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Lerato Tshabalala first came to our attention in 2011 with her ‘Urban Miss’ column in the Sunday Times, and since then she has by turns entertained, exasperated, amused and confounded her fans and critics alike. Now, with her first book, she looks set to become the national institution she deserves to be. With her customary wit and keen insight into social, political and cultural affairs, Lerato shines a bright – and controversial – light on South African society and the quirky ways of the country. She is brutally honest about her experiences as a black South African in post-apartheid Mzansi, and no subject is too sacred for her to explore: annoying car guards, white-dominated corporate South Africa, cultural stereotypes, economic and racial inequality, and gender politics, among many other topics, come under her careful – and often laugh-out-loud – scrutiny. The Way I See It is written for people who are hungry for a book that is thought-provoking, funny, irreverent and truly South African all at the same time. It is light but full of depth: like a supermodel with an MBA!

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How to Be an Antiracist (*Inspired by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi's book)

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In this compelling study of the children of serial migrants, Danau Tanu argues that the international schools they attend promote an ideology of being "international" that is Eurocentric.
In this compelling study of the children of serial migrants, Danau Tanu argues that the international schools they attend promote an ideology of being "international" that is Eurocentric. Despite the cosmopolitan rhetoric, hierarchies of race, culture and class shape popularity, friendships and romance on campus. By going back to high school for a year, Tanu befriended transnational youth, often called "Third Culture Kids", to present their struggles with identity, belonging and internalized racism in their own words. The result is the first engaging, anthropological critique of the way Western-style cosmopolitanism is institutionalized as cultural capital to reproduce global socio-cultural inequalities.

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Learning for Justice seeks to uphold the mission of the Southern Poverty Law Center: to be a catalyst for racial justice in the South and beyond, working in partnership with communities to dismantle white supremacy, strengthen intersectional movements and advance the human rights of all people.

We support this mission by focusing our work with educators, students, caregivers and communities in these areas:

1. Culture and Climate

2. Curriculum and Instruction

3. Leadership

4. Family and Community Engagement

Since our founding as Teaching Tolerance in 1991, we have had a strong foundation of providing educational resources, and we are building on that foundation with expanded engagement opportunities for communities, especially in the South.

Our free educational resources-articles, guides, lessons, films, webinars, frameworks and more-help foster shared learning and reflection for educators, young people, caregivers and all community members. Our engagement opportunities-conferences, workshops, and school and community partnerships-provide space where people can harness collective power and take action.

Through this continual cycle of education and engagement, we hope that we can build and maintain meaningful relationships with communities and we can all move from learning for justice to creating it.

You can learn more about the reasons for our name change here and read the announcement of our new name here.

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More than 100 carefully selected lists of multicultural and social justice books for children, young adults, and educators. When you find a book at this site, please purchase it here. Our titles are linked to Bookshop. A portion of your book purchase helps sustain our work. New Releases Activism and Organizing Africa Afro-Latinx American Indians Arabs […]

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'Could hardly be more relevant ... it feels like a light switch being flicked on' OWEN JONES

Not being racist is not enough. We have to be antiracist.

In this rousing and deeply empathetic book, Ibram X. Kendi, founding director of the Antiracism Research and Policy Center, shows that when it comes to racism, neutrality is not an option: until we become part of the solution, we can only be part of the problem.

Using his extraordinary gifts as a teacher and story-teller, Kendi helps us recognise that everyone is, at times, complicit in racism whether they realise it or not, and by describing with moving humility his own journey from racism to antiracism, he shows us how instead to be a force for good. Along the way, Kendi punctures all the myths and taboos that so often cloud our understanding, from arguments about what race is and whether racial differences exist to the complications that arise when race intersects with ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality.

In the process he demolishes the myth of the post-racial society and builds from the ground up a vital new understanding of racism - what it is, where it is hidden, how to identify it and what to do about it.

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From Flipgrid: Empowering Activism, Allyship and Anti-Racism through Creativity

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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.

Robin DiAngelo coined the term 'White Fragility' in 2011 to describe this process and is here to show us how it serves to uphold the system of white supremacy. Using knowledge and insight gained over decades of running racial awareness workshops and working on this idea as a Professor of Whiteness Studies, she shows us how we can start having more honest conversations, listen to each other better and react to feedback with grace and humility. It is not enough to simply hold abstract progressive views and condemn the obvious racists on social media - change starts with us all at a practical, granular level, and it is time for all white people to take responsibility for relinquishing their own racial supremacy.

