Resources

We’ve put together a list of resources from influential creatives, educators and activists who tackle race and equality.

Whoever you are, we hope you’ll find them entertaining and thought provoking.

Essential reading for teachers

• Build Your Anti-Racist Classroom, Orlene Badu

• How to be an Anti-Racist, Ibram X Kendi

• I Heard What You Said, Jeffrey Boakye

• Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad

• Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire, Akala

• Race and Education, Professor Kalwant Bhopal

• Stamped from the Beginning: The Definition of Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X Kendi

• The British Betrayal of Childhood: Challenging Uncomfortable Truths and Bringing About Change, Al Aynsley-Green

• The Science of Racism, Keon West

• Wish We Knew What to Say: Talking with Children About Race, Dr Pragya Agarwal

Other books

• Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

• Black and British: A Forgotten History, David Olusoga

• Black History for Every Day of the Year, David Olusoga

• How to Love Your Afro, Paige Lewin

• I Am Not Your Negro, James Baldwin

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou

• The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race, Jesmyn Ward

• To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee

• Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge

Books for teens and young adults

• Black Boy Joy, Kwame Mbalia

• Girl Gurl Grrrl: On Womanhood and Belonging in the Age of Black Girl Magic, Kenya Hunt

• Noughts and Crosses, Malorie Blackman

• Queenie, Candice Carty-Williams

• The Anti-Racist Kid, Tiffany Jewell

• The Dark Lady, Akala

• The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas

• This Book is Anti-Racist, Tiffany Jewell

• Wild East, Ashley Hickson-Lovence

• You Are a Champion, Marcus Rashford

• Young, Gifted and Black, Jamia Wilson

Books for young kids (3-5 year olds)

• Antiracist Baby, Ibram X. Kendi

• I Affirm Me, Nyasha Williams

• Race Cars, Jenny Devenny

YouTube videos

• Akala at the Oxford Union

• Akala on Unfiltered with James O'Brien

• Andi Oliver on Begin Again with Davina McCall

• Explaining white privilege to children through a race

• Jane Elliot: Blue eye/brown eye experiment

Instagram accounts

• @anti_racistmums

• @claire_linney

• @delwboy

• @paigelewinofficial

TikTok accounts

• @thechampagne_socialist

• @annaconnellyiscool

TV programmes

• 13th (Netflix)

• Black and British: A Forgotten History (BBC)

• Queenie (Channel 4)

• The School That Tried to End Racism (Amazon Prime)

• Sitting in Limbo (BBC)

• Small Axe (BBC)

• They’ve Gotta Have Us (BBC)