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EDUCATE
EDUCATE
Who is George Floyd?
Who is George Floyd?
Learn about who George Floyd was and why his name is important. Use the discussion questions and extension video to deepen your understanding.
How can I be an ally? Why is it important?
How can I be an ally? Why is it important?
The Guide to Allyship provides you with the resources to become a more effective ally.
Why does this happen again and again?
Why does this happen again and again?
Tune into the Daily Show with Trevor Noah and listen to his thoughts on the dominos of racial injustice and police brutality.
Why is saying #AllLivesMatter harmful?
Why is saying #AllLivesMatter harmful?
"Let me be clear: stating that black lives matter doesn’t insinuate that other lives don’t." - Rachel Elizabeth Cargle
Why do we need to keep talking about race?
Why do we need to keep talking about race?
Use the online portal, Talking About Race, created by The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture to start the conversation.
READ
READ
White Fagility by Robin DiAngelo
How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Divided Sisters by Midge Wilson and Kathy Russell
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
They Can't Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Fatal Invention by Dorothy Roberts
Locking Up Our Own by James Forman
The Miner's Canary by Lani Guiner and Gerald Torress
The Wretched of the Earth by Frantz Fanon
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
WATCH
WATCH
On Kanopy
On Kanopy
Kanopy has a great, comprehensive library of movies and videos within their Race & Class Studies category. All you need is a public library card for login.
When you watch the video, make sure to NOT skip the ads - that's how revenue is generated!
To donate without money
To donate without money
"This video project was created to offer people a way to donate and financially contribute to #blacklivesmatter without having any actual money or going out to protest themselves.
Investing in our future can be difficult for young people, so 100% of the advertisement revenue this video makes through AdSense will be donated to the associations that offer protester bail funds, help pay for family funerals, and advocacy listed in the beginning of the video." - Zoe Amira
LISTEN
LISTEN
1619
1619
"An audio series on how slavery has transformed America, connecting past and present through the oldest form of storytelling." - The New York Times
Code Switch
Code Switch
Themes of race, ethnicity and culture shared by a team of multi-racial, multi-generational journalists.
ADVOCATE
ADVOCATE
Signing petitions
Signing petitions
A petition is a request to someone, to do something. By signing petitions, awareness can be raised.
Below is a petition (JUSTICE FOR GEORGE FLOYD) shared by fellow student, Aiko.
REFLECT
REFLECT
Using writing prompts from @jezzchung
Using writing prompts from @jezzchung
In what ways does my proximity to whiteness afford me privileges that aren’t extended to Black and Brown people?
In what ways have I been conditioned to believe in the superiority of whiteness?
In what ways have I engaged in rhetoric that promotes othering or stereotyping of Black people?
What can I do to better educate myself on the historical context of race in the country and community I exist in?
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