Celebrate Diversity with These Books, Movies, & Podcasts
Updated: Dec 20, 2021
Together, we recognize and celebrate the diversity surrounding us. Here are some books, podcasts, and movies to learn about and honor diversity during Celebrate Diversity Month and every day of the year.
Books
For Adults
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Courageous Conversations about Race by Glenn E. Singleton
How to be an Antiracist by Ibram Kendi
Midaq Alley by Naguib Mahfouz
Me and White Supremacy by Layla Saad
My Left Foot by Christy Brown
Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult
The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer
The Elephant Man by Christine Sparks
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias by Dolly Chugh
We Can’t Talk about That at Work! How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and other Polarizing Topics by Mary Frances Winters
For Children
Besos for Baby by Jen Arena
Happy in Our Skin by Fran Manushkin
Her Body Can by Ady Meschke and Katie Crenshaw
Julian is a Mermaid by Jessica Love
Love Makes a Family by Sophie Beer
Meet ClaraBelle Blue by Adiba Nelson
Miles is the Boss of His Body by Abbie Schiller and Samantha Counter
Pink is for Boys by Robb Pearlman
Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o
Think Big, Little One by Vashti Harrison
Podcasts
In Good Company with Otegha Uwagba
Undistracted with Brittany Packnett Cunningham
The People of Avamere Pod by the Avamere Family of Companies
Bodies by Allison Behringer
Movies & TV Shows
For Adults
A Raisin in the Sun
For Colored Girls
Hidden Figures
Just Mercy
Love on the Spectrum
Minari
Switched at Birth
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson
The Many Sides of Jane
The Sound of Music
West Side Story
12 Years a Slave
For Children
A Ballerina’s Tale
Akeelah and the Bee
Big Hero 6
Coco
Lilo and Stitch
Moana
Monsters University
Mulan
Ruby Bridges
Remember the Titans
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
The Princess and the Frog
Wadjda
Wonder
Zootopia
What are you learning? Share your insights with family, friends, and co-workers to cultivate an environment of inclusion where everyone can feel valued and respected. Learn more about the ways Avamere is honoring diversity, equity, and inclusion on our website and Facebook.