The Antiracist Bookshelf

This film asks America to talk about the causes and consequences of systemic inequity. Designed for dialogue, the film works to disentangle internal beliefs, attitudes, and pre-judgments within, and it builds skills to address the structural drivers of social and economic inequities. Cracking the Codes supports institutions and communities to deepen and shift the framing of racial disparities. The current conversation is not only shallow but actually harmful. We continue to primarily focus on individuals when institutional and structural inequities are the bigger problem. DVD 305.8 C883

In America, black people are almost twice more likely to die from covid-19 as white people. Economist journalists explain how the pandemic has illuminated systemic racism in America

What if white people were visible minorities - victims of workplace racism? That's how it is in the world of Jaded, a sharp and funny mockumentary that will get you talking about racism and discrimination. Jade Stone can't get a break. She's got qualifications and drive, but despite her MBA, she's working twice as hard to get half as far. Racism is never funny, of course. But through clever role reversals, this tongue-in-cheek comedy allows us to laugh while confronting the realities of overt and systemic racism. This film is part of the Work For All series, produced by the National Film Board of Canada, with the participation of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.

Activist journalist Desmond Cole puts racism in Canada front and center in the new CBC documentary The Skin We’re In. Cole visits the sister of Andrew Loku, the 45-year-old South Sudanese man slain by Toronto police, and the Michael Brown memorial in Ferguson, Missouri, while tracing the legacy of anti-Black racism past and present. The program offers a glimpse, too, into the world of Cole the activist and his at times wearying fight for social justice.

In 1933, the Public Works Administration built segregated housing in integrated cities. In the 1940s, Federal Housing subsidized suburban homes for white families; industries followed them out of urban areas. The 1968 Fair Housing Act triggered Section Eight and low-income housing tax credit programs. Distributed by PBS Distribution.