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Cry the Beloved Country is the deeply moving story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set against the background of a land and a people riven by racial injustice. Remarkable for its contemporaneity, unforgettable for character and incident, Cry the Beloved Country is a classic work of love and hope, courage and endurance, born of the dignity of man.

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No movement in recent history has exposed persistent civil rights violations the wayBlack Lives Matter has. In the words of its founders, "Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise." At its core, "The Black Lives Matter Network advocates for dignity, justice, and respect." These basic human rights are always worth fighting for, and now more than ever, it's important to stay informed.

A number of noteworthy books have come out in the past few years that provide context on Black Lives Matter for anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of the movement. We've put together a list of recommendations made up of recent releases, along with a selection of relevant older titles that still command attention. As the movement continues to evolve over the coming years, we hope to see an outpouring of books that further advance the conversation and keep us connected, educated, and moving forward.

Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison

"I am invisible," the narrator of Ralph Ellison's award-winning novel explains, "simply because people refuse to see me." Full of irony and wit and jazz-like music, Invisible Man addresses race, identity, individuality, and betrayal. It is the book on which President Obama modeled his own Dreams From My Father.
- Gigi

Nobody
by Marc Lamont Hill

Nobody is a book that reminds us that all of us are somebody - that, until we love and respect black bodies, we cannot truly and honestly move forward. If you wish all people understood systemic racism, that it comes from all of us, and that all our perceptions and biases contribute to an existence where all bodies are not honored equally, then Nobody is the book for you. From Ferguson to Flint, Hill chronicles how oppression has seeped into the core of our country, building a foundation so unbalanced that equitable footing is nearly impossible.
- D Lozano

They Can't Kill Us All
by Wesley Lowery

Wesley Lowery is an astonishingly young and talented reporter who covers race relations for the Washington Post. They Can't Kill Us All, his first book, is a deeply researched exploration of the police shootings that sparked the Black Lives Matter movement, and a candid depiction of what it's like to be a black journalist investigating and often entering into highly charged situations between white officers and the African American communities they police. The result is a critical early history of the 21st-century civil rights movement and an exemplar of disciplined and compassionate reporting.
- Rhianna

To Be Young, Gifted and Black
by Lorraine Hansberry

Best known for her play, A Raisin in the Sun, author and playwright Lorraine Hansberry was at the forefront of civil rights activism. Despite succumbing to pancreatic cancer at the young age of 34, Hansberry's influence still resounds today. Published posthumously, To Be Young, Gifted and Black collects journal entries, assorted writings, interviews, letters, and other short prose - offering not only a glimpse into a stunning talent taken too soon, but also a stirring range of human emotion.
- Jeremy G.

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Black Lives Matter: Recommended Reading by Powell's Staff

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No movement in recent history has exposed persistent civil rights violations the wayBlack Lives Matter has. In the words of its founders, "Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise."

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A huge part of the Black Lives Matter movement is centred on education: it calls for people of all races, ages and genders to educate themselves on Black history and how racism manifests itself in society. Although the organisation started in the US, inequality is sadly very much a global problem and exists here in the UK too.

If you want to help the cause, become a better ally, better understand the experiences of Black people and proactively make a change within society, but aren't sure how to go about it, diversifying your bookshelf is a great place to start.

Not only will you be doing the excellent work of educating yourself (thus not needing to ask a Black person to take time out of their day to explain what terms like 'white privilege' mean), but you'll also be supporting non-white writers.

Here's a list of highly recommended books to get started on, some of which delve into the complexities of racism and experiences of people of colour via easy-to-read fiction, others are on the heavier side. If you can, please consider ordering any of the below books that interest you from your local independent (or a Black-owned) book store - it's more important than ever to support small businesses. For other ways that you can help support Black Lives Matter, see here.

Slay In Your Lane by Yomi Adegoke and Elizabeth Uviebinené

Incredibly well-researched, this book is packed to the rafters with helpful statistics on systemic racism, spanning Black relationships to what it's like being a Black woman with health concerns, while remaining simple to understand. If you're looking for an insight into what life is like for Black women today, this is a great choice.
Biased: The New Science of Race and Inequality by Dr Jennifer Eberhardt
Dr Eberhardt, a Stanford University professor, outlines how unconscious bias (having judgemental or stereotypical views that you may not even be aware of) is something present in *all* of us - and why it's nothing to be embarrassed about, but does need to be addressed. This book actively encourages people to do some inward self-reflection and explains how to overcome these unknowingly held prejudices. A non-preachy, non-shaming read.

