UCASU - Anti-racism education pack

UCASU Black History Month Anti-Racism Education Pack

How to use this Educational Pack This pack is a directory of resources that you can use to further your knowledge of BAME history and culture, as well as the numerous injustices this community has faced in the past and in the present. Feel free to work through it in your own time and at a pace that suits you – there is a wide range of resources so you can choose those that ďŹ t your learning style best.

If there are any resources you need to purchase for this study, try to purchase these from black-owned bookshops as Sevenoaks Bookshop, New Beacon Books, or Round Table Books.

If you are not a member of the BAME community, understand that coming to terms with your privilege will not be an easy experience and you will likely feel shame and guilt. Remember that it is not enough to dislike racism - you should actively stand against it! The resources in this pack will help give you the knowledge to effectively do this.

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Ted talks 'to help you understand racism in America' series Black History in Two Minutes The Enduring Myth of Black Criminality by Ta-Nehisi Coates How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion by Peggy McIntosh Why white people shouldn't use the N-word by Summer Charles (Tiktok) The Danger of Silence by Clint Smith 31 Documentaries about the Black British Experience BBC 'Alt History': Black British History BBC 'Alt History': A British Lynching BBC 'Alt History': A Forgotten Regiment Untold Stories: Kent's Black History gal-dem presents: Black British History series Racism in the UK Channel 4: British police's long history of racism

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The Hate U Give Loving Netflix's Black Lives Matter collection If Beale Street Could Talk (Amazon Prime) Get Out (Amazon Prime) Belle Hidden Figures

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BlackKKlansman 13th (Netflix) Fruitvale Station Ninth Floor Selma Do The Right Thing The Color Purple

DOCUMENTARIES ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Netflix's Black Lives Matter collection I am Not Your Negro (Amazon Prime) Black Brittanica (YouTube) Do the Right Thing (Google Play, Amazon Prime) Sitting in Limbo (BBC iPlayer) Injustice (Vimeo) David Olusoga on Britain's Forgotten Slave Owners Angry, White and American (4OD) 'Go back to where you came from' (BBC iPlayer) Take Your Knee Off My Neck (4OD)

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The Talk (4OD) The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross Eyes on the Prize (YouTube) 31 Documentaries about the Black British Experience Black Hollywood (BBC iPlayer) Black is the new Black (BBC iPlayer) Black and British - A Forgotten History (BBC iPlayer)

SERIES ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Netflix's Black Lives Matter collection I May Destroy You Black-ish Black Lightning Raising Dion Snowfall Queen Sugar On My Block Noughts + Crosses Pose

INSTAGRAM SLIDES AND GOOGLE DOCS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

White Supremacy triangle chart The dangers of 'I don't see colour' mentality How to speak out "To my white friends with feed fatigue" Racism in the UK Tips for anti-racist learning online What to do if a family member says something racist How to respond to common racist statements Helpful and harmful posting online

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Helpful and harmful posting online 9 mistakes white people make when fighting for racial justice 5 things that aren't allyship and what you can do instead Examples of UK racism How white people can become anti-racist allies: Google Doc activity course Anti-Racist resource guide Immediate action to support BLM in the U.S

ARTICLES ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

The Case for Reparations - The Atlantic What it means to be anti-racist - Vox For our white friends desiring to be allies - Courtney Ariel How White Women's Tears Threaten Black Existence - Cameron Glover Don't conflate the fetishisation of black bodies with the care for black lives - Sherronda J. Brown "White Fragility" interview - The Conscious Kid My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest - Lori Lakin Hutcherson Reckoning with White Supremacy - Lovey Cooper How to Check your Privilege - Sophia Stephens Who Gets to be Afraid in America - Ibram X Kendi A Timeline of Events that led to 2020 'Fed-Up' rising by Michael Harriot Why we need to call out casual racism - Luvvi Ajayi

NON-FICTION BOOKS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Patrisse Khan-Cullors & Asha Bandele Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad How to Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored by Jeffrey Boakye Why I'm no Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge How We Fight for Our Lives by Saeed Jones They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery I Will Not be Erased by gal-dem Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala

FICTION BOOKS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams Go Tell it on the Mountain by James Baldwin The Deep by Rivers Solomon Dear Martin by Nic Stone Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead The Color Purple by Alice Walker Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo Beloved by Toni Morrison

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The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas The Beauty that Remains by Ashley Woodfolk The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta I Wanna be Where You Are by Kristina Forest With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Full Disclosure by Camryn Garrett Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

PODCASTS ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Code Switch (NPR) 1619 (New York Times, about the lasting impact of slavery) Intersectionality Matters (Kimberle Crenshaw) Growing up with gal-dem Witness Black History (BBC World Service) Small Doses with Amanda Seales Momentum: A Race Forward Black History in Two Minutes Black History Year (Pushblack) Still Processing Pod Save the People Code Black

MUSIC ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Childish Gambino - This is America Run the Jewels - Walking in the Snow Public Enemy - Fight the Power Nina Simone - Mississippi Goddam Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit Nas - Cops Shot the Kid 2Pac - Changes Killer Mike - Reagan Lauryn Hill - Black Rage Bob Dylan - Death of Emmett Till

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Kendrick Lamar - Alright Common ft. John Legend - Glory Z-Ro ft. Mike Dean - No Justice No Peace Prince ft. Eryn Allen Kane - Baltimore Rhiannon Giddens - Cry No More Usher ft. Nas and Bibi Bourelly - Chains Stormzy - Superheroes The Game - Don’t Shoot Dave - Black Miguel - How Many