This list of free-to-access readings has been curated from a variety of resources found on social media.
On Whiteness
Articles
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack
How White Women’s Tears Threaten Black Existence by Cameron Glover
When Feminism is White Supremacy in Heels by Rachel Cargle
The Souls of White Folk by Stephen Jamal Leeper
The Abolition of Whiteness by Stephen Jamal Leeper
What Do We Do with White Folks? by Anthony James William
White People Have No Culture by Lorena Wallace
White Fragility: an interview with Dr. Robin DiAngelo by The Conscious Kid
Trump Defends White-Nationalist Protesters: ‘Some Very Fine People on Both Sides’ by Rosie Gray
Discourse and Debate: Is performative activism inherently bad? by Kayla Abrams
Amy Cooper, White Spaces, and the Political Projection of Whiteness by Lara Witt
The White Space by Elijah Anderson
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
How White People Can Hold Each Other Accountable to Stop Institutional Racism by Elly Belle
Books
The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
The Invention of the White Race: Volume I by Theodore W. Allen
The Invention of the White Race: Volume II by Theodore W. Allen
The Wages of Whiteness by David R. Roediger
How Jews Became White Folks & What That Says About Race in America by Karen Brodkin
On Abolition
Articles
Understanding the Role of Police Towards Abolitionism: On Black Death as an American Necessity, Abolition, Non-violence, and Whiteness by Joshua Briond
What a World Without Cops Would Look Like by Madison Pauly
The answer to police violence is not ‘reform’. It’s defunding. by Alex S. Vitale
Against Innocence: Race, Gender, and the politics of Safety by Jackie Wang
What Abolitionists Do by Dan Berger, Mariame Kaba, & David Stein
You Are Already an Abolitionist by Benji Hart
The Case for Abolition by Ruth Wilson Gilmore & James Kilgore
What Is Prison Abolition? by John Washington
What the Prison-Abolition Movement Wants by Kim Kelly
Books
Are Prisons Obsolete? by Angela Davis
Blood in My Eye by George L. Jackson
The Prison Letters of George Jackson by Soledad Brother
Political Prisoners, Prisons, and Black Liberation by Angela Davis
Voices of African American Women in Prison by Paula C. Johnson
On Racism & Blackness in America
The 1619 Project compiled by New York Times
Articles
In Defense of Looting by Vicky Osterweil
Forget “Looting.” Capitalism Is the Real Robbery. by William C. Anderson
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
We’re Sick of Racism, Literally by Douglas Jacobs
Letter from a Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.
I’m Not Black, I’m Kanye by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Black Family in the Age of Mass Incarceration by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Where Is the Outrage for Breonna Taylor? by Renee Nishawn Scott
Race to the Bottom by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Police Brutality Aimed at Black People Is as American as Apple Pie by Monica Roberts
On Black and Intersectional Feminism
Articles
Black Female Writers Who Changed Feminist Theory by Abbey de Fulviis
A History of Black Feminism in the U.S. by MIT
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex: A Black Feminist Critique of Antidiscrimination Doctrine, Feminist Theory and Antiracist Politics by Kimberlé Crenshaw
The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston
Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence Against Women of Color by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Books
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches by Audre Lorde
Yearning: Race, Gender, and Cultural Politics by bell hooks
I Am Your Sister by Audre Lorde
Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism by bell hooks
On Racial Capitalism
Articles
Racial Capitalism by Harvard Law Review
What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism? by Robin D. G. Kelley
How capitalism reduced diversity to a brand by Sean Illing
Racial capitalism: Making money off black and brown bodies by David Whitfield
Racial Capitalism and the Structural Roots of White Nationalism by Matt Birkhold
Books
Carceral Capitalism by Jackie Wang
Black Bourgeoisie by E. Franklin Frazier
Black Marxism by Cedric J. Robinson
Compilations
Black Revolutionary Texts
This Google Drive resource features prominent Black authors and covers a variety of issues, including class struggle in Africa and revolutionary solidarity.
Master List of Black Revolutionary Readings
This resource is organized by topic, including: Introduction to Black Radical Politics; Critical Race Class Studies; Capitalism, Fascism, Imperialism, Neocolonialism, and Settler-Colonialism; Indigenous Studies; and more.
Antiracist Allyship Starter Park
Resources and tools regarding racism, anti/Blackness, and how to be a better ally.
A World Without Police: Study Guide
This study guide is intended to help activists understand the police and craft strategies to abolish them. The guide examines the role police play in modern society and how they came to serve this function. It explores the impacts and contradictions of policing, and closes with a look at how communities have resisted police impunity and created alternative means of safety.
Abolition Study Resources
These resources are to support anyone who’s interested in learning more about abolition. The texts vary, and there are many different viewpoints and approaches to theorizing and working toward abolition. Some of what is included doesn’t mention abolition specifically but may offer some historical and political education.
Camila’s Abolition Reading List
These free/online pieces have shaped the curator’s understanding of abolition and what forms of real accountability individuals can collectively build to address and interrupt cycles of violence.
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