if it's not too much, could you maybe post some of the educational resources you have on racial issues? like links or a list of books, etc. as a fellow non-black person who wants to be better educated, i'd really appreciate it ^^
Yes for sure! Here’s my own list I’ve been working on which is ***very much a work in progress*** both in creating and in consuming
BOOKS, ARTICLES, MOVIES, PODCASTS, SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AND PLATFORMS AND ORGANIZATIONS TO SUPPORT ALL LINKED BELOW
Books:
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Medical Apartheid by Harriet A. Washington
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, change and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
On Intersectionality: The Essential Writings of Kimberle Crenshaw
“Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?” by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Asha Bandele and Patrisse Cullors
The Pain Gap: How Sexism and Racism in Healthcare Kill Women by Anushay Hossain
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Sensuous Knowledge by Minna Salami
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Honestly just a bunch of MLK speeches I have probably never read in their entirety (specifically “Letter from Birmingham Jail”)
Research Articles:
Levels of racism: a theoretic framework and a gardener's tale.
Critical Race Theory, Race Equity, and Public Health: Toward Antiracism Praxis
Measuring Racial Discrimination (more of an academic textbook so I am putting it here)
Articles:
We can’t build anti-racism on top of racism
“Why You Need to Stop Saying All Lives Matter”
“White people, Here’s How we can try to be better Allies and be proactively anti-racist”
“How to respond to ‘Riots don’t solve anything’
Black People Need Stronger White Allies — Here’s How You Can Be One
When black people are in pain, white people just join book clubs
When White Saviorism Turns Deadly: American missionary played doctor, children died, when will there be justice?
Helpful social media posts (general education/self reflection):
On systemic racism
Systemic racism facts and figures
Systemic racism explained video
Structural vs personal racism
more anti-racist books
On white privilege
why reverse racism can’t exist
which black person do I listen to
ways white women center themselves in race convos
Microaggression examples
on calling someone black
On “All Lives Matter”
another on “all lives matter”
5 common phrases that are historically anti-black
Defunding the police
more on defunding the police
ACAB (All cops are bad/bastards)
how your vote connects to criminal justice (though voter suppression is a very real barrier to that)
Trevor Noah’s video on the dominos leading to the current uprising
John Oliver on Policing
Social Media Posts (Allyship & Activism):
10 steps to non-optical allyship
How to Ally
why reading about anti-racism doesn’t make you anti-racist
allyship vs white saviorism
5 ways to take action
How to be actively antiracist
“I’ve posted on instagram, now what?”
40 ways you can help right now
5 ways to support protesters if you can’t go to a protest (good for my fellow immunocompromised people!)
performative activism
9 mistakes white people make when fighting for racial justice
taking accountability for problematic behavior
How to sustainably support the black community
Social Media Posts (more self reflection/discussions with other white people):
How to respond to common racist statements
To white people with feed fatigue
What to say when people deny what is happening
talking about racial injustice with your white family
What to say when ...
Toxic positivity racism edition
Docs/Movies/TV:
13th
American Son
Selma
I Am Not Your Negro
Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975
When They See You
Podcasts:
1619 by The NYT
About Race
Code Switch by NPR
The Diversity Gap
Social Media Accounts:
@nowhitesaviors
@rachel.cargle
@ckyourprivilege
@theconciouskid
@ibrahmxk
@thegreatunlearn
@ohhappydani
@mspackyetti
@layafsaad
Organizations to support:
Black Lives Matter
Color of Change
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
The Bail Project
Equal Justice Initiative
The Loveland Foundation
Reclaim The Block
(there are probably a bunch of great organizations in your specific area to find too so you can support local!)
Other things to focus on:
listening to black voices and stories
watching widespread media coverage AND individual coverage of protests, don’t let other people tell you what’s going on, see it for yourself
Diversifying your feed! This doesn’t, and shouldn’t, be just a quick thing, overloading yourself with new content you’ve been recommended without much thought. That can quickly fall into tokenism rather than allowing you to find creators you really enjoy and connect with! Take the time to explore new spaces in things you love on social platforms you use! Personally I’ve been working on diversifying the food blogs on instagram I follow! (I just love food on my feed okay? lol)
VOTE - if you are a US citizen and haven’t registered yet PLEASE DO. And start researching people running in your local elections which are so often overlooked but where so much of the real change in your community will start! *However I also acknowledge that voter suppression is real. So if you have the ability to vote for changes that will fix our flawed voting system for others who can’t PLEASE do.
PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADD! I’d also very much like to add to this list.
