With the launch of #MyRacistCampus, many of you might be asking how you can help fight racism both on and off campus.
The campaign aims to tackle the subtle, and sometimes not so subtle, ways universities uphold racist ideas and interactions but we've put together a quick guide of things you can actually do to help challenge racism. These go beyond liking and sharing something on social media and include things that you can do when you're on campus and also when you're off campus.
"The campaign is very direct in its framing.
Whilst this can be discomforting in the institutional space,
being direct about the nature of social inequality and power is crucial."
Dr Shona Hunter, Dep. Director - Centre for Race Education & Decoloniality
In the video below, Dr. Nita Mosby-Tyler explains why we need "unlikely allies" in the fight for justice, and why people who are experiencing inequality first hand must be willing to accept the help. Dr. Nita Mosby Tyler is the Chief Catalyst and Founder of The Equity Project, a company that supports organizations & communities in building equity, inclusion, and diversity.
ANTI-RACIST RESOURCES TO ENGAGE IN:
Books
Brit-ish by Afua Hirsch
Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
How to be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendri
Slay in Your Lane by Elizabeth Uviebiené & Yomi Adegoke
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
Sway by Prada Agarwal
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Renni Eddo-Lodge
Me and My White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
White Fragility by Robin DiAngela
Antagonist, Advocates and Allies: The Wake Up Call Guide for White Women Who Want to Become Allies with Black Women by Catrice M Jackson
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
“I Will Not Be Erased”: Our Stories about Growing Up As People of Colour by Gal-Dem
White Privilege Unmasked by Judy Ryde
Black Skin, White Masks by Frantz Fanon
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Women, Class and Race by Angela Y. Davis
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexamder
Making All Black Lives Matter: Reimagining Freedom in the Twenty - First Century - Barbara Ransby
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation - Keeanga - Yamahtta Taylor
The End of Policing by Alex S Vitale - free ebook of Verso
Podcast
About Race
Intersectionaility Matters! Hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast
Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Delcolonised Podcast Hosted by Ericka Hart
Tv shows and films
13th (Netflix)
Dear White People (Netflix)
When They See Us (Netflix)
The Hate U Give
Just Mercy
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
See You Yesterday
Clemency
Strong Island (Netflix)
Fruitvale Station (Netflix)
Whose Streets?
Seven Seconds (Netflix)
Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement Documentary on YouTube
ACCOUNTS TO FOLLOW ON SOCIAL MEDIA:
No White Saviors @nowhitesaviors
Layla Saad @laylafsaad
Rachel Cargle @rachel.cargale
Check Your Privledge @ckyourprivledge
Reni Eddo-Lodge @renieddolodge
Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk
Rachel Ricketts @iamrachelricketts
Ericka Hart @ihartericka
If you would like to know more about diversity and inclusion and race related topics in society, Unspoken is an online series which provides a space for solution based conversation hosted by Presenter & Psychologist Cici. Subscribe to the Unspoken Youtube channel here.