Black Lives Matter Resources

Systemic racism is something so much bigger than what we can solve on Instagram, so I wanted to spread awareness across all of my platforms and give you real ways to take action. I am spending this week focus all of my energy on ways to be an ally to the Black community, and with that said I wanted to share some resources for us to learn, educate, donate and assist. This list is by no means all encompassing–feel free to add more recommendations in the comments!

Donate

First of all this link is a really helpful source for places to donate, petitions to sign, places to text, and lots of information.

+ ACLU

+ National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP)

+ Black Lives Matter

+ Reclaim the Block

+ The Marshall Project

+ Advancement Project

+ Campaign Zero

Things to Watch

+ 13th (Stream on Netflix)

+ American Son (Stream on Netflix)

+ Dear White People (Stream on Netflix)

+ Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap (Stream on Netflix)

+ Who Killed Malcolm X (Stream on Netflix)

+ If Beale Street Could Talk (Stream on Hulu)

+ The Hate You Give (Stream on Cinemax)

+ When They See Us (Netflix)

+ I Am Not Your Negro (Amazon Prime)

+ Queen and Slim (Rent on Amazon Prime)

Podcasts to Listen To

+ 1619

+ About Race

+ Code Switch

Books to Read

I know a lot of these books are selling out right now (which is amazing to see!), but you can always have these delivered to the Kindle app or get them from your local library through the Libby app.

+ How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

+ White Fragility: Why It’s so Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo

+ Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston

+ The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration In The Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

+ So You Want to Talk About Race by Iljeoma Oluo

+ The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

+ Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America by Jennifer Harvey

+ Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva

+ Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad

+ Freedom Is A Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Davis

+ Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower

+ The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward

+ Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do by Jennifer L. Eberhardt

+ Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

+ The Condemnation of Blackness: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America by Khalil Gibran Muhammad

Black-Owned Brands To Support

As an ally I am committing to raise up the black community through listening to their voices and supporting black owned businesses. These are a few black-owned businesses you can support financially.

Health + Beauty

+ Briogeo

+ Klure

+ KNC Beauty

+ Golde

+ Glory Skincare

+ Fenty Beauty

+ The Lip Bar

+ Terra Tory

+ Motherland Essentials

Home

+ Brother Vellies

+ Clare Paint

+ Claude Home

Fashion

+ JADE Swim

+ Love Cortnie

+ Sweats by Sam