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10 Things White People Can Do to Work for Racial Justice
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
9 Reasons Why Acting in Solidarity for Racial Justice is Preferable to "Allyship"
Anti-Racism Resource List
If you’re feeling stuck and helpless, here are ten things you can do to stand for justice, show solidarity, and take action to stop white- and state-sanctioned violence.
Achieving racial justice is a marathon, not a sprint. Our work to fix what we broke and left broken isn’t done until Black folks tell us it’s done.
https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234
What are the hallmarks of true solidarity work? What distinguishes solidarity from its ubiquitous and much discussed ‘cousin’, allyship? There are many important distinctions, but here are a few...
Diving into the world of anti-racism for the first time can be confronting. It may feel challenging to understand your place and where to begin with educating yourself. Luckily, there are endless resources online to help you learn about anti-racism work, dismantle the unconscious biases that exist within yourself, and take action to create a more just society.
Anti-Racism Resources
Contemporary White Antiracism
Listening to Black Voices Amid Murder, Violence, Protest, and Pandemic
Qualified Immunity: Explained
Californians for the Arts Anti-Racism Resources. This page is continually updated.
https://www.californiansforthearts.org/anti-racism-resources
An extensive list of resources from Organizations to Social Media accounts, to book lists and podcast suggestions.
https://www.californiansforthearts.org/antiracism-edit/2020/6/2/contemporary-white-antiracism
A sampling of what Black people (along with a few immigrant and other PoC voices) are saying about the recent murders by police of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the threatening of Christian Cooper with police violence by a White woman, the protests in Minneapolis & other places, and the unequal impact of the pandemic on communities of color, as well as what Black voices have said in the past about similar incidents & situations.
https://kottke.org/20/05/listening-to-black-voices-amid-murder-violence-protest-and-pandemic
Justice Collaborative lawyers and other legal experts help unpack some of the most complicated issues in the criminal justice system.
The Case for Reparations
Where Do I Begin? Daily Reading Plan
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
Two hundred fifty years of slavery. Ninety years of Jim Crow. Sixty years of separate but equal. Thirty-five years of racist housing policy. Until we reckon with our compounding moral debts, America will never be whole.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2014/06/the-case-for-reparations/361631/
A 28-day reading plan for white and non-black POC (people of color) aspiring allies.
As a white person, I realized I had been taught about racism as something that puts others at a disadvantage, but had been taught not to see one of its corollary aspects, white privilege, which puts me at an advantage.
https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf