Cultural &
Racial Justice
Resources
These lists are by no means exhaustive, so please get in touch if you have other resources to recommend!
Cultural Resources
Persian & Iranian Resources:
- My Persian Corner website & YouTube channel
- The Caspian Chef
- Fig & Quince
- Iran Vegan Travel
Taiwanese & Asian Resources:
Persian & Iranian #ownvoices YA Books:
- A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi
- Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
- If You Could Be Mine by Sara Farizan
Taiwanese & Asian #ownvoices YA Books:
- The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X. R. Pan
- American Panda by Gloria Chao
- Loveboat, Taipei by Abigail Hing Wen
Poetry occupies a central role in Persian culture. Here are a few Iranian and Iranian-American poets that I love.
- The New Persian Kitchen by Louisa Shafia (features lots of vegan/vegetarian adaptations)
- Saffron Tales: Recipes from the Persian Kitchen by Yasmin Khan
Racial Justice Resources
- We Need Diverse Books Blog
- The Conscious Kid
- Embrace Race
- Colorlines
- For writers:
- Cultural Content Fender Benders, DIY MFA blog
- Writing Diverse Characters: 4 Lessons Learned, blog post by yours truly
- My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo