Keep a journal reflecting on your privilege and your growing view of white supremacy in society

Pay attention to how white privilege and supremacy appear in your work/school life and in your personal life

Be wary of your your own stereotypes, assumptions, and words

Think and listen before you speak, especially in the presence of black, indigenous, and people of color

Adjust your language; learn the language of anti-racism and speak it

Examine your body language and question whether it changes in the presence of black people (and whether there are power dynamics implied by any of your gestures)

Question your authority and figure out whether you speak from a place of knowledge and experience before you share or suggest solutions

Evaluate your social relationships to explore whether you get to know people different to you and if you take risks in your white social relationships by talking about race

Reframe discomfort and mistakes as opportunities to grow and learn

Be suspicious of the way mainstream media covers black lives and black issues

Build a list of strategies for addressing white privilege and racism when you see it

Vote for politicians that are pushing forward anti-racist policies

Contact politicians on a local and national level to pressure policy changes

Develop genuine, long term friendships with people who are different than you

Set up recurring donations to an organization with anti-racist goals

Create new and/or attend existing allyship groups in your workplace or school

Look at how you can contribute to redistribute privileges you have (reparations)

Call out and address microaggressions and racist attitudes in your family, friend group, workplace, or school

Back up your BIPOC friends, classmates, and colleagues when they speak out against racist actions, attitudes, and policies

Push back against bias whenever you see it; don’t ask for permission from BIPOC peers (that's putting the burden back on them), call it when you notice it

Have conversations on a daily basis with the other White folks in your life, especially young people and children and don’t give up on older generations; it’s just going to take more work with them

Question racist beliefs you see in the people around you; ask why until they realize their logic isn’t sound

Learn a little bit every day (see Changing Your Diet below)

Choose to invest your money in companies that support anti-racist policies and are black-owned (redistribution of wealth)

Continue to amplify Black voices on social media, in academia and education, in your workplace, in entertainment

Apologize when you mess up, especially when you’re told you’ve done wrong, but also when you’ve simply realized it yourself (even if it’s it takes you a little time to realize you need to apologize)

Definitely some of those texts on your crash diet list are helpful and you should continue to read those over time (we’re talking about the How to Be Anti-Racist and White Fragility, run-down-of-White-supremacy-and-privilege texts)

Some of the classic anti-racist texts that have driven this movement for generations, like books by James Baldwin, Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, Langston Hughes, and many more who paved the way

Some off-the-beaten-path texts, like these scholarly articles

Art, film, music, podcasts, blogs, and literature that celebrate Black life (and Latinx life, and indigenous life, and other lives you haven’t learned about), not just dwell on Black death, suffering, and oppression

Independent news media sources with less biased reporting, local reporting and foreign reporting tend to be more genuine journalism instead of sensationalism

Social media that represents Black voices

Try following an existing curriculum designed to do anti-racist work like this one, this one, or this one

Treat books differently if they are from different genres and serve different purposes--reading fiction and nonfiction the same way doesn't work, so plan out the kind of thinking you plan to do in different texts

Write notes and reflections while you're reading or after you finish a text to keep track of your thoughts, ideas, applications, and growth

Break up tough stuff with enjoyable stuff--don’t forget to learn about the joy in other cultures by reading books about BIPOC people living life, succeeding, loving, and enjoying themselves

Set reasonable goals for your media consumption habits (don’t commit to reading a book every month if you don’t already read a lot)

Get together a book club (or film club or discussion group) with other folks who want to do the work

Set aside time for this new consumption (Will you listen to a podcast or audiobook while you get ready in the morning? Will you read before bed? Will you watch a film on Sunday evenings?)

Add to your list of actions based on what you learn from the texts because learning it is only half of the work

Feel your feelings. You are not a robot and lots of this stuff is really hard to process. Let yourself feel angry, cry, or feel numb.

Find healthy outlets for those feelings. Don’t let those emotions impact the people around you, especially by spilling your guilt into black people’s lives. Handle these feelings as you might feelings of anxiety or grief. Do physical activities, meditate, scream into a pillow, laugh, connect with other people; in other words take care of yourself.

Talk with other White people about the work you’re doing and the challenges you’re struggling with. Chances are, they are struggling, too. They may have advice for you, or just an understanding ear.

Take breaks. This work is forever, but it’s not for every moment. When your head is spinning or you’re exhausted, take a bit to relax and turn off your brain, then make sure you come back when you’re ready.