ANTI-RACISM RESOURCES
Hello everyone, I would like to share some of the images I captured during the “Black Lives Matter” protest that took place in London yesterday. It was a very beautiful moment that brought together people from lots of different backgrounds, social classes and ages. How amazing would it be if "real life" was just as inclusive as yesterday's protest? For that to happen, we have to educate ourselves and get out of our comfort zone. It is not our black friends' responsibility to educate us. It is up to us, white people, to seek knowledge. Therefore, I'd like to share a list formulated by the journalists, Pandora Sykes and Dolly Alderton, that I believe to be very helpful. If you have more suggestions do not hesitate to share them in the comments, I will be happy to add them to the list.
Olá a todos, hoje partilho convosco as imagens que capturei durante o protesto que se concretizou em Londres no contexto do movimento “Black Lives Matter”. Foi um momento muito bonito que reuniu pessoas de várias etnias, classes e idades. Não seria maravilhoso se a sociedade na “vida real” fosse um espaço tão inclusivo como o de ontem? Para tal acontecer, temos que nos educar e sair da zona de conforto. Não cabe aos nossos amigos negros educar-nos. Cabe-nos a nós, aos brancos, procurar o conhecimento. Assim sendo, partilho aqui uma lista formulada pelas jornalistas Pandora Sykes e Dolly Alderton que julgo ser bastante útil para todos. Se tiverem mais sugestões (especialmente em português) não hesitem em partilhá-las nos comentários, terei todo o gosto em acrescentá-las à lista.
NON-FICTION
Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
How To Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
The Good Immigrant compiled by Nikesh Shukla
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Women Race and Class by Angela Davis
Becoming by Michelle Obama
White Rage by Carol Anderson
Brit-ish by Afua Hirsch
My Name Is Why by Lemn Sissay
Slay In Your Lane by Elizabeth Uviebinené & Yomi Adegoke
A Burst of Light by Audre Lorde
Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
Taking Up Space: The Black Girls Manifesto For Change by Chelsea Kwakye & Ore Ogunbiyi
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad
Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall
Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
Aint I a Woman: Black Women & Feminism by Bell Hooks
Why You Need To Stop Saying “All Lives Matter” by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle for Harper’s Bazaar
Ibram X. Kendi’s reading list for The New York Times
FICTION
Beloved by Toni Morrison
The Colour Purple by Alice Walker
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
On Beauty and White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Citizen: An American Life by Claudia Rankine
Just imagine how powerful this moment was for that little kid in this protest.
Kids resources
Raising White Kids by Jennifer Harvey
All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold
Brad Meltzer’s Ordinary People Can Change The World series on Rosa Parks & Harriet Tubman
A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats
Sending you all my love,
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