Anti-Racism Resources

All of these documents and more resources are available on the web or at the USCCB website: www.usccb.org

Racism: Confronting the Poison in Our Common Home, USCCB: Dept. of Justice, Peace and Human Development, January, 2016
The Racial Divide in the United State: A Reflection for the World Day of Peace 2015, A Pastoral Letter, Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton, Ph.D., S.T.D., Bishop of Belleville, IL, January 1, 2015
Statement of Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, of Louisville, KY, President of the USCCB to the Spring General Assembly, June 10,2015
25^th Anniversary: U.S. Bishops’ Pastoral Letter on Racism, October, 2004
In God’s Image: Pastoral Letter on Racism, Most Reverend Harry J. Flynn, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, MN, September 12, 2003
Created in God’s Image: A Pastoral Letter on the Sin of Racism and a Call to Conversion, Most Rev. Dale J. Melczek, Bishop of the Diocese of Gary, IN, Aug. 6, 2003
Dwell in My Love: A Pastoral Letter on Racism, Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago,IL, April 4, 2001 (33^rd Anniv. of the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.)
On Racial Harmony, A Statement Approved by the Administrative Board, National Catholic Welfare Conference, Aug. 23, 1963
Brothers and Sisters to US, US Catholic Bishops Pastoral Letter on Racism, 1979
The Ghost of the Legacy of Racial Inequity Continues to Haunt Us, Bishop Michael Pfeifer, O.M.J.
Diversity and Racial Justice Resources, www.wearesaltandlight.org
Resources on Racism for Youth Ministry Leaders, http://www.nfcym.org/racism.htm

Racial Justice and the Catholic Church, Bryan Massingale, S.T.D. (a must read!)
America’s Original Sin, Jim Wallis
Dear White Christians: For Those Still Longing for Racial Reconciliation, Jennifer Harvey
Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Justice: 15 Stories, Eddie Moore, Jr, Ali Michael, Marguerite W. Penick-Parks, Editors
Understanding & Dismantling Racism, Joseph Barndt
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
Just Mercy, Bryan Stevenson
Between The World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Nobody, Marc Lamont Hill
Why Race Matters, Cornel West
The Cross and The Lynching Tree, James H. Cone
White Like Me, Tim Wise
Waking Up White, Debbie Irvin
Witnessing Whiteness, Shelly Tochluk
Race is a Nice Thing to Have, Janet Helms
Lies My Teacher Told Me, James Loewen
People’s History of the US, Howard Zinn
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice, Paul Kivel

Still Separate, Still Unequal: White Catholics and the Perduring Sin of Racism, America Magazine Aug. 29-Sept. 6, 2016
Breaking Silence on Racism, America Magazine Nov. 30, 2015
Editorial: New Dialogue on the Old Problem of Racism, National Catholic Reporter March 24, 2016
As Church Demographics Shift, Catholics Urged to Address the “Sin of Racism.” National Catholic Reporter Nov. 10, 2015
Blind Spots: Reckoning with Racism, Commonweal Magazine Oct. 5, 2016
Racism: Will We Ever Overcome?, U.S. Catholic Magazin, July 13, 2016
Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (A classic in literature about race,) Peggy McIntosh, Ph.D. nationalseedproject.org/white-privilege-unpacking-the-invisible-knapsack
Race/Related: New York Times – weekly email newsletter, NYTimes.com/race-related
When Whites Just Don’t Get It: Parts 1 -7, Nicholas Kristof, New York Times Sunday Review, 8/30/14; 9/6.14; 10/11/14; 11/15/14; 11/29/14; 4/2/16; 10/1/16
Is Everyone a Little Bit Racist?, Nicholas Kristof, New York Times Opinion Pages, Aug. 27, 2014
Why Talk About Whiteness: We Can’t talk About Racism Without It, Emily Chiariello
Teaching Tolerance: www.tolerance.org/whiteness, Summer 2016
Confronting White Privilege, Katy Walwell, Teaching Tolerance Fall 2012
Can We? A Brief History of American Racism, Melissa Harris-Perry, The Nation Sept. 1, 2009
Black as We Wanna Be, Matthew McKnight, The Nation Sept. 15, 2016
Embrace Race: Raising Kids in a World Where Race Matters, www.embracerace.org

YouTube: What I Didn’t Tell My White Friends Jim Crow Explained – Keith Hughes
Ted Talks: Talks to Help You Understand Racism in America (9 talks)
Ideas.Ted.Com: My Hopes, Dreams, Fears for My Future Son, Clint Smith May 1, 2015
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander speaking at Union Theological Seminary, www.utsnyc.edu
Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia at Ferris State University, www.ferris.edu/jimcrow

Resources courtesy of Pax Christi USA.