ANTI-RACISM & RAISING BLACK VOICES

 
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“In a racist society it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be anti-racist.” - Angela Y. Davis

Black Lives Matter. This isn’t my personal struggle, but it is my problem. If we continue to let it happen on our doorstep, we are contributing to racism, and we are complicit in racism. I am educating myself further and I’m sharing resources from those who know much more than me...

I know that I have nothing profound to add to the conversation, I also know that I want to be part of it in order to acknowledge and confront racism in all its forms including challenging the systems that allow it to prevail. I know that for those with privilege, it is our duty to share, to not remain neutral.

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” -Martin Luther King Jr.

Let’s use this opportunity to put right what is wrong. Let us use this collective awareness to stand together and root out these injustices and stamp out systemic racism and anti-blackness again and again until it is gone. As humans this is our duty.

I am sharing resources below from people that I trust and follow, including Munroe Bergdorf and Venetia La Manna. Please comment on my Instagram post here with any other helpful resources, information or accounts to follow to educate and create systematic change.

Where to donate if you’re able:

Educational resources:

UK anti-racist charities:

Films and TV to watch:

  • Just Mercy ⁣⁣⁣

  • The 13th ⁣⁣⁣

  • When They See Us⁣

  • The House I Live In⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

  • ReMastered: The Lion’s Share⁣

  • Freedom Writers⁣

  • The Hate U Give ⁣

  • Hidden Figures⁣

  • In My Blood It Runs⁣

  • Get Out

  • Dear White People⁣⁣⁣

  • Hollywood ⁣

  • The Rachel Divide⁣⁣⁣

  • If Beale Street Could Talk

  • Moonlight

  • Do The Right Thing

⁣Nonfiction books to read:

  • Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

  • Brit-ish by Afua Hirsch

  • Natives by Akala

  • Me And White Supremacy by Layla F Saad

  • White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo⁣⁣⁣

  • Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri

  • Sway by Dr. Pragya Agarwal

  • Slay in Your Lane by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené

  • How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

  • Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer⁣

  • Lady Sings the Blues by Billie Holiday

  • I Know Why the Caged Birds Sing by Maya Angelou

⁣Fiction to read:

  • Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams

  • Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid

  • Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo ⁣⁣

  • An American Marriage by Tahari Jones

  • Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

  • Small Great Things by Jodi Picoult

  • Beloved by Toni Morrison⁣

  • Noughts & Crosses by Malorie Blackman (YA)

Podcasts and audiobooks to listen to:

Essays and speeches to read:

Instagram accounts to follow:

Jasmine Hemsley