Resources for next steps and anti-racism actions
Podcasts you can listen to:
* Colour Code – conversations about race in Canada
* Truth’s Table – Black Christian women who are “midwives of culture for grace and truth.”
* Code Switch A Decade of Watching Black People Die
* Throughline American Police (for more context on calls to defund the police- the history & creation of modern-day policing)
* Frontburner Black Canadians reflect on this week’s unrest
* Frontburner Defunding police: what it means and how it could work
* The Bible for Normal People Episode 79: Austin Channing Brown
* Unlocking Us with Brene Brown Ibram X. Kendi on How to Be an AntiRacist
Short Videos:
* Why “I’m not racist” is only half the story |Robin DiAngelo
* James Corden gets a lesson on White privilege
* Let’s get to the root of racial injustice |Megan Ming Francis| TEDx
Books you can read:
*I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness– Austin Channing Brown
*White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism – Robin DiAngelo
*So You Want to Talk About Race – Ijeoma Oluo
*The Skin We’re In – Desmond Cole (experiences of Black life in Canada)
*How to Be an AntiRacist – Ibram X. Kendi
Activities:
* White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack (Peggy McIntonsh)
* Racial Bias Test – this will help you understand what your biases are for yourself
Organizations you can join or support:
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)
Decolonizing Christianity Canada (DCC)
Eritrian-Ethiopian COVID Solidarity Fund
The Black Mental Health Matters Fund
Instagram accounts to follow:
@austinchanning, @ibramxk, @moveon, @surj_toronto, @eji_org, @privtoprog, @showingupforracialjustice, @mspackyetti, @colorofchange, @ijeomaoluo, @rachel.cargle