BLACK LIVES MATTER

I’m sad, angry, confused, and afraid, but most importantly I am MOTIVATED to stand up and play a part in changing the way things are.

Too many BIPOC have been oppressed, neglected, abused, and murdered. We cannot stay silent any longer. Silence is acceptance and I refuse to accept it. 

I don’t know the right words to say or the right things to do, but I commit to taking action steps every day to educate myself and my children. I commit to using my platform to shine a light on the darkness, and keep myself accountable. I commit to standing beside the BIPOC community as an active ally, using my privilege as a white woman to fight for what’s right.

If you’re committing to all of these things too but aren’t sure where to start, swipe through this curated list of people, books, articles, podcasts, and other resources, as well as a list of places to donate if you’re able.

#blacklivesmatter

IG Accounts to follow:

@moemotivate

@rachel.cargle

@sassy_latte

@iamrachelricketts

@porshanality

@gaynete

@laylafsaad

@colorofchange

@mspackyetti

@theconsciouskid

Places to donate:

Minnesota Freedom Fund

Black Lives Matter

George Floyd’s Family

Black Visions Collective

Books:

Me and White Supremacy - Layla F. Saad

The Hate U Give - Angie Thomas

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge

White Fragility - Robin DiAngelo

So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo

I’m Still Here - Austin Channing

The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander

Slavery by Another Name - Douglas A. Blackmon

Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome - Joy DeGruy

The Color of Compromise - Jemar Tisby

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria - Beverly Daniel Tatum

How to be an Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi

75 action items white people can do RIGHT NOW: https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:

• Books:

  • Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults

• Podcasts:

  • Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’

  • Fare of the Free Child podcast

• Articles:

  • PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month

Articles to read:

• “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” by Adam Serwer | Atlantic (May 8, 2020)

• Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement (Mentoring a New Generation of Activists

• ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” by Jose Antonio Vargas | NYT Mag (June 22, 2011)

• The 1619 Project (all the articles) | The New York Times Magazine

• The Combahee River Collective Statement

• “The Intersectionality Wars” by Jane Coaston | Vox (May 28, 2019)

• Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups developed by Craig Elliott PhD

• ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” by Knapsack Peggy McIntosh

• “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi | Atlantic (May 12, 2020)

Videos to watch:

• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)

• "How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)

Podcasts to subscribe to:

• 1619 (New York Times)

• About Race

• Code Switch (NPR)

• Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw

• Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast

• Pod For The Cause (from The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)

• Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)

• Seeing White