The events of the past couple of weeks have thrown issues of race and structural racism into the public sphere. It is each and every one of our responsibility to read up, educate ourselves, and use our voices to be actively anti-racist. It is not enough to simply be 'not racist'.
This is an individual journey to examine your position, accountability, and the ways in which you are part of systemic racism, and to then learn how to extract yourself from these structures.
We have compiled a list of informative resources (which is by no means extensive - and we will continue to update it) on issues of race, racism, anti-racism, and climate intersectionality.
ARTICLES
on Race and Racism:
‘We have to stop thinking about racism as someone who says the N-word’
WHAT TO DO IF YOU CAN’T PROTEST ON THE STREETS FOR BLM
“Put our colonial history on the curriculum – then we’ll understand who we really are”
ON CLIMATE INTERSECTIONALITY:
If you're wondering what climate intersectionality is, find out here.
TRUE CLIMATE JUSTICE IS IMPOSSIBLE WITHOUT RACIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
“I’m a black climate expert. Racism derails our efforts to save the planet”
“How the Climate Movement can be Anti-racist”
The climate crisis is racist. The answer is anti-racism.
‘Racism dictates who gets dumped on': how environmental injustice divides the world
How the hurricane in The Bahamas is shedding light on Caribbean xenophobia and climate change
To fix climate change, we must face up to our imperial past
Colonialism + capitalism= climate crisis
VIDEOS/Films/Documentaries
Why “I’m not racist” is only half the story, Robin DiAngelo
STREAM TO DONATE (don’t skip the ads)
13th
WHEN THEY SEE US:
I AM NOT YOUR NEGRO
SELMA:
THE BLACK PANTHERS: VANGUARDS OF THE REVOLUTION:
The Hate You Give
BOOKS
How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X Kendi
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, Layla F Saad
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
Why I’m Longer Talking to White People About Race, Rennie Eddo-Lodge
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire, Akala
NOVELS
White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW
PETITIONS TO SIGN
RECLAIM THE BLOCK: DEFUND THE POLICE IN MINNEAPOLIS
TEACH BRITISH CHILDREN ABOUT THE REALITIES OF BRITISH IMPERIALISM AND COLONIALISM
Battle racism by updating GCSE reading lists
Suspend export of arms and riot gear to America during violent attacks by US Police
Julius Jones is innocent. Don't let him be executed by the state of Oklahoma.
WRITE TO YOUR MP
re: Addressing the impact of COVID-19 on Black & Ethnic Minority Communities
FURTHER LISTS OF RESOURCES:
Do the work: an anti-racist reading list
Detailed list of anti-racism resources
Natl Resource List #GeorgeFloyd+
Practical ways to support BLM from the UK
How you can speak out against systematic racism