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A Short film in Support of UN Anti-Racism Day
Featuring Beverley Prevatt Goldstein

Added on: 4 March 2021
Added by: Culture Against Racism

Length: 2 minutes | Recorded Live

1. Arts Council England’s Temporary Equality Objectives.

The equality objectives will inform all our decision making in response to Covid-19, helping us to support the communities most impacted by the pandemic as well as responding to any inequity across the sector as a result of social injustice – Read here.

2. Black Lives Matter Blog By Arts Council CEO.

Arts Council England CEO Darren Henley blogs on the Black Lives Matter movement, and diversity within the arts and culture sector in England – Read here.

3. Anti-Racism Resources.

This none exhaustive list of resources and self-educational suggestions that volunteers from Culture Against Racism have complied, initially based on the Anti-Racism resources for white people google doc published in May 2020 by Sophie Flicker & Alyssa Klein (please note: content original to that list is indicated by an Asterisk*).

Read – Articles

in descending order by date published

• Courtney Martin, “Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?” on medium.com (1 June 2020)*
• Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, “Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?” published by theatlantic.com (12 May 2020)*
• Adam Serwer, “America’s Racial Contract Is Killing Us” published by theatlantic.com (8 May 2020)*
• Various, “The 1619 Project” published by The New York Times Magazine (August 2019)
• Jane Coaston, “The Intersectionality Wars” published by vox.com (28 May 2019)*
• Craig Elliott PhD, “Tips for Creating Effective White Caucus Groups” (2016)*
• Jose Antonio Vargas, ”My Life as an Undocumented Immigrant” published by The New York Times (22 June 2011)*
• Barbara Ransby, “Mentoring a New Generation of Activists: The Birth of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee 1960-1961,” Chapter 8 from Ella Baker & the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision. Pages 239-273 (2003)*
• Peggy McIntosh, ”White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” excerpted from Working Paper 189: White Privilege and Male Privilege: A Personal Account of Coming To See Correspondences through Work in Women’s Studies (1988)*
• Zillah R Eisenstein, “The Combahee River Collective Statement” (April 1978)*

Read – Books

listed alphabetically by title

• Afropean: Notes from Black Europe by Jonny Pitts (thanks to Degna Stone)
• The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double-Consciousness by Paul Gilroy (thanks to Degna Stone)
• Black and British by David Olusoga (thanks to Degna Stone)
• Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins*
• Blonde Roots by Bernadine Evaristo (thanks to Degna Stone)
• The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison*
• Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch (thanks to Degna Stone)
• Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri (thanks to Degna Stone)
• Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper*
• Emergent Strategy by adrienne marie brown (thanks to Degna Stone)
• The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin*
• The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla (thanks to Degna Stone)
• Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon*
• Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush Generation by Colin Grant (thanks to Degna Stone)
• How to Argue with a Racist by Adam Rutherford (thanks to Degna Stone)
• How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi*
• I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou*
• Invisible No More: Police Violence Against Black Women and Women of Color by Andrea J. Ritchie*
• Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson*
• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad*
• Mr Loverman by Bernadine Evaristo (thanks to Peter Neal)
• Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala (thanks to Degna Stone)
• The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander*
• The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs*
• Out of Bounds: British Black and Asian Poets edited by Jackie Kay, James Procter & Gemma Robinson (thanks to Degna Stone)
• Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold*
• Redefining Realness by Janet Mock* 
• Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde*
• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo*
• Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston*
• There Ain’t no Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation by Paul Gilroy (thanks to Degna Stone)
• This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga*
• The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson*
• What White People Can Do Next by Emma Dabiri (thanks to Degna Stone)
• When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson*
• Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge (thanks to Degna Stone)

Listen – Podcasts

• podcasts currently being broadcast
  • Code Switch broadcast by National Public Radio*
  • Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw*
  • Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast*
  • Pod Save the People broadcast by Crooked Media*
  • Pod For The Cause broadcast by The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights*
  • Still Processing hosted by Wesley Morris and Jenna Wortham and broadcast by The New York Times (thanks to Peter Neal)
• podcasts archive organised by most recently broadcast
  • Contested Desires: Crafting Nations (2020)
  • In Search of Black History with Bonnie Greer (2019)
  • 1619 broadcast by The New York Times Magazine (August 2019)*
  • Our National Conversation About Conversations About Race broadcast by Panoply (2015-2019)*
  • Seeing White broadcast by Scene on Radio (2017)*

