The media we consume can either reinforce preceding prejudices or educate and enlighten viewers on the ways in which life experiences can be vastly different. For non-Black allies, engaging in media that spotlights the Black experience is one of the ways to strengthen allyship, gain an increased understanding of the ideology being fought against, and cultivate an increased interpersonal sense of understanding, empathy, and desire for real change.

With that being said, there are a number of anti-racist media resources such as podcasts, movies, and literature, that can help all of us become a better allies to the Black community.

What To Listen To:

• 1619

• Code Switch

• Nice White Parents

• Justice In America

• The Diversity Gap

• Intersectionality Matters

• The Breakdown

What To Watch:

• 13th (Netflix)

• I Am Not Your Negro (Netflix & Hulu)

• LA 92 (Netflix)

• Moonlight (Netflix)

• Teach Us All (Netflix)

• Get on the Bus (Netflix)

• Who Killed Malcolm X? (Netflix)

• Whose Streets (Hulu)

• Roots (Hulu)

• 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets (Hulu)

• Crooklyn (Amazon Prime)

• Boyz n' The Hood (Amazon Prime)

• Straight Outta Compton (Amazon Prime)

What To Read:

• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

• The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander

• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

• Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin Banaji & Anthony Greenwald

• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison

• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson

• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelo

• How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

• Race for Profit by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor

• Possessive Investment In Whiteness by George Lipsitz

• Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi

• Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin