White Noise additional resources

We’ve curated this initial list of resources we have found helpful in our conversations around race. We hope you’ll find them helpful too.

Books

We have linked these to purchase on Hive.co.uk. They contribute some of the cost to your independent bookshop of choice.

Non-fiction

• Theatre and Race – Harvey Young
• What White People Can Do Next – Emma Dabiri
• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race – Reni Eddo-Lodge
• White Fragility – Robin DiAngelo
• The Condemnation of Blackness – Khalil Gibran Muhammad
• The New Jim Crow – Michelle Alexander
• White Rage – Carol Anderson 
• Strangers in their Own Land – Arlie Russell Hochschild
• The Half Has Never Been Told – Edward E. Baptist
• So You Want To Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
• Born a Crime – Trevor Noah
• All Boys Aren’t Blue – George M. Johnson
• I Am Not Your Baby Mother – Candice Braithwaite

Fiction

• Rainbow Milk – Paul Mendez
• Such A Fun Age – Kiley Reid
• Homegoing – Yaa Gyasi
• Girl, Woman, Other – Bernadine Evaristo
• The Mothers – Brit Bennett
• The Hate U Give – Angie Thomas
• Small Island – Andrea Levy
• Noughts and Crosses series – Malorie Blackman (also a tv series)

Documentary

• 13th

Series

• Small Axe

Podcast

• About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge
• Human Resources
• Off Book: The Black Theatre Podcast

Playlist

• Inspirational Black Life Stories – Spotify

Mental Health Support Resources

• St John Ambulance – Mental Health advice and support information
• Shout – Shout 85258 is a free, confidential, 24/7 text messaging support service for anyone who is struggling to cope
• Mind – Advice and support to empower anyone experiencing a mental health problem