What is Anti-racism?

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There has been so much need for knowledge on what is Anti-racism.  I think the best way to learn is to ask questions and educate yourself.  My friend Wil Bowers, of Legal Shield messaged me this amazing google doc with every resource available to help better understand. (contact Wil below) I wanted to share it with as many people as I can.

Being bi-racial, I have experienced racism in my life too!  It's a terrible thing to experience.  Being bi-racial has given me certain advantages as well.  In the black culture you can also experience some racism as you are treated as not being black enough.  It's a horrible thing to experience on both sides. It is important for people to understand, and stop this behavior.  We are all love, made up of love and we need to treat one another better than this.

I have always been a bit of a hippie and all I want to have is more love in the world.  So please use this as a reference for you and your friends and family.  Please feel free to share this blog and let me know how it works for you.  How it changes your perspective.  Maybe you grew up in a place where there aren't as many ethnic people.  That's okay, that's your experience.  I was fortunate to grow up in a very diverse town.  Most of our friends were military kids so we had friends who were black, Irish, Italian, German, and Filipino.  My family is diverse on both sides.  This was a wonderful experience to learn about other people's culture.  I realized when I was a teenager how privileged I was as I traveled to the U.K. to spend time with family.  I thought everyone did this.  When I returned from one of my trips and I was telling my boyfriend at the time all about my experience, I realized not everyone had this.  I was blessed to experience travel, and experience different cultures since as long as I could remember.

When you go outside of your comfort zone, travel and learn about other people, it only enriches your life!  You become a better human being.  We really aren't that different.  We all have families, want things in life, strive to be better each day.  Life is hard enough sometimes to have to deal with this on a daily basis.  Have more compassion for one another.  Show more love for one another.

It's not fun being followed in a store based on what you look like.  It's degrading to be called a nigger or hearing someone you know use that word to talk about someone or yell it at someone.  Some people use this word like they just said hello.  I have heard it come right out of their mouth.  They are no friend of mine and I would never be around someone who talks like this.  That comes from a place of hate.  

 Here are some resources for you to open up your mind, to experience someone else's life, to educate yourself and on being anti-racist.

This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.
Here is a shorter link: bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES
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Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:
Articles to read:
Videos to watch:
Podcasts to subscribe to:
Books to read:
Films and TV series to watch:
  • 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
  • American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
  • Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
  • Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
  • Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
  • Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
  • Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
  • I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
  • If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
  • Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
  • King In The Wilderness  — HBO
  • See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
  • Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent
  • The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
  • The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Hulu with Cinemax
  • When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Organizations to follow on social media:
More anti-racism resources to check out:

Document compiled by Sarah Sophie Flicker, Alyssa Klein in May 2020.

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