Master of Social Work

Anti-Oppressive & Anti-Racist MSW Resource List

Articles

• Cargle, R. (2018, August). When Feminism is White Supremacy In Heels. Harper's Bazaar.
• Coates, T.-N. (2014, June). The Case for Reparations. The Atlantic.
• Kivel, P. (2020, December). Social Service or Social Change?
• Muhammad, G., & Love, B. L. (2020). Cultivating genius: an equity framework for culturally and historically responsive literacy. Scholastic.

Audio/Podcasts

• Biwen, J. & Kumanyika, C. [Hosts]. (February - August 2017). Seeing White [Audio Podcast]. Scene On Radio.
• Brown, B. (Host). (2020, June 3). Brene with Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an Antiracist [Audio Podcast Episode]. In Unlocking Us.
• Decolonize Social Work [Audio Podcast]. Episode 6: Decolonization, Explained for Social Work.

Books

• Banaji, M. R., & Greenwald, A. G. (2016). Blindspot: hidden biases of good people. Bantam.
• Brown, A. M. (2019). Pleasure activism: the politics of feeling good. AK Press.
• Dernoot, L. L. van, Burk, C., & Conte, J. R. (2009). Trauma stewardship: an everyday guide to caring for self while caring for others. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.
• Eberhardt, P. D. J. L. (2019). Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do. Viking Press.
• Hardy, K. V., & Bobes, T. (2017). Promoting cultural sensitivity in supervision: a manual for practitioners. Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group.
• Hooks, Bell. (1993). Sisters of the yam: Black women and self-recovery. Boston, MA: South End Press.
• Kaba, M., & Murakawa, N. (2021). We do this 'til we free us: abolitionist organizing and transforming justice. Haymarket Books.
• Kendall, M. (2020). Hood feminism: notes from the women that a movement forgot. Viking.
• Kendi, I. X. (2017). Stamped from the beginning: the definitive history of racist ideas in America. Bold Type Books.
• Love, B. (2020). We Want To Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and The Pursuit of Educational Freedom. Beacon.
• McGhee, H. (2021). The sum of us: what racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together. One World.
• Piepzna-Samarasinha, L. L. (2020). Beyond Survival: Strategies and Stories from the Transformative Justice Movement. AK Press.
• Rowe, S. W., & Rah, S.-C. (2020). Healing racial trauma: the road to resilience. IVP.
• Saad, L. F. (2020). Me and white supremacy: combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor. Sourcebooks.

Videos/Presentations

• Allen, B. J. (2020, June 15). Race and Equity in Child and Family Serving Systems [Video File]. CEBC.
• Seale, C. & Karcher, K. (2020, June 8). No More Silence: Tools for White People Who Want to Actively Fight Racism [Video File]. TEMPO.
• Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ). [2020, June 9]. Showing Up For Racial Justice: White People's Work to End Racism [Video File]. Facebook.
• SWCARES. (2020, June 30). Social Work So White With Rachel Cargle [Video File]. Youtube.