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      Interesting and useful anti-racist resources, all in one place

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      Educate and inform yourself! These books are both recommended and written by people who know a lot more than us...

       

      NB: these are Amazon Associate/Smile links, which means that buying the books will cost you the same as they do on the amazon site, but a small percentage will be given to us to support the running of this website and another small percentage will be donated to charity.

      'Starter Kit':

      White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. Robin DiAngelo

       

      'Anger. Fear. Guilt. Denial. Silence. These are the ways in which ordinary white people react when it is pointed out to them that they have done or said something that has - unintentionally - caused racial offence or hurt. But these reactions only serve to silence people of colour, who cannot give honest feedback to 'liberal' white people lest they provoke a dangerous emotional reaction.'

      Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race. Reni Eddo-Lodge

       

      'The book that sparked a national conversation. Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations in Britain today'

      Me and White Supremacy. Layla Saad

       

      ‘Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of colour, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.’

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      How to Argue With a Racist. Adam Rutherford

       

      ‘Stereotypes and myths about race are expressed not just by overt racists, but also by well-intentioned people whose experience and cultural baggage steer them towards views that are not supported by the modern study of human genetics’.
       

      Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire. Akala

       

      ‘Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives speaks directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire.’

      This section is a work in progress

       

      More books and recommendations to come for films, series, documentaries and podcasts, as well as children's books

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