Systemic racism continues to be a pervasive issue in our society. Here is a list of different resources aiming to educate us on racism and give ways to support BLM-related causes. To gather this information we used various sources, all of which have BIPOC behind them. This resource can always be more comprehensive, so we will be constantly updating it and encourage you to give us suggestions if you have a resource which we haven't included (with BIPOC behind them) which could help us to do this. To do so, please contact us at ielliottgranger@godolphinandlatymer.com or DM us on instagram at @unpublished.gandl
Also, the horrific experiences detailed in some of these petitions may be triggering to readers who have personally experienced racism or violence. We cannot imagine the toll that seeing so many photos, videos and descriptions of police brutality must take on BAME people, so if you are finding that your mental health is suffering during this time, please remember that there are so many teachers and staff at school who are willing to help and listen.
Petitions to sign
Source: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co
Where to donate
Source: blacklivesmatters.carrd.co
As we had done with the petitions, we started copying out places to donate to from the blacklivesmatters.carrd.co website but then decided our time doing that would be better spent further educating ourselves and just leaving the link here, which takes you to a page which also contains lots of hyperlinks for various donation pages.
Donating without giving money (if you have the means to donate your own money, please do so on top of watching this video)
Sources: @zoe.amira, @patiasfantasyworld
Just click this link and watch the nearly two hour long video. There will be lots of ads, the proceeds of which will be donated to various BLM organisations and bail-out funds. If you’re too busy to watch, no worries - just keep the video playing in the background.
Follow this important advice to ensure you’re actually earning money for the causes:
Do not watch as a repetition (“again” symbol)
Do not watch a playlist
Do not fast forward or skip
Do not skip advertising
Do not pause
After a round, watch 3 to 5 other videos, search for this video (not through playback history) and watch again
Do not clear playback and search history
What to read
Sources: @mireillecharper, @decolonialbulaklak, @goodgoodgoodco
‘Me And White Supremacy’ by Layla Saad
‘How To Be An Antiracist’ by Ibram X. Kendi
‘Freedom Is a Constant Struggle’ by Angela Davis
‘The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness’ by Michelle Alexander
‘Black Feminist Thought’ by Patricia Hill Collins
‘Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower’ by Dr. Brittney Cooper
‘Heavy: An American Memoir’ by Kiese Laymon
‘I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings’ by Maya Angelou
‘I’m Still Here: Black Dignity In A World Made For Whiteness’ by Austin Channing Brown
‘Just Mercy’ by Bryan Stevenson
‘Redefining Realness’ by Janet Mock
‘Sister Outsider’ by Audre Lorde
‘So You Want To Talk About Race’ by Ijeoma Oluo
‘The Bluest Eye’ by Toni Morrison
‘The Fire Next Time’ by James Baldwin
‘The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century’ by Grace Lee Boggs
‘The Warmth of Other Suns’ by Isabel Wilkerson
‘Their Eyes Were Watching God’ by Zora Neale Hurston
‘This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color’
‘White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism’ by Robin Diangelo, PHD
Not a book, but join ‘Noname’s Book Club’, ‘a monthly book club featuring rad black and brown authors’
What to watch
Source: @goodgoodgoodco
Netflix:
‘13th’
‘American Son’
‘Dear White People’
‘See You Yesterday’
‘When They See Us’
Hulu:
‘If Beale Street Could Talk’
‘The Hate U Give’
Available to rent:
‘Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975’
‘Clemency’
‘Fruitvale Station’
‘I Am Not Your Negro’
‘Just Mercy’
‘Selma’
‘The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution’
What to listen to (podcasts)
Source: @goodgoodgoodco
‘1619’ by the NYT
‘About Race’
‘Code Switch’ by NPR
‘The Diversity Gap’
‘Intersectionality Matters! Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw’
‘Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast’
‘Pod For The Cause’ from the leadership conference on civil and human rights
‘Pod Save the People’ by Crooked Media
Instagram accounts to follow
Sources: @mireillecharper, @jaidaehall, @goodgoodgoodco
Black Lives Matter (@blklivesmatter)
No White Saviours (@nowhitesaviours)
Layla Saad (@laylafsaad)
Rachel Cargle (@rachel.cargle)
Check your Privilege (@ckyourprivilege)
Rachel Ricketts (@iamrachelricketts)
The Great Unlearn (@thegreatunlearn)
Reni Eddo-Lodge (@renieddolodge)
Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk)
Color of Change (@colorofchange)
NAACP (@naacp)
Showing Up for Racial Justice (@showingupforracialjustice)
Reclaim The Block (@reclaimtheblock)
Ethel’s Club (@ethelsclub)
United We Dream (@unitedwedream)
BlackWomen’s Blueprint (@blackwomensblueprint)
Colorlines News & Media (@colorlinesnews)
Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org)
Families Belong Together (@fams2gether)
The Leadership Conference (@civilrightsorg)
MuslimARC (@muslimarc)
Natl Domestic Workers Alliance (@domesticworkers)
RAICES (@raicestexas)
The Conscious Kid (@theconsciouskid)
gal-dem (@galdemzine)
Other organisations to follow
Sources: @gaytimes, @goodgoodgoodco
UK Black Pride
Amnesty International
Black Lives Matter UK
Runnymede
Sari
Show Racism The Red Card
Stand Up To Racism UK
Stop Hate UK
Southall Black Sisters
Antiracist Research & Policy Center
Audre Lorde Project
MPowerChange
Showing Up For Racial Justice (SURJ)
SisterSong
To be wary of:
Shaun King - although a prominent face of the BLM movement, he has been caught up in many controversies including those surrounding 'blackfishing' and the misuse of funds raised to help Cyntonia Brown. With so many amazing activists out there, there seems to be no need to choose him to follow.
Donating to change.org - this money goes to the site as opposed to the individual causes.
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