Resources for Non-Black Folx to Educate on BLM
This guidebook was created by the Queen’s International Affairs Association as a tool for members, Queen’s students and the community at large as a starting point for trying to become a better ally.
Important Note: This list is by no means comprehensive. We acknowledge that many members of our organization hold positions of privilege and that we are not experts on allyship or race relations. This resource list is just the beginning on how individuals can better engage. Do not stop here.
Social Media Accounts to Follow
Organizations to Engage With
US Specific Organizations
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - https://www.aclu.org/
National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) - https://www.naacp.org/
Color of Change - https://colorofchange.org/
Minnesota Freedom Fund - https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/
Canada Specific Organizations
Canada Race Relations Foundation - https://www.crrf-fcrr.ca/en/
Black Legal Actions Centre - https://www.blacklegalactioncentre.ca/
The Black Liberation Collective - https://blcryerson.com/
International Organizations
Black Lives Matter (has chapters in Canada and the US) - https://blacklivesmatter.com/
Books To Read
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White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAgenlo
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations About Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
How To Be Antiracist by Dr. Ibraham X. Kendi
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
A More Beautiful and Terrible History: The Uses and Misuses of Civil Rights History by Jeanne Theoharis
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
8 Lessons form”The Future of Solidarity: How White People Can Support the Movement for Black Lives | Catalyst Project: Anti-Racism for Collective Liberation
America’s Racial Contract Is Showing by Adam Serwer | The Atlantic, 2020
The Intersectionality Wars by Jane Coaston | Vox, 2019
Black Bodies Are Still Treated As Expendable by Aaron Ross Coleman | Vox, 2020
How White Womens’ Tears Threaten Black Existence by Cameron Glover | Wear Your Voice Magazine, 2018
Trump Defends White-Nationalist Protesters: ‘Some Very Fine People on Both Sides’ by Rosie Gray | The Atlantic, 2017
How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change by Barack Obama | Medium, 2020
8 Minutes and 46 Seconds: How George Floyd Was Killed in Police Custody by Evan Hill, Ainara Tiefenthäler, Christiaan Triebert, Drew Jordan, Haley Willis and Robin Stein | New York Times, 2020
Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 10921, Explained by Shammara Lawrence | Teen Vogue, 2020
American Plague by Jamil Smith | Rolling Stones, 2020
Discourse and Debate: Is Performative Activism Inherently Bad? By Kayla Abrams, Jemima Fregene, and Lana Awadallah | Columbia Spectator, 2019
“The White Space” by Elijah Anderson | Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 2015
My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest. By Lori Lakin Hutcherson | Yes Magazine, 2017
The 1619 Project (All Articles) by a variety of authors | New York Times, 2019
Who Gets to Be Afraid In America by Ibram X. Kendi | The Atlantic, 2020
White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh | Wellesley College Center for Research on Women, 1988
PDFs/Articles to Read
Dear White People. Justin Simien | Netflix
The Hate U Give, George Tillman Jr. | Crave
Ninth Floor, Mina Shum | National Film Board of Canada
Selma, Ava DuVernay | on demand
I Am Not Your Negro, Raoul Peck | Amazon Prime Video
Just Mercy, Destin Daniel Cretton | on demand
Clemency, Chinonye Chukwu | on demand
Journey to Justice, Roger McTair | National Film Board of Canada
13th, Ava DuVerny | Netflix
I Am Not Your Negro, Raul Peck | Amazon Prime
When They See Us, Ava DuVernay | Netflix
The Good Fight, Robert King, Michelle King and Phil Alden Robinson | on demand
The Colour of Beauty, Elizabeth St. Philip | National Film Board of Canada
Atlanta, Donald Glover | on demand
Detroit, Kathryn Bigelow | Netflix
Let it Fall: Los Angeles 1982-1992, John Ridley | Netflix
Films/ Shows to Watch
Intersectionality Matters | African American Policy Fund and Kimberle Krenshaw
Momentum: A Race Forward Podcast | Race Forward
1619 | The New York Times
Revisionist History Season 2 Episode 3, “Miss Buchanon’s Period of Adjustment” | Malcolm Gladwell
Pod Save the People | Deray Mckesson
Code Switch | NPR
Podcasts/ Podcast Episodes To Listen To
Petitions to Sign
First, Listen. Then, Learn: Anti-Racism Resources for White People by Julia Wuench at Forbes
Justice in June - A guide to be an active ally on a daily basis
Talking About Race - National Museum of African American History & Culture