angela Davis
• Blood at the Root A Racial Cleansing in America by Patrick Phillips
• My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem, MSW, LICSW
• Between the World and Me by Ta-Hehisi Coates
• Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm by Kazu Haga
• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
• Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
• The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
• Social (In) Justice and Mental Health by Ruth S. Shim, MPH and Sarah Y Vinson, MD 

Films and TV series:

• 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 for free in June in the U.S.
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
• The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Available to rent 
• When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
• True Justice: Bryan Stevenson’s Fight for Equality – HBO
• Slavery by Another Name – PBS; available to rent
• Eyes on the Prize – Available on Amazon
• Dark Girls – Available to rent
• Exterminate all the Brutes – HBO
• 12 Years a Slave – Available to rent or on multiple streaming platforms
• Rosewood – Available to rent
• 4 Little Girls – Available to rent or on streaming platforms
• Marshall – Available to rent
• Hidden Figures – Available to rent or on streaming platforms
• Loving – Available to rent or on Netflix
• Just Mercy – Available to rent or on multiple streaming platforms
• Reconstruction:  America After the Civil War - Amazon
• Judas and the Black Messiah – Available to rent

Ted Talks

• Peggy McIntosh
  "How Studying  Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion". 
• David Williams
  "How Racism Makes Us Sick".  
• Dorothy Roberts
  "The Problem with Race-Based Medicine" 
• Bryan Stevenson
  "We Need to Talk About and Injustice" 
• John Biewen
  "The Lie that Invented Racism".
• Ibram X. Kendi
  "The Difference Between Being Not Racist and Antiracist".  
  
• Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff, Rashad Robinson, Dr. Bernice King, Anthony Romero
  "The Path to Ending Systemic Racism in the US". 
• Mary Bassett
  "You’re your Doctor Should Care About Social Justice". 
• Verna Meyers
  "How to Overcome Our Biases – Walk Boldly Toward Them". 
• Mellody Hobson
  "Color Blind or Color Brave". 

Websites

• Center for Antiracist Research at Boston University
• Audre Lorde Project
• Black Women’s Blueprint
• Color Of Change
• Colorlines
• The Conscious Kid
• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI)
• Families Belong Together
• Justice League NYC+ Gathering For Justice
• The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
• The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL)
• MPowerChange
• Muslim Girl
• NAACP
• National Domestic Workers Alliance
• RAICES
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
• SisterSong
• United We Dream
• Anti-Racism Project

Local Resources

• University of Vermont Medical Center:
  • Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion 

• University of Vermont
  • Center for Cultural Pluralism
  • Diversity and Inclusion office 
  • Larner College of Medicine Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Raising Socially Conscious Children

• Books:
  • Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners https://www.commonsensemedia.org/lists/coretta-scott-king-book-award-winners
• Podcasts:
  • Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’
  • Fare of the Free Child podcast
  • Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
• Articles:
  • How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race | NPR
  • Teaching Your Child About Black History Month | PBS
  • Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
• The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon