🌞 I haven't been able too articulate my thoughts about the black lives matter movement in video but I wanted to do it right here. I haven't talk about it much before because I haven't known what to say or how to say it. I also didn't want to post something as a way to make myself feel better, or that would be received as performative or uneducated.
I've been spending a lot of time listening to books, reading and doing the work to educate myself on my own racist conditioning and white fragility, and how I can be an ally.
I want to share some ressources that I've found helpful in becoming more educated on anti-racism : (I will update this list with your recommendations in the comments)
Non Fiction :
🖤 Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad
🖤 Brit(ish) : On Race, Identity and Belonging, Afua Hirsch
🖤 Why I'm no Longer Talking to White People about Race, Reno Eddo-Lodge
🖤White Fragility, Robin Diangelo
🖤 How to be anti-racist, Ibram X. Kendi
🖤Mindful of Race, Ruth King
While I have a lot to learn and don't expect to ever be perfect, I'm challenging myself to start, and continue, the inner work and difficult conversations that are so necessary.
If you want to know more ways you can help right now, please visit this website : https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/
🌞Books Mentioned
The Wrath and the Dawn (The Wrath and the Dawn, #1) Ahdieh, Renée
Heartstopper: Become Human Alice Oseman
The Taming of the Shrew (No Fear Shakespeare) Shakespeare, William
The Secret Garden (Illustrated with Interactive Elements) Frances Hodgson Burnett
How to Win Friends and Influence People Dale Carnegie
Notre-Dame de Paris Hugo, Victor
A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, Charles
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1) Holly Jackson
Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive #3) Brandon Sanderson
And Then There Were None Agatha Christie
The Naked Sun (Robot #2) Asimov, Isaac
The ABC Murders (Poirot) Agatha Christie
The Girl with Seven Names: A North Korean Defector Story Hyeonseo Lee
The Mystery of the Blue Train (Poirot) Agatha Christie
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