Anti-Racism Resources
The Delaware Library Association stands with the Black Lives Matter movement and all those standing against violence, racism, and white supremacy in our country. Our mission is to advocate for, empower, and educate a diverse library community. We unequivocally believe there is no room for racism in the library community that champions inclusivity.
We are committed to helping our patrons find the resources to meet their basic needs as well as ensure their safety. When systemic racism prevents our Black patrons access to these important tenets, it hinders our mission and we must speak out.
We understand that libraries are typically thought of as neutral spaces, but we believe there is no neutrality in the face of injustice. We choose to connect in solidarity with our Black community. We stand with you, we are here for you, and we commit to listening and learning from you.
We know that libraries have work to do towards eliminating racism and decentering whiteness in our spaces. As as start, we are sharing a list of anti-racist reading and other resources related to the Black Lives Matter movement to help us as we all strive to be anti-racist in our libraries, and in our own lives.
We continue to be inspired by our library workers, our communities, and all those protesting the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and far too many other victims of police brutality.
We will be there alongside you as we all work to transform our society into a more just and equitable one.
June 2020
Compiled by the Delaware Library Association Diversity Committee
Social Justice LibGuide (Delaware Division of Libraries)
Black Lives Matter Resource List (Added by Scott Businsky)
docs.google.com/document/d/1FkQtGD2rYEEhNpMzHMy76kAiMca_tUFAnMqp-96ww2A/pub
Disrupting Whiteness in Libraries (Added by Scott Businsky)
library.wisc.edu/gwslibrarian/bibliographies/disrupting-whiteness-in-libraries/
Lists
- Anti-racism resources for white people
- Disrupting Whiteness in Libraries and Librarianship: A Reading List
- Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism
- Readings on Racism, White Supremacy, and Police Violence in America
- Resources to Fight Racism and Unconscious Bias
- Antiracism: A Starter Booklist, Library Journal;
- Anti-racism Resources for All Ages (A Project by the Augusta Baker Chair | Dr. Nicole A. Cooke)
- PRH – Anti-Racist Books and Resources for Our Readers
- Justice in June
- Scaffolded Anti-racism Resources
- Thread of readings on diversifying librarianship
- Digital Library Federation’s resource list
Books (Nonfiction)
- So You Want to Talk about Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
- Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debbie Irving
- Dear Martin by Nic Stone (Fiction)
- Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot, by Mikki Kendall
- I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Austin Channing Brown) (Memoir)
- The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature (J. Drew Lanham)
- White Negroes: When Cornrows Were in Vogue … and Other Thoughts on Cultural Appropriation (Lauren Michele Jackson)
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