BQS stands with the black members of it’s community, freelancers, and client base to fight against racial inequality and injustice. Empowering and dealing confidence in women from all walks of life is my love language. Now our black brothers and sisters need us. How can we help?
I’m sharing info from a list created by Levina (@love_vina) of Seattle, WA on how others can Learn, Support, and Act. If you wish to add, please leave a comment below.
LEARN
Podcasts about Race:
The Nod
The Stoop
This Week in Blackness
Identity Politics
H.E.R. Space
Another Round
Code Switch
Sooo Many White Guys
The Combat Jack Show
TED Talks:
The urgency of intersectionality
Racism has a cost for everyone
An interview with the founders of Black Lives Matter
Color Blind or Color Brave
How to Deconstruct racism, one headline at a time
We need to talk about an injustice
The danger of a single story
The little Problem I Had Renting A House
Follow Black Activists:
@rachel.cargle
@themoderntherapist
@blackandembodied
@blairimani
@laylafsadd
@amandaseales
@sassylatte
@austinchanning
@nikkitaoliver
@tamikadmallory
@ijeomaoluo
@mspackyetti
Books and Articles:
Recitatif by Toni Morrison
Ain’t I A Woman by Bell Hooks
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward
Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi
Becoming by Michelle Obama
The Hate You Give by Angie Thomas
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Don’t Call Us Dead by Danesz Smith (poetry)
Preparing for My Daughter for Rain (poetry)
Well-Read Black Girl by Glory Edim
I Almost Forgot About You by Terry McMillan
What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours by Helen Oyeyemi
More than Enough by Elaine Welteroth
We Cast a Shadow by Maurice Carlos Ruffin
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Born A Crime by Trevor Noah
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson (also a film)
What It’s Like to Be an Activist During a Pandemic by By Maura Malloy, Indy Maven (article)
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo
Movies About Race (that don’t default to a white ending)
Just Mercy
I Am Not Your Negro
RACE
Dear White People
Detroit
Malcolm X
PRIDE
Fruitvale Station
Black Artists Playlists (Spotify)
Collective Grief & Healing: Nap Ministry
Black Lives Matter
RapCaviar
Are & Be
Stay in the Know
RealPeople, Real Stories
Vocabulary, Concepts, & Events to Understand
14th Amendment
15th Amendment
1619
Abolitionism
Anti-Racism
Black Codes (1865)
Black Lives Matter
Brown v Board of Education
Civil War
Critical Race Theory
Cultural Appropriation
CORE
Decolonization
Emmett Till
Fair Housing Act
Fugitive Slave Act
Inclusion
Institutional Racism
Internalized Racism
Intersectionality
Microaggressions
NAACP
Oppression
People of Color
Tulsa Race Riots
Racial Equity
Racial Injustice
Restorative Justice
Scott v Sanford
Structural Racism
White Fragility
White Privilege
White Supremacy
Whiteness
SUPPORT
Black Businesses: Research black businesses in your neighborhood/city whether it’s restaurants, flower shops, coffee shops, or other services.
Black Women Owned Businesses: List in comments on link.
Indianapolis local black owned restaurants
Black Politicians: Research black politicians and understand their platform and experiences.
Black Friends, Family, and Colleagues: Don’t just listen to your black friends’ stories, believe them and trust them when they tell you.
Black Lives
Speak up in real life when you see or hear injustice, use your privileges to form physical bridges and walls with your body and voice when needed (and also learn the difference of when your body and voice need to take up the space vs. listen.)
Use Your Skills: Whether you are an artist, a baker, an accountant, or marketing manager, what skills do you have that you could bring to this movement without making it about you?
The Movement: Follow the grassroots organizations that are led by black activists and seek out their action list and donate as you can.
Donate:
Black Lives Matter
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
Bail Project
Black Visions Collective
Campaign Zero
Movement for Black Lives
NAACP Legal Defense Fund
National Bail Fund Network
Reclaim the Block
ACT
Call:
DA Mike Freeman in Minnesota (612-348-5550) and demand prosecution of all 4 officers involved in the murder of George Floyd.
Call Greg Fischer (Louisville Mayor) and demand justice for Breonna Taylor (502-574-2003)
Call Minnesota Governor Tim Walz (651-201-3400)
Call Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Meyer (612-673-2100)
Call Minnesota District Attorney (612-348-5550)
(or email citizeninfo@hennepin.us)
Text:
Text “FLOYD” or “ENOUGH” to 55156
Text “JUSTICE” to 668-366
Sign up for updates from BLM on blacklivesmatter.com
Call Out Racism: Whether it’s using your voice in a conversation, calling a leader in your organization to act, or emailing your professor to use anti-racist language- it all has an impact.
Have Conversations: Have the courageous conversations of race within your friend groups and with individuals! BRING IT UP.
Write Letters: Call out racism on a bigger scale- write letters/emails to politicians, CEOs, headmasters, and those with any leadership or authority.
Petitions:
Justice for George Floyd on change.org
#JusticeforFloyd on act.colorofchange.org
Fact Check Articles and Sources
Share from credible sources and black voices only. Memes are fun but think about the space you might be taking up.
Repost Resources
Register to Vote
Rest: Being and anti-racist is exhausting. Rest, but don’t stop. Keep Learning, Supporting, and Acting
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