Barre Center for Buddhist Studies

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Suggested Books/Publications/Talks

Books:

“An Antiracist Reading List: Ibram X. Kendi on books to help America transcend its racist heritage.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/29/books/review/antiracist-reading-list-ibram-x-kendi.html

Journeys of Race, Color, and Culture: From Racial Inequality to Equity and Inclusion
Rick Huntley, Rianna Moore, and Carol Pierce

Our Search for Belonging: How Our Need To Connect is Tearing Us Apart
Howard J. Ross with Jonrober Tartaglione

Conflict, Culture, Change: Engaged Buddhism in a Globalizing World
Sulak Sivaraksa

The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
Bhikkhu Bodhi

This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
Edited by Cherrie Moraga & Gloria Anzaldua

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Reni Eddo-Lodge

Unmuted: Conversations on Prejudice, Oppression, and Social Justice
Myisha Cherry

On Race: 34 Conversations in a Time of Crisis
George Yancy

The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity
Kwame Anthony Appiah

Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out
Ruth King

Awakening Together: The Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community
Larry Yang

Being Black: Zen and the Art of Living with Fearlessness and Grace
Angel Kyodo Williams

Thick: And Other Essays
Tracie McMillan Cottom

Racing To Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and Other to Build an Inclusive Society
john a. powell

How To Be An Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (National Book Award Winner)
Ibram X. Kendi 

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Dee Brown

A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn

White Rage
Carol Anderson 

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
Robin DiAngelo

The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas

So You Want to Talk About Race
Ijeoma Oluo 

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Richard Rothstein 

Occupying Privilege: Conversations on Love, Race, & Liberation
JLove Calderon

The History of White People
Nell Irvin Painter

The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea
Robert Wald Sussman

Race: Are We So Different?
Alan H. Goodman, Yolanda T. Moses, and Joseph L. Jones,  

Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives
Howard J. Ross

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
Michelle Alexander

Racism: A Short History
George M. Fredrickson

Publication/Articles:

“A Teaching Tolerance Publication: Beyond the Golden Rule”
http://www.tolerance.org/sites/default/files/general/beyond_golden_rule.pdf

“Critical Issues in Policing Series: Guiding Principles on Use of Force”
https://www.policeforum.org/assets/30%20guiding%20principles.pdf 

“New Era of Public Safety: An advocacy toolkit for fair, safe, and effective community policing”
https://www.obama.org/wp-content/uploads/Toolkit.pdf

Ted Talks/Presentations:

“How Racism Makes Us Sick," a TEDMED 2016

David R. Williams
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_r_williams_how_racism_makes_us_sick?language=en

“Allegories on “Race,” Racism, and Antiracism”
Camara Phyllis Jones
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/video/allegories-race-racism-and-antiracism-camara-phyllis-jones

“Naming Racism”
Camara Phyllis Jones and David R. Williams
https://www.radcliffe.harvard.edu/video/naming-racism

“What We Can Save by Breaking Unconscious Bias”
Anurag Gupta (BCBS Board Member)
https://www.ted.com/talks/anurag_gupta_what_we_can_save_by_breaking_unconscious_bias

Compiled June 12, 2020

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  • Onsite Programs
    • Current Course Calendar
    • Everything You Need to Know About Residential Programs
    • Typical Residential Schedule
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    • Upcoming Programs
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    • Insight Journal
    • Bhikkhu Anālayo’s Offerings
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    • Freely Offered Dharma
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    • BCBS Publishing
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