The Black Lives Matter movement urged an acceleration of anti-racism work. We're sharing the resources and voices we can access and learn from to educate ourselves on racism.
One of the things we love to do at Blossom & Preen is have meaningful conversations, and more than ever this means we've been getting comfortable with being uncomfortable. We encourage you to open the dialogue with friends and colleagues, to learn – and unlearn – and to listen.
Educating ourselves is the first step
These lists are not exhaustive but may provide a starting point. They include some of the resources we have accessed so far. We've also added in a lot of recommendations from lists compiled by the New York Times, Bustle, Vogue, Elle, BuzzFeed and Refinery29.
Books
Non-fiction
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Women, Race and Class by Angela Davis
Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri
White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite
How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X Kendi
Fiction
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
Ordinary People by Diana Evans
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Podcasts
1619
Have You Heard George's Podcast?
Pod Save The People
Social media
@blklivesmatter
@theconsciouskid
@taranaburke
@tamikadmallory
@privtoprog
@munroebergdorf
@everydayracism
@renieddolodge
Films
Death Of A Black Panther: Fred Hampton
13th
Who Killed Malcom X?
When They See Us
Donate
George Floyd’s Memorial Fund
Stop Hate UK
The Innocence Project
Show Racism The Red Card
Please comment below or email us at hello@blossomandpreen.com with more titles and resources you recommend and we will add them to our list.
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