Anti-racism resources – East Toronto Chinese Baptist Church

This space was created as a starting point for those who wish to learn more about equity and justice issues without undue burden on marginalized groups and individuals. This is an incomplete listing of resources as we are all still learning and resources are continually being added. If you have questions or would like to share a resource, there’s a form at the bottom of the page for you to contact us.

What is systemic racism?

Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast, Ep 3 (audio & transcript) – How to spark change within our unequal education system 🇨🇦
Dismantling Racism in Canada resources – Christian Reformed Church🇨🇦
Anti-Racism Resource Guide 🇺🇸

Decolonize

Walking Together: We Are All Treaty People (Conference Recordings) 🇨🇦
Cheryl Bear on reconciliation (Sermon recording) 🇨🇦
Indigenous Canada (Free U of A online course) 🇨🇦
Support the Indian Residential School Survivors Society 🇨🇦
What is Allyship 🇨🇦
Write to the senators in support of Bill C-15 🇨🇦
Red Chef Revival: Explore Reconciliation Through Food (Documentary series) 🇨🇦
Trick or Treaty (Documentary)🇨🇦
Reserve 107 (Documentary) 🇨🇦

Anti-Black Racism & Black Excellence

Anti-Black Racism resources – Canadian Council of Churches 🇨🇦
Dismantling Anti-Black Racism in Schooling, Education, and Beyond – OISE Resource Guide 🇨🇦
Periodic Table of Canadian Black History 🇨🇦
Being Black in Canada – CBC 🇨🇦
“Defund the Police? An Abolition Curriculum” –
Mennonite Church USA 🇺🇸

Anti-East Asian Racism

Represent Asian Project 🇨🇦
Project 1907 🇨🇦
Report on 2020 Anti-Asian Incidents in Canada (CBC) 🇨🇦
A Statement on Anti-Asian Violence, Jennifer Lau (CBM) 🇨🇦
A Statement on Escalating Anti-Asian Violence (CBOQ) 🇨🇦
“Why are we so shocked by recent waves of anti-Asian violence?” (Toronto Star) 🇨🇦
“Telling Our Story” by Doret Cheng (DFCM) 🇨🇦
I Am Not Your Asian Stereotype: TED Talk(model minority myth, 9min) 🇺🇸
The Model Minority Myth: Webinar (40min) 🇺🇸
Asian-American Racial Justice Toolkit – Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance 🇺🇸

Resources for children

Woke Kindergarten
Antiracist Baby Picture Book” by Ibram X. Kendi (find it at a Black-Owned independent bookstore)

Gender

Canadian Annual Femicide Report 2020 (Toronto Star) 🇨🇦
Pandemic job losses threaten to leave women behind permanently, RBC warns (CBC) 🇨🇦

Intersectional

Heteropatriarchy and the Three Pillars of White Supremacy, Andrea Smith (10pg)
Intersection of sex (purity culture), race, gender and faith, TIME interview 🇺🇸

Opinion pieces on the female Asian-American experience

A Love Letter to Asian Americans (TIME) 🇺🇸
This Is What No One Tells You About Being Asian in America in 2021 (HuffPost) 🇺🇸
The Atlanta Shooting and the Dehumanizing of Asian Women (The New Yorker) 🇺🇸