We continue to listen learn advocate for those who have been ignored.
The June 2020 Black Lives Matter protests will go down in history as the biggest civil rights movement in modern history, but it doesn’t stop here.
We have reached the end of #amplifymelanatedvoices which was a social media campaign to help support the Black Lives Matter movement.
White people collectively stopped posting their own content to spread the important messages, and voices of the BIPOC community.
It’s an understatement to say I learned a lot. This was the wake up call I didn’t know I needed.
I am beyond sorry for the mistakes I’ve made throughout my lifetime by not being an anti-racist ally.
My feed is primarily white, as are my product and brand choices. Any culture I consume is mainly white with a few exceptions.
I only listen to Black music. Which is something I’ve known my whole life but never really critiqued myself on. Again, 100% my fault.
But why is that? * Full blog post to come on this topic*
A new category titled listen learn advocate will be added to the blog starting with the last post published:
16 Black Owned Cruelty Free Beauty Brands to Support
You can find any and all Black Lives Matter content as well as BIPOC anti-racism work there.
Here are some anti-racism books on my radar:
Anti-Racism Books
- White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
2. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
3. The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
4. The Skin We’re In: A Year of Back Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
5. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
6. The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
7. Why I am No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
To see these books plus more by Black authors, visit:
Black Voices | Chapters.Indigo.ca
Podcasts
An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling.
In August of 1619, a ship carrying more than 20 enslaved Africans arrived in the English colony of Virginia. America was not yet America, but this was the moment it began.
No aspect of the country that would be formed here has been untouched by the 250 years of slavery that followed. On the 400th anniversary of this fateful moment, it is time to tell the story.
“1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast.
Justice in America, hosted by Josie Duffy Rice and Clint Smith, is a podcast for everyone interested in criminal justice reform— from those new to the system to experts who want to know more.
Each episode covers a new criminal justice issue. Explaining how it works and looks at its impact on people, particularly poor people and people of colour.
Includes interviews of: activists, practitioners, experts, journalists, organizers, and others, to learn.
By the end of the episode, you’ll walk away with a better understanding of what drives mass incarceration and what can fix it.
3. Scene on Radio Seeing White
Scene on Radio is a Peabody-nominated podcast that dives deeply into issues central to American society, exploring who we were and who we are.
Recent many-part series include Seeing White, looking at the roots and meaning of white supremacy, and MEN, exploring the past and present of sexism and patriarchy.
Produced and hosted by John Biewen, Scene on Radio comes from the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University (CDS) and is distributed by PRX.
The United States of Anxiety is a show about the unfinished business of our history and its grip on our future.
Many of the political and social arguments we’re having now started in the aftermath of the Civil War, when Americans set out to do something no one had tried before: build the world’s first multiracial democracy.
The podcast gives voters the context to understand what’s at stake in this election. WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other great podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, and On the Media.
Shows/ Films
A Final Note: This List is Not Final
Please know this list is a starting point, and by no means final.
I will continue to update it in the coming weeks and months with more verbiage and information.
It is a privilege to learn about racism rather than experience it, and I am privileged to have the means to learn about racism and move forward.
I am going to do better starting now, the work will never be done, it’s an ongoing process to learn, unlearn and advocate.
