Climate & White Supremacy

Books, articles and videos which explore how climate emergency intersects with racism and/or give us insight into acknowledging and healing our own (internalized) racism.  No, White supremacy isn’t about supremacists who burn crosses.

This list has been compiled by Kritee (Kanko) after the first Ecodharma gathering of Buddhist leaders in Colorado.

Books
— My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathways to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies, Resmaa Menakem  *A MUST-read on trauma-healing in white, black & police-bodies*
— Me and White supremacy workbook by Layla Saad
— The New Jim Crow – Book by Michelle Alexander

Videos
— Climate crisis myths: Science, Racism, Ethics & Action: Climate scientist & Zen teacher Kritee Kanko
— Deconstructing White Privilege: A Video by Racial Justice Author and Author of White Fragility Dr. Robin DiAngelo
— Why do we need racial reparations to be a part of climate movement: A short video featuring Morgan Curtis and Anthony Rogers-Wright (Should be watched only after reading Just transition article)
— The first Ian Haney Lopez video is a lecture basically presenting the thesis of his latest book “Merge Left”, and the second video is a discussion with Extinction Rebellion where Ian and Dr. Adam Elliott-Cooper together roast the notion that one can deal with the climate crisis without directly tackling racism. They make an extremely clear argument that however messy it is, white folks need to face racism within and around them. The content of the first video might be important to fully understand the second discussion.

Articles
— Climate change ain’t the first existential threat Mary Heglar, Climate Justice Essayist, Natural Resources Defense Council
— White Supremacy and Climate Change: A Sinister Symbiosis Anthony Rogers-Wright, Policy Director,Climate Justice Alliance 
— Racism is killing the planet Hop Hopkins, Sierra Club
— The case for interpersonal reparations by Aaron Goggans 
— Role of Buddhists in a Just Transition amidst Climate Chaos (Why Bodhisattvas need to disrupt the status quo) Based on a talk to the World Council of Churches by Zen priest & Climate Scientist Kritee (Kanko)
— Extinction Rebellion isn’t about the Climate Stuart Basden (A co-founder of Extinction Rebellion) 
— Flawed Science and white privilege behind Extinction Rebellion’s strategy  Nafeez Ahmed
— When environmentalism meets Xenophobia by Gaby Del Valle 
— Eco-fascism reading list by Tank Magazine
— Confronting Whiteness and Privilege in Eco-Dharma (Environmentalism) by Kritee (Kanko)
— White supremacy = Mother of climate crisis by Kritee (Kanko)
— Guiding historical and philosophical vision behind Green New Deal Rhiana Gunn-Wright & Robert Hockett

Especially for Buddhists
— Radical Dharma: Talking Love, Race and Liberation: A Book by Rev. angel Kyodo Williams, Lama Rod Owens & Jasmine Syedullah