Trauma of Racism Reading List - updated for July 1, 2021
*Note: This is an evolving list, created with legal professionals in mind. All readers are welcome. Scroll to the end for some specialized reading lists by topic area. Apologies for any omissions (or errors). Please send feedback or additions to: traumainformedlaw@gmail.com
Some thought leaders on the trauma of racism (in alphabetical order)
Amy Bombay
Bombay, A. (2015). A call towards eliminating mental health disparities faced by Indigenous Peoples. The Lancet Psychiatry, 2, 861-862.
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(15)00352-1/abstract
-other writing:
https://www.dal.ca/faculty/health/nursing/faculty-staff/faculty/amy-bombay.html
https://www.amazon.com/Want-More-Than-Survive-Abolitionist/dp/0807069159
Renee Linklater
Renee Linklater, Decolonizing Trauma Work, Fernwood Publishing, 2020.
https://fernwoodpublishing.ca/book/decolonizing-trauma-work
-other writing / work:
https://www.camh.ca/en/driving-change/shkaabe-makwa
Resmaa Menakem
Resmaa Menakem, My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, 2017.
https://www.resmaa.com/merch-2
-other writing:
Suzanne Methot
Suzanne Methot, Legacy: Trauma, Story and Indigenous Healing, ECW Press, 2019.
https://www.suzannemethot.ca/books/
-other writing:
Alisha Moreland Capuia
Alisha Moreland Capuia, The Trauma of Racism, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2021.
https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030734350
See also: Alisha Moreland Capuia, Training for Change: Transforming Systems to be Trauma-Informed, Culturally Responsive and Neuroscientifically Focused, Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2019.
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-19208-2
Other writing: https://www.dralishamorelandcapuia.com/
Bryan Stevenson
Bryan Stevenson, Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, Random House, 2014.
Other work: https://eji.org/
Tony Ten Fingers
Tony Ten Fingers, Lakota Wisdom, Create Space Independent Publishing Platform, 2014.
https://www.amazon.com/Lakota-Wisdom-Tony-Ten-Fingers/dp/150298976X
Other work: https://www.patreon.com/TonyTenFingers
Vamik Volkan
Vamik Volkan, Large-Group Psychology: Racism, Societal Divisions, Narcissistic Leaders and Who We Are Now, 2020.
Vamik Volkan, Killing in the Name of Identity: A Study of Bloody Conflicts, Pitchstone Publishing, 2006.
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/413719.Killing_in_the_Name_of_Identity
Other writing: https://www.internationaldialogueinitiative.com/our-team/vamik-d-volkan
Related Reading Lists with Multiple Authors:
General Reading List: Racial Equity Tools Resource Lists
https://www.racialequitytools.org/resources/fundamentals/resource-list/resource-lists
General Resource List: Racial Equity in the Justice System (American Bar Association)
https://www.americanbar.org/advocacy/justice-system/
Specialized Reading List: For Children
-Cindy Blackstock suggests Spirit Bear’s Guide to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada Calls to Action
https://fncaringsociety.com/sites/default/files/child_friendly_calls_to_action_web.pdf
-More Spirit Bear resources…
https://fncaringsociety.com/books-and-learning-guides
Specialized Reading List: On Racial Trauma & PTSD by Monnia Williams
http://www.monnicawilliams.com/racial-trauma-readings.php
Specialized Reading List: On Understanding Residential Schools by David A. Robertson