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Each article was selected to help you accomplish at least one of three goals: 1) read about ideas that differ from your own; 2) strengthen your faith; and 3) learn about yourself and others. Think of each article as a starting point to the lifelong process of growth and learning.

• $800 Million in Taxpayer Money Went to Private Prisons Where Migrants Work for Pennies by Spencer Ackerman & Adam Rawnsley

• 11 Things To Do Besides Say ‘This Has To Stop’ In The Wake Of Police Brutality by Brittany Wong

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice by Corinne Shutack

• The 1619 Project by the New York Times

• A Call for Moral Courage in America by Darren Walker

• Accountability in a Time of Justice by Vivette Jeffries-Logan, Michelle Johnson, Tema Okun

• Afro-Pessimism and the End of Redemption by Frank B. Wilderson III

• Below the Surface of ICE: The Corporations Profiting From Immigrant Detention by David Dayen

• Black Women Aren't Saving America For You. They're Protecting Themselves by Taryn Finley

• Costs of Oppression to People from Dominant Groups by Diane J. Goodman and Lee Anne Bell

• Decolonization is not a Metaphor by Eve Tuck Paltz and K. Wayne Yang

• From White Racist to White Anti-Racist: The Life-Long Journey by Tema Okun

• Gun Violence in the United States by EveryStat for Gun Safety

• How ‘Strange Fruit’ Killed Billie Holiday by Brandon Weber

• Just Walk on By: Black Men and Public Space by Brent Staples

• Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Misogynoir: Where Racism and Sexism Meet by Eliza Anyangwe

• Mother Tongue by Amy Tan

• Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice Edited by Jonathan Osler 

• Plutocrats at Work: How Big Philanthropy Undermines Democracy by Joanne Barkan

• Political Prisoners, Prisons, and Black Liberation by Angela Davis

• Selected Quotations from Catholic Social Thought on the Rights and Responsibilities of Workers and Labor Unions by USCCB 

• Stages of Change Info Sheet

• The Costs of Racism to White People by Paul Kivel

• The End of White Supremacy: An American Romance by Saidiya Hartman

• The Fourth of July by Audre Lorde

• The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston

• The Massacre of Black Sharecroppers That Led the Supreme Court to Curb the Racial Disparities of the Justice System by Francine Uenuma

• The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House by Audre Lorde

• The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy by Yawo Brown

• These are the Companies Profiting from Detaining Migrants at Border Concentration Camps by Lara Witt

• Timeline of US Military Intervention

• To My White Friend by Jonathan Walton

• Tools for White Anti-racist Organizing by Catalyst Project

• Two Ways to Belong in America by Bharati Mukherjee

• Unbearable Blackness by Jared Sexton

• 'Unbought and Unbossed': Why Shirley Chisholm Ran for President by Becky Little

• Wealth by Andrew Carnegie

• What
 is 
White 
Supremacy?
 by 
Elizabeth 
“Betita” Martinez

• What Motivates People from Dominant Groups to Support Social Justice by Diane J. Goodman and Lee Anne Bell

• White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh

• White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement by Robin DiAngelo

• White Fragility Is Racial Violence by Amelia Shroyer

• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism by Dr. Robin DiAngelo

• White People, It’s Time To Prioritize Justice Over Civility by Tauriq Moosa

• Whiteness 101: Foundational Principles Every White Bridge Builder Needs to Understand by Be the Bridge

• Why Are White People So Bad At Talking About Race? by Courtney Martin