Watch – Clips

• Coping with Burnout When You’re Black (BBC, 4 mins) (thanks to Degna Stone)

Watch – Documentaries

• 13th directed by Ava DuVernay – available free on YouTube*
• Black and British: A Forgotten History written and presented by David Olusoga – available on BBC iPlayer (thanks to Degna Stone)
• I Am Not Your Negro directed by Raoul Peck – available via Amazon Prime*
• The Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 directed by Göran Olsson – available via MUBI*
• King In The Wilderness  by Peter W Kunhardt – available via Amazon Prime*
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution by Stanley Nelson Jr – available via Amazon Prime*

Watch – Films

• American Son directed by Kenny Leon – available on Netflix*
• Blindspotting directed by Carlos López Estrada – available via Amazon Prime*
• Clemency directed by Chinonye Chukwu – available via Amazon Prime*
• Dear White People directed by Justin Simien – available on Netflix*
• Fruitvale Station directed by Ryan Coogler – available via Amazon Prime*
• The Hate U Give directed by George Tillman Jr. – available via Amazon Prime*
• If Beale Street Could Talk directed by Barry Jenkins — available via Amazon Prime*
• Just Mercy directed by Destin Daniel Cretton – available via Amazon Prime*
• Moonlight directed by Barry Jenkins – available via Amazon Prime (thanks to Peter Neal)
• See You Yesterday directed by Stefon Bristol – available on Netflix*
• Selma directed by Ava DuVernay – available via MUBI*

Watch – TV Series

• Dear White People created by Justin Simien – available on Netflix*
• Small Axe directed by Steven McQueen – available on BBC iPlayer (thanks to Degna Stone)
• Soon Gone: A Windrush Chronicle directed by Dionne Edwards – available on BBC iPlayer (thanks to Degna Stone)
• When They See Us directed by Ava DuVernay – available on Netflix*

Watch – YouTube

• “Blacks’ Britannica” (56:22) (thanks to Peter Neal)
• Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)*
• Blackstage webseries (thanks to Kate Denby)
• Dr. Robin DiAngelo discusses ‘White Fragility’ (1:23:30)*
• Frontline: A Class Divided (53:00) (thanks to Peter Neal)
• “How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion” by Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)*
• In-Justice (thanks to Rosa Stourac McCreery)
• Stephen Lawrence Day – A Legacy of Change (YouTube, 3:30 min) (thanks to Degna Stone)
• Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man webseries by Emmanuel Acho (thanks to Peter Neal)
• White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of our Nation’s Divide by Carol Anderson (51:48) (thanks to Peter Neal)

Research

• Runaway Slaves in Britain: bondage, freedom and race in the eighteenth century a project by the University of Glasgow, funded by the Leverhulme Trust (thanks to Peter Neal)

Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:

• Books:
  • Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults*
  • 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance*
• Podcasts:
  • Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’*
  • Fare of the Free Child podcast*
  • Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”*
• Articles:
  • How White Parents Can Talk To Their Kids About Race | NPR*
  • Teaching Your Child About Black History Month | PBS*
  • Your Kids Aren’t Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good*
• The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon*

Organisations to follow on social media:

• Inc Arts UK: Twitter USA
• Antiracism Center: Twitter
• Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram
• The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook 
• Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
• United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook

More anti-racism resources to check out:

• 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice*
• Anti-Racism Project*
• #BAMEOVER
• Jenna Arnold’s resources (books and people to follow)*
• Creative Equity Toolkit (thanks to Claire Malcolm)
• The New Normal – Manifesto (thanks to Degna Stone)
• Rachel Ricketts’ anti-racism resources*
• Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism*
• Save the Tears: White Woman’s Guide by Tatiana Mac*
• Showing Up For Racial Justice’s educational toolkits*
• The [White] Shift on Instagram*
• The Treaty (thanks to Rosa Stourac McCreery)
• “Why is this happening?” — an introduction to police brutality from 100 Year Hoodie*
• Zinn Education Project’s teaching materials*

Resources for schools:

• Show Racism the Red Card School Workshops
• The Black Curriculum
• Stephen Lawrence Education Standard Classrooms
• Newcastle University Anti Racism Framework
• National Education Union – Anti Racism Charter: Framework for developing and anti-racist approach