When They Call You A Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele

Co-authored by one of the Black Lives Matter founders, this best-selling book draws upon personal experience and offers an intelligent, thought-provoking review of humanity, culture and race. The title reflects the fact that Black Lives Matter has been condemned by some as a terrorist organisation and picks apart exactly why that couldn't be further from the truth.
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Queenie follows a young Jamaican-British woman trying to balance the worlds of romance, working life and family, with politics and personal growth. From one of Britain's most celebrated authors today, the story of Queenie will make you laugh, cry, and learn about Black British culture in a way that is rarely represented in mainstream fiction.
More Than Enough by Elaine Welteroth
You may recognise Welteroth from her role as a judge on Project Runway, or as the former editor of Teen Vogue (she has been widely credited for infusing the title with social consciousness). Her debut book has been described as "part-memoir, part-manifesto" and shares her journey of climbing the ranks of journalism, fashion and life, while often being the only Black woman in the room. A joy to read and learn from.

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

A book born out of a viral blog post of the same name, Eddo-Lodge (an award-winning journalist) offers a valuable insight into racism in Britain today - her work is educational while remaining accessible. Despite being published three years ago, Eddo-Lodge's book continues to rack up sales to such an extent that she recently tweeted asking if people could match the amount they paid for a copy (or instead borrow the book from a friend or library) and donate to a racial justice organisation too.

Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch

Hirsch, a mixed race author (Black and white), discusses the experience of growing up in a predominantly white area - where people regularly ask "where she's from" - and the impact it had on her identity. Beautifully written.
I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite
From the founder of Make Motherhood Diverse comes a book detailing the steps that need to be taken in order to do exactly that. A prolific presence on social media, Brathwaite's debut reflects her online content, which strives for Black mothers to be included the mix - whether it's in adverts for maternity clothes or conversations at the school gates. Candid and funny.
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
This book is split into a 28-day programme, encouraging the reader to take just a few minutes a day to read about and reflect on race issues. Saad breaks down white privilege, white fragility and white supremacy and explains how they can all manifest in daily life. Actress Anne Hathaway said of Saad, "She is no-joke changing the world and, for what it's worth, the way I live my life."

How To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi

Taking the premise that it's not enough to be neutral in situations of injustice and to simply know that racism is wrong, Kendi calls upon readers to be actively anti-racist and proactive, while detailing how to do so.
Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid
A fiction offering, Reid's masterful storytelling centres on a Black nanny who is accused of kidnapping the white child she looks after during a trip to the supermarket - the event is caught on camera leading to an explosive chain of events. Observations on liberal racism and privilege are well made throughout.

Don't Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri

A powerful read on the importance of hair in Black culture, putting everything from non-white celebrities who wear braids, to the way hair styles helped to free enslaved Africans under a microscope. Hair is so much more than "just hair" - and here's the proof.

Natives by Akala

A history of racism in Great Britain, that also explains how different races came to be in the UK in the first place. Akala, a BAFTA and MOBO award-winner, gives a comprehensive overview of why things are the way they are in the UK, including personal experiences, such as the day he realised his mother is white. Check out Akala's YouTube videos too, he's an incredible rapper, poet and cultural commentator.

Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall

A deep dive into white feminism (meaning, feminism that doesn't take into account or lift up women of colour along the way) and its failings, which although written by a US-based author is still highly relevant to UK readers. Given that the format is a collection of essays, it's easily digestible (even if the material is heavy at times). Also looks at the hyper-sexualisation of Black women, pop culture and mental health.

The Clapback: Your Guide To Calling Out Racist Stereotypes by Elijah Lawal

Humorously busting myths such as "All Black people love fried chicken, right?" and breaking down why it's very much not cool to ask someone "Yeah, but where are you from originally?", Lawal uses straight facts and his razor-sharp wit to create an eminently readable overview of racist stereotypes.

So, You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

If you're looking to get more clued up about the situation in America, Oluo's book focusses on the US's racial landscape and tackles issues like privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, the Black Lives Matter movement and the N word. The book has been described as perfectly bridging the gap between Black, brown and white readers who have questions surrounding with race complexities.

Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo

This unique book follows twelve characters on their journeys of self-discovery, stretching from Cornwall to Newcastle. As all of their stories intertwine, the reader is taken on an exploration of what it means to be Black and British through various lenses - ranging from a city slicker banker to a lesbian theatre pro, to a non-binary individual.

Black, Listed: Black British Culture Explored by Jeffrey Boakye

Drawing on his own experiences and mixing them with what's going on in the wider landscape, Boakye successfully manages to educate through humour and insightful observations as he investigates all the ways in which Black people (and communities) have been oppressed, mimicked and celebrated. His measured, easy-to-read writing style makes this one tough to put down once started.

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

A moving collection of prose, poetry and vignettes, Rankine uses her book as an opportunity to study racial inequality within a "post-racist" Western society. She does this by putting everyday examples of prejudice under a microscope, as well acts of discrimination and violence - both physical and emotional - in an almost documentary-style manner. An incredible blend of styles that will leave you pondering.

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard For White People To Talk About Race by Robin DiAngelo

For those who've already read up a lot on the subject, or experienced racism firsthand, this book might not feel all that revelatory. However, it's certainly still well deserving of its praise and best-selling accolade - it explains many of the ways white people enjoy and uphold white supremacy and privilege in the world, and is the perfect springboard for sparking interesting and important conversations.

The Space Between Black and White by Esuantsiwa Jane Goldsmith

Detailing Goldsmith's life story, from growing up as the only mixed-race child in her area to becoming the Queen Mother of her father's village in Ghana, this is a fairly chunky book boasting over 500 pages - but don't let that put you off. Goldsmith's relentless pursuit of more makes the story feel both inspiring and, at times, heartbreaking. She discusses everything from mental health, to her physical experiences and emotions, all while clearly articulating what it feels like to be mixed-race. A joy to read and recommend.
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21 books to learn more about the Black Lives Matter movement and racial injustice

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A huge part of the Black Lives Matter movement is centred on education: it calls for people of all races, ages and genders to educate themselves on Black history and how racism manifests itself in society. Although the organisation started in the US, inequality is sadly very much a global problem and exists here in the UK too.

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Books and literature are a powerful force. Reading books that centre human rights, social justice and history can help add important context and shed light on important events and conversations about our country, and the experiences of different people. Books can further help us with lifting up voices, telling stories that have shaped South Africa and prompting people to take action to protect our democracy.
We've curated a list of 15 seminal and critically acclaimed works of non-fiction and fiction by local authors that speak to human rights, social justice, diversity, history and moving the country forward.
Picador Africa Heritage Series

The Picador Africa celebrates seminal books in the Heritage Series. The series features five non-fiction books; 491 Days: Prisoner Number 1323/69 by Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela, Eight Days in September by Frank Chikane and Oliver Tambo Remembered by Zweledinga Pallo Jordan, and two bestselling novels, The Innocence of Roast Chicken by Jo-Anne Richards and Father Michael's Lottery by Johan Steyn. These stories detail our rich history and the impact of formidable leaders and events that have shaped South Africa.

Hero Image: The Union Buildings in Tshwane, South Africa. Photo extracted from the cover of Eight Days in September by Frank Chikane.

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Essential books on Human Rights, social justice and history

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Owing to a recent sequence of unspeakable travesties, culminating with the killing that shook the US, the Black Lives Matter movement and unified anti-racism efforts have gained new levels of support throughout the world. And rightfully so. But this is a trenchant journey that it is certainly not over, and we'd all be wise to continue to show our support wherever possible. This includes, of course, reading the important books, educating ourselves and practicing all the empathy available to us.

Obviously, the racial experiences of authors in Africa go a long way toward communicating the challenges and impacts that still exist, and the forces that keep the world unjustly separated. So, here are some books written by African writers (many of whom are from South Africa - one country among many that has witnessed far more damage to black lives than any ought to). We would all do well to read and digest them.
Run Racist Run: Journeys into the Heart of Racism by Eusebius McKaiser
McKaiser is well known for his strong societal observations and ability to argue persuasively and philosophically. In this book he seeks to get to the bottom of racism in contemporary South Africa - where colonialism still pulls some strings, where even the most liberal still grapple with "imbedded" prejudices and where anger wields significant psychological heft. In also acknowledging events in the US, he explores the unequal structuring of society, identifies the un-healing pain that racism inflicts and highlights our potential, and our responsibility, to be a part of the solution.

