TAKE ACTION FOR BLACK PEOPLE. BLACK LIVES MATTER.
Why Racial Justice?
To truly be an ally for black people, we need to take action every day. Not just when it is reported on the days or week after yet another black life is lost unjustly. As white people, we have privilege that keeps us alive and safe every waking, breathing minute.
We can breathe.
Where to Donate to Support Anti-Racism (Google Doc)
American Civil Liberties Union
Malaika Apparel Co. – donating a portion of their sales this week to organizations that support racial justice
The LoveLand Foundation (Black Women Mental Health Organization)
Shareable Anti-Racism Resource Guide (Google Doc)
The Presumed Alliance: The Unspoken Conflict
Between Latinos and Blacks and What It Means for America
When White Women Cry: How White Women’s Tears Oppress Women of Color
Resources for Black Lives Matter Movement (Donation, educational resources for non-black people, resources for protestors, healing in times of structural violence)
Talking About Race with Children
Teaching and Learning Race and Racism
Teaching Six Year Olds about Privilege and Power
Teaching Tolerance (socially conscious lesson plans about identity, privilege, power, race, social action, etc.)
All of these links are from IndieBound.org that supports Independent bookstores and not Amazon!!
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo
How to Be an Anti-Racist: Ibram X. Kendi
Unapologetic: A Black, Queer and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene A. Carruthers
If you're not comfortable protesting for racial justice you can.....
✔️ SUPPORT IN OTHER WAYS ✔️
💸 Donate to a BAIL FUND in your area or around the country
💊 Donate MEDICAL SUPPLIES to people working as medics at the protests
🥩 FEED PEOPLE – buy food and water, or make food, and donate it to those who are part of or affected by the protests
🥛 VOLUNTEER at non-hot zone areas to supply food and water
📢 Continue to EDUCATE the people around you – this is also emotional labor
🚗 PICK UP people from the hot-zone if they need it
🐥 Offer to WATCH KIDS if their parents are organizers and need to be on the frontline
🚨 CONFRONT RACISM wherever you see it, online and with family/friends
📲 SHARE LINKS to every resource for protestors you can find – bail funds, information for those arrested, safety precautions, updates for those in your area, etc
💰 DONATE directly to frontline people and organizations
🖋 WRITE articles and blog posts in support of the ongoing protests
📣 ORGANIZE on your jobs and in your communities for fair and equitable practices
🛌 REST is revolutionary and inherently anti-capitalist too, so do your best to rest when you can, and take care of yourself and those around you as much as possible.
Privilege check:
I have privilege as a white person because I can do all of these things without thinking twice:
I can go birding (#ChristianCooper)
I can go jogging (#AhmaudArbery)
I can relax in the comfort of my own home (#BothemSean and #AtatianaJefferson)
I can ask for help after being in a car crash (#JonathanFerrell and #RenishaMcBride)
I can have a cellphone (#StephonClark)
I can leave a party to get to safety (#JordanEdwards)
I can play loud music (#JordanDavis)
I can sell CDs (#AltonSterling)
I can sleep (#AiyanaJones)
I can walk from the corner store (#MikeBrown)
I can play cops and robbers (#TamirRice)
I can go to church (#Charleston9)
I can walk home with Skittles (#TrayvonMartin)
I can hold a hair brush while leaving my own bachelor party (#SeanBell)
I can party on New Years (#OscarGrant)
I can get a normal traffic ticket (#SandraBland)
I can lawfully carry a weapon (#PhilandoCastile)
I can break down on a public road with car problems (#CoreyJones)
I can shop at Walmart (#JohnCrawford)
I can have a disabled vehicle (#TerrenceCrutcher)
I can read a book in my own car (#KeithScott)
I can be a 10yr old walking with my grandfather (#CliffordGlover)
I can decorate for a party (#ClaudeReese)
I can ask a cop a question (#RandyEvans)
I can cash a check in peace (#YvonneSmallwood)
I can take out my wallet (#AmadouDiallo)
I can run (#WalterScott)
I can breathe (#EricGarner)
I can live (#FreddieGrey)
I CAN BE ARRESTED WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING MURDERED (#GeorgeFloyd)
White privilege is real. Take a minute to consider a Black person’s experience today. #BlackLivesMatter
