(Donald Rothberg, 2022)
On Race and Racism
Michelle Alexander, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of
Colorblindness (2012).
Mahzarin Banaji and Anthony Greenwald, Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good
People (2013): On “implicit bias.”
Shakti Butler, Cracking the Codes: The System of Racial Inequity (film, 2013):
Fern Johnson and Marlene Fine, Let's Talk Race: A Guide for White People
(2021).
Ibram Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas
in America (2016); How to Be An Antiracist (2019).
Mordechai Liebling, “On American Racism” (2015), Tikkun:
https://www.tikkun.org/on-american-racism
john a. powell, Racing to Justice: Transforming Our Conceptions of Self and
Other to Build an Inclusive Society (2015)
Race: The Power of An Illusion: PBS Film (2003): See also
http://www.pbs.org/race/000_General/000_00-Home.htm.
Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our
Government Segregated America (2017).
Ronald Takaki, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America (2008).
James Washington (ed.), A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and
Speeches of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1986).
Cornel West, Race Matters (1993).
Isabel Wilkerson, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020).
On Race and Class
Matt Bruenig, “Wealth Inequality Across Class and Race in 5 Graphs” (2019),
People’s Policy Project, https://www.peoplespolicyproject.org; “The Racial
Wealth Gap Is About the Upper Classes,” Jacobin (2020).
Briahna Joy Gray, “Beware the Race Reductionist” in The Intercept (2018):
https://theintercept.com/2018/08/26/beware-the-race-reductionist/.
Ian Haney López, Merge Left: Fusing Race and Class, Winning Elections, and
Saving America (2019).
Touré Reed, Toward Freedom: The Case Against Race Reductionism (2020).
On Race and Trauma
Joy DeGruy, Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome (2005).
Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the
Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies (2017)
On Whiteness
Jacqueline Battalora, Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and
Its Relevance Today (2014).
Karen Brodkin, How Jews Became White Folks & What That Says about Race in
America (1999).
Shakti Butler, Mirrors of Privilege: Making Whiteness Visible (film, 2008):
http://world-trust.org/mirrors-of-privilege-making-whiteness-visible/.
David Campt, The White Ally Toolkit Workbook: Using Active Listening, Empathy,
and Personal Storytelling to Promote Racial Equity (2018).
David Dean, “Roots Deeper Than Whiteness” (2018):
https://whiteawake.org/2018/10/27/roots-deeper-than-whiteness/
Robin DiAngelo, White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About
Racism (2018).
Debby Irving, Waking Up White (and Finding Myself in the Story of Race (2014).
Jürgen Kremer and R Jackson-Paton, Ethnoautobiography: Stories and Practices
for Unlearning Whiteness, Decolonlization, Uncoverning Ethnicities (2014).
Peggy McIntosh, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” (1988),
available online.
David Roediger, Working Toward Whiteness: How America's Immigrants
Became White: The Strange Journey from Ellis Island to the Suburbs (2006)
Tim Wise, White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son (3rd edition,
2011); White Like Me (film, 2013, available on YouTube).
On Connecting Buddhist Practice and Social Engagement
Bhikkhu Bodhi, The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony: An
Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon (2016).
David Loy, The Great Awakening: A Buddhist Social Theory; Money, Sex, War,
Karma (2008); Ecodharma: Buddhist Teachings for the Ecological Crisis
(2018).
Stephanie Kaza (ed.), A Wild Love for the World: Joanna Macy and the Work of
Our Time (2020).
Joanna Macy and Molly Brown, Coming Back to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our
Lives, Our World (1998).
Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone, Active Hope: How to Face the Mss We’re In
without Going Crazy (2012).
Thich Nhat Hanh, Being Peace (1987); Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent
Social Change (1993).
