Resources: Anti-Racism

Over 2020 and 2021, a Diocesan book club met to intentionally read and discuss books of an Anti-Racist nature, written by a variety of Indigenous, Black, and other creators from racialized communities. 

The Anti-Racist Book Club shares its book list below, with links to the Edmonton Public Library**:

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  [book, eBook, Audiobook, Audiobook CD]
• White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
  [book, eBook, Audiobook, Audiobook CD]
• The Skin We're In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
  [book, eBook, Audiobook]
• I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
  [book, eBook, Audiobook, DAISY]
• The Inconvenient Indian: A Curious Account of Native People in North America by Thomas King
  [book, eBook, Audiobook, Audiobook CD]
• Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
  [book, eBook, Audiobook, Audiobook CD, Young Readers' Edition book]
• Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
  [book, eBook, Audiobook, Audiobook CD]
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
  [book, eBook, Audiobook CD]
• 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality by Bob Joseph
  [book, eBook]
• Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
  [book, eBook, Audiobook, Audiobook CD, Book Club Kit]
• Rescuing the Gospel from the Cowboys by Richard Twiss
  [book, eBook]
• Tainna: The Unseen Ones by Norma Dunning
  [book, eBook]
• The Lightmaker's Manifesto by Karen Walrond
  [eBook, Audiobook]
• Reading While Black by Esau McCauley
  [book, eBook, Audiobook, DAISY]

** Alberta libraries are able to borrow and lend materials to each other. If Edmonton Public Library isn't your local library, or if EPL doesn't carry a particular item or format you seek, do speak to your local librarian about borrowing materials through Alberta Relais.