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Black Lives Matter. A compilation of useful reads, documents, and links.
Contents Books you could read.......................................................................................................................2 Podcasts you could listen to............................................................................................................3 Useful documents and reviews……:................................................................................................3 Novels you could read…………………..................................................................................................4 Things you could watch.....................................................................................................................5 Things you could do..........................................................................................................................5
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Books you could read: • • • • • • • • • •
Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race - Reni Eddo-Lodge Natives - Akala Brit-ish - Afua Hirsch White Fragility - Robin Diangelo Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World – Layla Saad Black and British: A Forgotten History – David olusoga White privilege: The myth of a post-racial society - Kalwant Bhopal The Windrush Betrayal: Exposing the Hostile Environment – Amelia Gentleman They Can't Kill Us All: The Story of the Struggle for Black Lives – Wesley Lowery So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo Consider trying to borrow books and donating instead.
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Podcasts/ audio series you could listen to: • • • • • • • • •
About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge (Apple podcasts and Spotify) Witness History: Witness Black History (BBC world service) We need to talk about the British Empire (Audible) Have You Heard George’s Podcast? (BBC Sounds) The Daily: The System That Protect the Police (Apple Podcasts) 1619 - An audio series on how slavery has transformed America (New York Times) Code Switch (NPR) The Diversity Gap (Apple podcasts) Intersectionality matters with Kimberle Crenshaw (Soundcloud)
Useful reports and documents you could read:
Race in the workplace: The McGregor-Smith Review The MacPherson Report The Stephen Lawrence Report, 10 Years On The Race Disparity Audit The Lammy Report Differential Treatment In The Youth Justice System Disparities in the risk and outcomes of COVID-19 Black Lives Matter: The UK is not innocent
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Novels, essays and poem collections you could read: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Between the World and Me – Ta-Nehisi Coates Dark Days – James Baldwin My Sister, The Serial Killer – Oyinkan Braithwaithe Queenie – Candice Carty-Williams Bluebird, Bluebird / Heaven, My Home – Attica Locke An American Marriage – Tayari Jones Welcome to Lagos – Chibundu Onuzo Freedom Is a Constant Struggle : Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement – Angela Y. Davies The Bluest Eye – Toni Morrison White Teeth – Zadie Smith Hood Feminism: Notes from the women white feminists forgot - Mikki Kendall Girl Woman Other – Bernadine Evaristo Don’t Touch My Hair –Emma Dabiri I know why the caged bird sings – Maya Angelou Your Silence Will Not Protect You: Essays and Poems – Audre Lorde
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Things you could watch: • • • • • • • •
Explained series. Episode: The racial wealth gap Time: The Kalief Browder Story When they see us 13th Who Killed Malcolm Just Mercy The Death and Life of Marsha P Johnson Selma
Things you could do: 1. Write to your MP If you don’t know where to start, here are some useful letter templates about the following: UK action against police brutality Justice for Belly Mujinga Include black histories in the national curriculum 2. Donate Black Lives Matter: A global organisation in the US, UK, and Canada, whose mission is to eradicate white supremacy and build local power to intervene in violence inflicted on Black communities by the state and vigilantes. By combating and countering acts of violence, creating space for Black imagination and innovation, and centring Black joy, we are winning immediate improvements in our lives. Stop Hate UK: one of the leading national organisations working to challenge all forms of Hate Crime and discrimination, based on any aspect of an individual’s identity Runnymede Trust: National think-tank leading the debate on racial inequality Stephen Lawrence Trust: National charity which aims to support young people to transform their lives by overcoming disadvantage and discrimination and moving into ambitious careers as professionals. Black Curriculum: The Black Curriculum is a social enterprise founded in 2019 by young people with the aim of incorporating Black British history into the UK Curriculum. SARI: Stand Against Racism & Inequality (SARI) is a service user/community-oriented agency that provides support and advice to victims of hate, and promotes equality and good relations between people with protected characteristics as defined by law. (Bristol and South West) BSWN: a BAME led infrastructure organisation that has worked extensively with BAME communities and BAME led delivery organisations across the South West (Bristol and South West)
3. Protest locally Sunday, June 7 Bristol - College Green, 2pm
