Antiracism: A Resource Guide: Jesse Raskin (LEGL)

Jesse Raskin, Associate Professor of Paralegal Studies at Skyline College, recommends the resources on this page for further study of criminal justice and legal issues in the context of race.  

For more resources on this topic see the Race and Criminal Justice page in this guide.

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• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

• A Colony In a Nation by Chris Hayes
• Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy
• Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover
• American Prison: A Reporter's Undercover Journey into the Business of Punishment by Shane Bauer
• Locking Up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by James Forman Jr.
• The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
• Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

More resources are available from the public libraries in San Mateo County. 

• All SMCCD students, staff, and faculty are eligible for a free PLS library card, whether or not you live in San Mateo County.  
• You can search the catalog, request curbside pickup of books and download e-books and e-audiobooks through Overdrive, Libby or Axis 360. 
• San Mateo County Libraries (SMCL) offer always available e-books and e-audiobooks on the topic of antiracism.
• Libraries also give free access to selected databases, e-magazines and streaming services like Hoopla and Kanopy.  

• 13th (Netflix, 2016) - Available for free on YouTube
• When They See Us (Netflix, 2019) - Available on Netflix, Amazon Prime, etc.
• The Central Park Five (PBS, 2012) by Ken Burns - Available for free through Films on Demand video database (log in as you would to Canvas)
• Fruitvale Station (Weinstein, 2014) by Ryan Coogler
• Just Mercy (Warner Brothers, 2019) by Deston Daniel Cretton - Available through Peninsula Library System

• Justice in America hosted by Josie Duffy Rice

• Scene on Radio Season 2 Episode 11: “Danger” created and produced by CDS audio director John Biewen

• Hi-Phi Nation Season 4: Crime and Punishment (May-June 2020)

• Planet Money: Police Unions and Police Violence (NPR, June 5, 2020)

• Today Explained hosted by Sean Rameswaram

• Deep Background with Noah Feldman: The Barriers to Reform (June 10, 2020)