Where do I start? How do I start? You may be having these thoughts come up for you when it comes to conversations around anti-racism. If you’re reading this and are a part of the TNM network, you know that we have been trying to have conversations on race in the mental health system for quite some time now.

Through our work, we’ve heard from many that they want to learn, grow and be a true ally to racialized communities. We want you to know that we are proud of you for taking this step towards learning and unlearning. It’s not an easy road, but it’s an important one to take. 

We know that everyone is at different stages of learning, and also that everyone has different learning styles. Which is why, you will find a compiled list below of podcasts, movies/TV shows, and books for you all to read, listen and watch at your own pace. 

We believe it’s important to learn from all different folks from all walks of life when it comes to conversations around anti-racism. One book won’t give you all the answers to solve systemic racism, but we hope it will inspire and encourage you to embark on a lifelong journey of learning. 

For my racialized folks in the network, I know we many times bear the weight of having to educate others. I want you to know that it is not your job to do so. I hope this list of resources provides you a space of solace, a sense that you are not alone in feeling that weight, and a sense of community. 

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Reflection Questions

I ask that you do some inner reflection work as you embark on this journey, here are a couple questions to get you started:

• What was an insight or an ah-ha moment while reading, listening, or watching a resource from the list below? 
• How do you plan on continuing your learning journey?

If you know of a resource, that isn’t added to this list please email me, Fizza Abbas, Network Coordinator for TNM at fizza@thenewmentality.ca – we want this to be a blog that we can keep adding to, as we advocate to create a mental health system that is truly inclusive to all. 

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The New Mentality: 

• Dear White Colleagues (Our Experiences of Racism) – Art Harvest by our Racialized Affinity Group 
• Checking In With TNM Art Navigation- Disable the Label 2020  
• Final Art Navigation – Disable the Label 2020 

Podcasts to Listen to: 

• On Being with Krista Tippett 
• Code Switch 
• Sounds about White  
• Warrior Life by Pam Palmater 
• Speaking of Racism
• (Ex)clusion 
• #CitylineReal on Race
• Justice in America 

Books to Read:

• Not Quite Not White: Losing and Finding Race in America by Sharmila Sen 
• The Good Immigrant: 26 Writers Reflect on America
• The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi 
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo 
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad 
• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
• Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by  Ibram X. Kendi
• Women, Race & Class by Angela Davis 
• Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis 
• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
• Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson
• White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad
• They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
• The New Jim Crow by  Michelle Alexander 
• Breathe: A Letter to My Sons by Imani Perry
• Between The World And Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• Assata by Assata Shakur
• When They Call You A Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele
• Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique W. Morris 
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carl Anderson 
• The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics by George Lipsitz
• My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison 
• Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada 
• They Said This Would Be Fun: Race, Campus Life, and Growing Up by  Eternity Martis
• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett

Movies/TV Shows to Watch: 

• Dear White People 
• When They See Us 
• Time: The Kalief Browder Story 
• 13th 
• Little Fires Everywhere
• Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker 
• Marshall 
• Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am 
• Trial 4 
• Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992  
• Cops and Robbers Short Film 
• They’ve Gotta Have Us
• Selma 
• American Son 
• Hidden Figures
• Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap  
• The Hate U Give 
• Fruitvale Station
• Just Mercy