Personal Growth & Healing
These more intermediate resources focus on the difficult, individual work necessary to develop toward internal positive change and to heal from trauma within a racist society.
Articles:
“The beauty of anti-racism is that you don’t have to pretend to be free of racism to be an anti-racist. Anti-racism is the commitment to fight racism wherever you find it, including in yourself. And it’s the only way forward.”
“Healing from Internalized Oppression” (Community Tool Box)
“What Is Internalized Racism?” (from Flipping the Script: White Privilege and Community Building) by Donna K. Bivens
“Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People” by Kelsey Blackwell
“Healing the Hidden Wounds of Racial Trauma” by Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy
“My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest.” by Lori Lakin Hutcherson
“White People: I Don’t Want You to Understand Me Better, I Want You to Understand Yourselves” by Ijeoma Oluo
“What Is Internalized Racial Oppression and Why Don’t We Study It?: Acknowledging Racism’s Hidden Injuries” by Dr. Karen D. Pyke
“Notes on Confronting My Own Racism” by Mischa Byruck
“The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston
“Race Through a Trauma Lens” (from Promoting Cultural Sensitivity in Supervision: A Manual for Practitioners) by Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy
“Racial Identity Development” by Beverley Daniel Tatum
“Counteracting Devaluation” (from Teens Who Hurt: Clinical Interventions to Break the Cycle of Adolescent Violence) by Dr. Kenneth V. Hardy & Dr. Tracey A. Laszloffy
“Demystifying Internalized Oppression: What We’ve Learned” by Brittany J. Harris
“Internalized Oppression: We Need to Stop Hating Ourselves” by Dr. E.J.R. David
“Internalized Oppression and Latinos” by Laura M. Padilla
Books:
Online Resources:
Seeing White (podcast)
Black Mental Health Resources (Mashable)
“Family-Care, Community-Care and Self-Care Tool Kit: Healing in the Face of Cultural Trauma” (Community Healing Network)
Stages of Racial Identity Development: People of Color (from Shades of Color: Diversity in African American Identity) by William Cross
Unlocking Us: Brené with Sonya Renee Taylor on "The Body is Not an Apology" (podcast)
Internalized Racism Inventory (Cultural Bridges to Justice)
BGD: Amplifying the Voices of Queer and Trans People of Color
Resources for Black Healing by Micalah Webster
Understanding Internalized Racial Oppression and Internalized Racialized Superiority: A Cognitive Behavioral Approach (Ramsey County Human Services Anti Racism Leadership Team)
“Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community” (Sunshine Behavioral Health)