Suggested Related Reading for Teachers
Coval, Kevin. The Breakbeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop. Chicago, IL: Haymarket Books, 2015. This book is a collection of amazing poems by and for the Hip-Hop generation.
DiAngelo, Robin J. White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk about Racism. Boston: Beacon Press, 2018. This book breaks down white rage, white fragility, and white privilege so that white people can understand the ways in which they cause harm.
Emdin, Christopher. For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Yall Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education. Beacon Press, 2017. Theory, research, and practice come together in this book about teaching and learning in urban schools.
Majmudar, Amit. Resistance, Rebellion, Life: 50 Poems Now. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2017. A great collection of poems on topics related to social justice by a wide variety of poets.
Moore, Eddie, Ali Michael, and Marguerite W. Penick-Parks. The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2018. This book is a collection of essays written by educators and scholars on topics that are relevant to white women teachers of black children.
Sensoy, Ozlem. Is Everyone Really Equal?: An Introduction to Key Concepts in Social Justice Education. Teachers College Press, 2017. A primer on social justice education.
Hooks, Bell. Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge, 1994. Hooks delves into how we can tackle difficult topics in the classroom and get students to think critically about racism and sexism.
Watson, Dyan, Jesse Hagopian, and Wayne Au. Teaching for Black Lives. Milwaukee, WI: Rethinking Schools, 2018. An incredible resource for teachers focused on anti-racist and color-conscious pedagogy. It contains essays written by many different people on many different but equally important topics for the color-conscious teacher.
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