Anti-racism work requires your heart, your commitment, and your long-term involvement. So see this as the beginning, and get ready to learn. Whatever impacts you, share it with other people. Notice what you’re moved by, or confused by. Ask questions, talk to people, and educate yourself. The purpose of all learning must be geared towards aligned and collective action, so we can be more powerful together than we are alone.
Read — Books to get from these Black-owned Bookstores
My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menaken
White Fragility by my former teacher, Dr. Robin DiAngelo
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi (and upcoming new book for kids!)
Racism without Racists: Color Blind Racism by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (one of my forever favorite books)
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga and Gloria Anzaldúa
Read — Articles/Blog Posts/Zines/Poems
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack, by Peggy McIntosh
On the Precipice — Crystal Hayling, Libra Foundation -“Nonviolence is a strategy of making this state-sponsored violence visible”
Building a Police-Free Future: FAQs and a follow up blog post
Transformative Justice a political framework that images and creates alternatives to police, prisons, ICE, and other violent state based systems - By Mia Mingus
For my desi people — South Asians for Black Lives: A Call for Action, Accountability, and Introspection
Poem about my rights — June Jordan
Watch
Hasan Minhaj — Patriot Act
Trevor Noah — on the distraction of lootings
Just Mercy — the movie
Anything Ava DuVernay ever made — Selma / When they See us / 13th (I’m currently watching Queen Sugar)
Listen
Intersectionality Matters podcast — Kimberlé Crenshaw and AAPF
Pod Save the People podcast — DeRay Mckesson
NPR: Code Switch podcast — Shereen Marisol Meraji and a team