Resources for WATCHing discussions about racial justice

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This is Us (3 mins)
Dr. Eddie Glaude explains why blaming current racial tensions on Donald Trump misses the point.
Racism is Real (3 mins)
A split-screen video depicting the differential in the white and black lived experience.
Confronting ‘intergroup anxiety’: Can you try too hard to be fair? (5 minutes)
Explores why we may get tongue tied and blunder when we encounter people from groups unfamiliar to us.
Ibram X Kendi on the difference between "antiracist" and "not racist." (5 mins)
CBS This Morning segment explains that what we need to do first is re-examine what it means to be "not racist" and strive instead to be "antiracist."
Being Anti-Racist: A Primer (10 mins)
From the Synod of Mid America PCUSA.
Systemic Racism Explained (5 mins)
Systemic racism affects every area of life in the US, from incarceration rates to predatory loans. Trying to solve these problems requires changes in major parts of our system. Here's a closer look at what systemic racism is, and how we can solve it.
50 states, 50 different ways of teaching America’s past (5 minutes)
Ibram X. Kendi reviews current history curriculum production and use across the U.S.
What Kind of Asian Are You? (2 mins)
Humorous video that illustrates the way many white Americans interact with Asian Americans.
How to overcome our biases? (19 mins)
TED Talk by Vernā Myers that encourages us to counter balance bias by connecting with and learning about and from the groups we fear.
The danger of a single story (18 mins)
TED Talk by Chimamanda Adiche, offers insight to the phenomenon of using small bits of information to imagine who a person is.
How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time (10 mins)
TED Talk by Baratunde Thurston that explores patterns revealing our racist framing, language, and behaviors.
Indigenous People React to Indigenous Representation (15 mins)
Conversation with a diverse range of Indigenous people by FBE about media depictions of Indigenous people, Columbus day, and Indigenous identity.
The Disturbing History of the Suburbs (6 minutes)
An “Adam Ruins Everything” episode that quickly and humorously educates how redlining came to be.
What Being Hispanic and Latinx Means in the United States (12 mins)
Fernanda Ponce shares what she’s learning about the misunderstanding and related mistreatment of the incredibly diverse ethnic category people in U.S. call Hispanic.
The Tulsa Race Riot of 1921 (5 mins)
Emory Associate Professor of African American Studies, Carol Anderson, discusses the little known or taught Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921.
How We Can Make Racism a Solvable Problem (12 mins)
In an April 2019 TED Talk, Dr. Phillip Atiba Goff shares his work at the Center for Policing Equity, an organization that helps police departments diagnose and track racial gaps in policing in order to eliminate them.
The Urgency Of Intersectionality (18 mins)
TED talk by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American lawyer, civil rights advocate, and a leading scholar of critical race theory who developed the theory of intersectionality.
We Need to Talk About an Injustice (23 mins)
TED talk by Bryan Stevenson, human rights lawyer and author of Just Mercy, sharing some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines.
Birth of a White Nation (36 mins)
Offers a blow-by-blow description of the moment the idea of “white” people entered U.S. legal code.
The Next Question: Segregation Is Still Here (46 mins)
Episode 1 of this eye-opening web series explores the threads of segregation woven through educational inequality.
13th (1 hr, 40 mins)
Netflix documentary by Ava DuVernay about the connection between US Slavery and the present day mass incarceration system.