Blog | 09 December 2022
Anti-Racism Resources
Start your anti-racist journey, or pick up some new tips, with these resources.
We stand in solidarity with our black siblings in the UK, USA & around the world – today, and every day. We recommit to active anti-racism & intersectional feminism as we continue to fight sexual violence & abuse and support survivors. As part of this, and as a majority-white workplace, we believe education is imperative, so our staff team has collated some resources for each other and anyone else who would find it beneficial.
Published: 9th June 2020
Links added: 31st January 2023
We will be keeping this post updated, and will add update dates when we do so. We also have a Padlet with other resources in which is updated by staff, you can find it here.
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Organisations and campaigns to explore and support
- Charity So White
- Black Lives Matter
- BMECP Centre – a sustainable resource centre which champions the Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) community in Brighton and Hove and supports BME communities and their families. (Brighton)
- MOSAIC Brighton – Black and Mixed-Parentage Family Group
- Immigration and Asylum Helpline from Rights of Women
- Southall Black Sisters – addresses the needs of BME women empowering them to escape Domestic Violence, Forced Marriage, Honour Based Violence, FGM, Rape (UK)
- Karma Nirvana – supporting victims of honour-based abuse and forced marriage (UK)
- Imkaan – “addressing violence against Black and minoritised women and girls” (UK)
- Audre Lorde Project – Community organizing center for LGBTSTGNC people of color communities (USA)
- Reclaim the Block (USA)
- Justice for Grenfell (UK)
- Belly Mujinga Memorial fund (UK)
- Fight For Breonna (USA)
- Movement For Justice (UK)
- Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust (UK)
- Stop Hate UK
- Show Racism The Red Card (UK)
- The National Memorial Family Fund is the first permanent national resource of its kind specifically for those that are affected by deaths in custody. (UK)
- UK Black Pride
- Imaan London – LGBTQ Muslim Charity (UK)
- Liberty help challenge injustice, defend freedom and campaign to make sure everyone in the UK is treated fairly. (UK)
- The Black Curriculum (UK)
- Runnymede Trust – the UK’s leading independent race equality think tank (UK)
- The United Families & Friends Campaign, is a coalition of those affected by deaths in police, prison and psychiatric custody. (UK)
- BAME recruitment consultancy website (UK)
- Apichaya: Community empowerment project tackling GBV with a focus on immigrant communities (USA)
- Black LGBT organisations you should know about: a list from Stonewall staff (UK)
- Hersana – a feminist NPO providing Black femme survivors of all forms of gendered violence with support, access to justice and counselling. (UK)
- Friends, Families & Travellers – leading national Traveller led charity that works on behalf of all Gypsies, Roma and Travellers regardless of ethnicity, culture or background. (UK)
- Halo Collective – an alliance of organisations and individuals working to create a future without hair discrimination. (UK)
- Hummingbird Project – Brighton based charity working locally with young refugees & campaigning nationally. (UK)
Books to check out
- Why I Am No Longer Talking to White People About Race, by Renni Eddo Lodge (non-fiction)
- Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad (non-fiction)
- White Fragility, by Robin Diangelo (non-fiction)
- Kill the Black One First by Michael Fuller (non-fiction)
- Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch (non-fiction)
- Black and British by David Olusoga (non-fiction)
- Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo (fiction)
- The Windrush Betrayal by Amelia Gentleman (non-fiction)
- Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins (non-fiction)
- Ain’t I A Woman by bell hooks (non-fiction)
- Redefining Realness by Janet Mock (non-fiction)
- Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde (non-fiction)
- Me, Not You, by Alison Phipps (non-fiction)
- Queenie, by Candice Carty Williams (fiction)
- Sula, by Toni Morrison (fiction)
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (non-fiction)
Assata, by Assata Shakur (non-fiction) - Reading list: Race, white supremacy, and anti-Black racism in America
- Rachel Cargle’s Reading for the Revolution book list
Articles and social media posts to check out – to learn and to take action
- Welcome To The Anti-Racism Movement — Here’s What You’ve Missed
- “Where are the Black girls?” about (in)visibility in Childhood Sexual Abuse bu Jahine Davis
- Report from Imkaan: Reclaiming Voice: Minoritised Women and Sexual Violence Key Findings
- Intersectionality infographic from Listen Up Research CIC
- The Truth About Women and White Supremacy
- How We Make Black Girls Grow Up Too Fast
- 5 Ways White People Can Take Action in Response to White and State-Sanctioned Violence
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack
- What will you do to continue the work? (IG)
- What to do if you can’t protest on the streets for Black Lives Matter
- Why you need to stop saying “All Lives Matter”
- 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship
- When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels
- I want to be an ally but I don’t know what to do (IG)
- What does black British activism look like in 2020
- We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer breathe – statement from Diversity & Ability and resource list
- Structural Racism vs Individual Racism (IG)
- Everything else on Gal:Dem, an online and print publication committed to sharing perspectives from women and non-binary people of colour.
- Black Ballad, a UK based lifestyle platform that seeks to tell the human experience through eyes of black British women.
- Glossary of Terms on race and racism
Things to watch
- List of recommended Black History Month films
- 13th – (Netflix documentary)
- When They See Us (Netflix)
- What Matters – Documentary series by Black Lives Matter
- Sitting in Limbo – BBC drame inspired by the Windrush scandal
- Black and British – overlooked black figures from British history
- Red Table Talk – Unpacking White Privilege and Prejudice
Podcasts to listen to
- About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Blacticulate – young UK Black* professionals discuss how they do what they do, so you can too
- 1619 – An audio series on how slavery has transformed America
- About Race – National Conversation About Conversations About Race
- Code Switch – “Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on.”
- Intersectionality Matters! (also available on the AAPF website)
- Momentum: Race Forward – featuring movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice.
- Pod for the Cause (from the Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights)
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media) – organizer and activist DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with fellow activists Brittany Packnett Cunningham and Sam Sinyangwe, and writer Dr. Clint Smith.
- Seeing White (spotify link)
- Speaking of Racism – A podcast dedicated to frank, honest, and respectful discussions about racism in the U.S.
- We Live Here – an in-depth exploration of how systemic racism impacts people as well as the well-being of our region and beyond.
- The Stoop – Hosts Leila Day and Hana Baba start conversations about what it means to be black and how we talk about blackness.
Other Resource lists
- POC Online Classroom
- Resources for Talking about Race, Racism and Racialized Violence with Kids
- Reading list: Race, white supremacy, and anti-Black racism in America
- Comprehensive list of books, orgs, films etc
- Comprehensive list of anti-racism reading on ‘Addressing Whiteness’; ‘Racism & Spirituality/Wellness’; ‘Healing for WOC’; ‘Multi-racial Identities’; ‘Health & Pandemics’
- Extensive list of resources, actions, ideas, education and information
- Extensive list of petitions, bail funds, people to write to, black-owned businesses, mental health resources for black people, education & information
- How to be actively anti-racist (IG)