Anti-Racism Resources
Let me preface this by saying I’m not an expert in the topic of racism. I just want to share some incredible resources and humans I’ve come across who deserve to have their voices and work to be seen/read/heard.
Read:
Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad
White Fragility — Robin DiAngelo
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Color Blindness — Michelle Alexander
So You Want to Talk About Race? — Ijeoma Oluo
How to Be an Antiracist Hardcover – Ibram X. Kendi
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work Paperback – Tiffany Jewell
Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children In A Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey
Watch:
13th (Netflix)
The Hate U Give (Amazon Prime, Hulu)
I Am Not Your Negro
Dear White People (Netflix)
When They See Us
American Son (Netflix)
Do:
Vote in your local elections for leaders who stand up for injustice.
Protest safely when given the chance.
Help your community clean up and recover IF/after rioting breaks out
Follow Black, Indigenous, and People of Color online, listen, and pay attention to what they’re saying without responding. Journal your responses instead and research any questions you come up with instead of asking the Black community to do all the work for you.
Speak to your family and close circles about race and what other anti-racism work you can be doing.
Call out racism when you see it, even when it’s hard.
Journal while reading and doing the work. Dig deep and be brutally honest with yourself. Don’t cop out when it gets hard or your feelings get hurt.
Donate to black-led grassroots orgs around the world
Support local businesses owned by Black, Indigenous, and People of Color with your dollars and reviews.
Call your leaders and actively petition when you see hate crimes or injustice. SPEAK UP!
Follow and Support:
Rachel Cargle
Layla F. Saad
Ijeoma Oluo
Brittany Packnett Cunningham
Monique Melton
Check Your Privilege
Donate:
NAACP
ACLU
Black Visions Collective
This is just a starting point in doing the work. There is so much to be done to dismantle systematic racism in America, but until we work on it deep within ourselves, we’re just performative. Let’s get to it, together!
xo