The Deeper Dive recommendations come from a diverse array of facilitators, participants, and advisors. They’ve been curated by a curriculum review committee that will also periodically revise/update the lists. The lists are by no means comprehensive.

The materials are offered for the sake of individual use, and circles may also decide to create structured use. For example, participants could sign up to review one or more of the supplementary materials for a particular session, and then offer insights during that particular session’s circle meeting. Or, circles that have completed the curriculum may find they wish to reconvene and create their own curriculum from these suggested resources.

• Films and Videos:
  • “Expanding the Definition of Whiteness,” Big Think interview with Nell Irvin Painter
  • “What is White Racial Identity?” (2021), video by The Washington Post
  • “Traces of the Trade: A Story from the Deep North” (2008), film aired on PBS, by Katrina Browne, available on Kanopy

• Books:
  • “American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America” (2011), Colin Woodard
  • “The History of White People” (2010), Nell Irvin Painter
  • “White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism” (2018), Robin DiAngelo
  • “Black on White: Black Writers on What it Means to Be White” (1998), edited by David R. Roediger
  • “Anxious to Talk about It: Helping White People Talk Faithfully about Racism” (2021), Carolyn B. Helsel

• Articles and Essays:
  • “Microaggressions Towards Black Americans” (Dec. 4, 2020), Michelle Singletary, The Washington Post

• Other Resources:
  • “Whiteness”, “Talking About Race” topic on the National Museum of African American History & Culture website