Donald Rothberg, The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to
Transforming Ourselves and the World (2006)
Thanissara, Time to Stand Up: An Engaged Buddhist Manifesto for Our Earth—
The Buddha’s Life and Message through Feminine Eyes (2015)
Thanissara and Kittisaro, Listening to the Heart: A Contemplative Journey to
Engaged Buddhism (2014).
On Race and Buddhist Practice
Bhikkhu Analayo, “Confronting Racism with Mindfulness” Mindfulness (2020),
11.10: 2283–2297.
Hilda Gutiérrez Baldoquín (ed.), Dharma, Color, and Culture (2004).
Tara Brach, “Facing My White Privilege” (2016):
https://www.lionsroar.com/facing-my-white-privilege/
Buddhadharma Magazine, Forum: Why Is American Buddhism So White? (Fall
2011)—with Charles Johnson, Larry Yang, Amanda Rivera, angel Kyodo
williams, and Bob Agoglia.
Shakil Choudhury, Deep Diversity: Overcoming Us Vs. Them (2nd edition, 2021;
original edition, 2015).
Kate Dugan & Hilary Bogert, “Racial Diversity in Buddhism in the U.S.”
(2006): http://pluralism.org/research/reports/dugan/diversity_buddhism.pdf.
Ruth King, Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out (2018).
Rhonda Magee, The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and
Transforming Our Communities through Mindfulness (2019)
Making the Invisible Visible: Healing Racism in Our Buddhist
Communities (2000): http://www.spiritrock.org/document.doc?id=9.
Zenju Earthlyn Manuel, The Way of Tenderness: Awakening through Race,
Sexuality, and Gender (2015).
Valerie Mason-John [Vimalasara] (ed.), Afrikan Wisdom: New Voices Talk Black
Liberation, Buddhism, and Beyond (2021),
Lama Rod Owens, Love and Rage: The Path of Liberation through Anger
(2020)
Donald Rothberg, “Buddhist Practice and the Transformation of Racism” (two
talks, June 17/24, 2020): https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/55/talk/62047/,
https://dharmaseed.org/teacher/55/talk/62086/.
Sebene Selassie, You Belong: A Call for Connection (2020).
Larry Ward, America’s Racial Karma: An Invitation to Heal (2020)
angel Kyodo williams, Lama Rod Owens, and Jasmine Syedullah, Radical
Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation (2016).
Larry Yang, “Renouncing the Colonial Self: An Interview”
(2013): http://www.buddhistpeacefellowship.org/renouncing-the-colonial-self-
an-interview-with-dharma-teacher-larry-yang/; Awakening Together: The
Spiritual Practice of Inclusivity and Community (2017).
Pamela Ayo Yetunde and Cheryl Giles (eds.), Black & Buddhist: What Buddhism
Can Teach Us About Race, Resilience, Transformation & Freedom (2020).
Training Opportunities
Beyond the Culture of Separation, https://beyondseparation.net/
East Bay Meditation Center, https://eastbaymeditation.org: Periodic trainings.
Education for Racial Equity: https://www.educationforracialequity.com
Ruth King, “Mindful of Race” Trainings and Affinity Groups: https://ruthking.net.
Victor Lee Lewis and Patti Digh, Courses on “Hard Conversations: Whiteness,
Race, and Social Justice”: https://www.pattidigh.com/whiteness/.
San Francisco Insight, “Investigating Our White Identity through the Dharma,”
https://www.sfinsight.org/events/event/investigating-our-white-identity-through- the-dharma/
Spirit Rock, https://www.spiritrock.org: Periodic trainings.
White Awake Website: “White Awake is an open source curriculum that utilizes
mindfulness in the development of white racial awareness”
http://whiteawake.org. A variety of courses.
White Awareness Insight Curriculum for Uprooting Privilege (WAIC UP!): A
Dharma and Racism Study Program: https://alokavihara.org/wp-
content/uploads/2018/10/INDEX_-White-Awareness-Insight-Curriculum-for-
Uprooting-Privilege-WAIC-UP.pdf