From the archives: BLACK LIVES MATTER - June 2020
BLACK LIVES MATTER
Dear Project AFFIRM family:
In the wake of the horrific murders of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and more, protesters fill our streets to demand justice, accountability, and police reform related to anti-Blackness and white supremacy. We support these efforts, and we recognize that anti-Blackness and white supremacy are endemic to U.S. society. To our Black and Brown community members in Project AFFIRM, we know these murders come on top of COVID-19, which has disproportionally impacted Black and Brown communities. We know the pain, grief, anger, sadness, and fear are unimaginable. To all of our Project AFFIRM community, let us find specific ways we can take care of ourselves, our communities, and take the next steps in our journeys as anti-racists. May the resilience of our community be a source of support during these tumultuous days.
The staff and investigators at Project AFFIRM
To Learn More: Resources on White Privilege and Anti-Racist Solidarity
Articles and Resource Lists
Anti-racism resources (podcasts, books, films, & more)
Anti-Racism Resources from Dr. Nicole Cook, University of South Carolina
Curriculum for White Americans to Educate Themselves on Race and Racism
How Do I Make Sure I’m Not Raising the Next Amy Cooper?
Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They’re Okay - Chances Are They’re Not
A Checklist to Determine if You Are Supporting White Supremacy
Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma
For White Allies Searching for a Solution to American Racism / When Folks of Color are Exhausted
Talking White Fragility with Robin DiAngelo
White People, Stop Asking Us to Educate You About Racism
Message to White Allies from a From a Black Anti-Racism Expert: You’re Doing It Wrong
The Role of White People in the Movement At This Time (Southerners on New Ground)
The Cost of Balancing Academia and Racism
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
The 1619 Project by the New York Times
Social and Cultural Literacy Resources for Classrooms
The Southern Poverty Law Center – Teaching Tolerance
Books
We Want To Do More Than Survive: Abolitionist Teaching and the Pursuit of Educational Freedom by Bettina Love (2019)
How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi (2019)
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi (2017)
The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing by Anneliese A. Singh (2019)
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel (1995)
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander (2010)
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad (2020)
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise (2004)
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo (2018)
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates (2015)
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools by Monique Morris (2015)
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit From Identity Politics by George Lipsitz (2006)
Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence (2016) Killing Rage: Ending Racism by bell hooks (1996)
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slaveowners in the American South by Stephanie Jones-Rogers (2019)
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson (2017)
White Trash: Race and Class in America (Eds., Annalee Nowitz & Matt Wray) (1996)
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Force by Radley Balko (2014)
Things to Do
75 Things White People Can Do For Racial Justice
5 Ways White People Can Take Action Against White and State-Sanctioned Violence
4 Compassionate Ways to Support Black Folks After Racist Tragedies
For White People Who Must Take Action When “Good Intentions” Are Not Enough
5 Ways White People Can Fight White Supremacy
Doing the Work: White People Must Invest in Anti-Racism
100 Ways White People Can Make Life Less Frustrating for People of Color
For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies
100 Race-Conscious Things You Can Say to Your Child to Advance Racial Justice
Other Readings & Resource Lists
Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Booklist for White Readers
Books to Teach White Children and Teens How to Undo Racism and White Supremacy
Race and Racism Studies List for Adults
Restorative Justice and Prison Abolition
Asian & Pacific Islander American Fiction (and a little poetry) Books
Asian & Pacific Islander American Kids/YA Books
Asian & Pacific Islander American Non-Fiction (memoir, history, and theory) Books