Run Racist Run is an excellent step toward understanding the ongoing struggle for race equality. Be aware, though, that McKaiser is fairly uncompromising in his narrative, and is not afraid to call out those who perpetuate stereotype and prejudice.
Always Another Country by Sisonke Msimang
Sisonke Msimang is a respected writer for whom no particular country called ever truly be called home. Throughout her peripatetic life, which led from Zambia, the country of her birth in exile, to Kenya, Canada and South Africa, among others, finally landing her in Australia, where she is now based, Msimang has repeatedly faced the prospect of outsider-hood. Moving as a child, from one society to another, and living among many different people, Msimang gathered a plethora of perspectives on racism and xenophobia as she grew into a woman.

This memoir is the moving and inquisitive result of a shifting lifetime. It's a coming of age story in two senses. In the first, it is an intensely personal account of an early life typified by transitions. And in the second, it tells the tale of two continents' gradual political and racial awakening. Msimang tells too of her initial joy at being able to return to the new democratic South Africa only to become disappointed and concerned.

Due to its warmth and reflection, Always Another Country is essential to BLM as it impels all of us to remember that a person can find oneself in a place through a myriad of ways, and encourages the empathy that this should inspire in every one of us.
I Write What I Like by Steve Biko
A classic within the Black Consciousness Movement and in many ways a key catalyst for change, these selected writings of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko demonstrate the passion of his early years and offer a glimpse into the mind of a man who would become one of the movement's most powerful figures, and one of the world's most legendary activists.

The articles, lectures and correspondence (from 1969 to 1972) contained herein are uncompromising in their criticism of various elements of society, notably including the church and "white liberals", and several serve to illuminate the black consciousness philosophy while unequivocally calling for black people to cast off their oppression. Inflammatory? Possibly. Still relevant? Certainly. At a time when activism looks quite different, and many of the freedoms once denied are now available, Biko's writing effectively reminds us that today's resistance is the successor to the revolutions that paved their way.
The Way I See it: The Musings of a Black Woman in the Rainbow Nation by Lerato Tshabalala
Racial and societal discourse can just as easily be fuelled by humour as by other means, and columnist Tshabalala's first book highlights this in controversial, often hilarious and irreverent fashion.

Unabashed honesty is a trademark of Tshabalala's writing, which also seeks to illuminate the eccentric, sometimes exasperating, mechanics of South African society in all its political, cultural and emotional complexity. No subject is left untouched upon - regardless of whether it is likely to offend. Spoiler: it probably is.
Sorry, Not Sorry: Experiences of a Brown Woman in a White South Africa By Haji Mohamed Dawjee
From inequality in its many forms to gender and stereotypes, from daily annoyances to corporate power, The Way I See It is a portrait of a country whose triumphant adoption of democracy left it with more than a few knots to untangle and rifts to repair. It's a light read, but one that is surprisingly thought-provoking and insightful; it's humour, but it's examination too.

Another example of witty racial dialogue that is as likely to make you laugh as to cringe, its salt and vinegar observations sketch a country still very much divided by colour-specific lines. With an emphasis on modern topics, Sorry, Not Sorry scrutinises the finer points, and the subtler gestures, of pretended wokeness and ingrained ignorance.
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature By Ngugi Wa Thiong'o
From the publisher: "Why don't white people understand that Converse tekkies are not just cool but a political statement to people of colour? Why is it that South Africans of colour don't really 'write what we like'? What's the deal with people pretending to be 'woke'? Is Islam really as antifeminist as is claimed? What does it feel like to be a brown woman in a white media corporation? And what life lessons can we learn from Bollywood movies?

In Sorry, Not Sorry, Haji Mohamed Dawjee explores the often maddening experience of moving through post-apartheid South Africa as a woman of colour. In characteristically candid style, she pulls no punches when examining the social landscape: from arguing why she'd rather deal with an open racist than some liberal white people, to drawing on her own experience to convince readers that joining a cult is never a good idea. In the provocative voice that has made Mohamed Dawjee one of our country's most talked-about columnists, she offers observations laced with an acerbic wit. Sorry, Not Sorry will make readers laugh, wince, nod, introspect and argue."
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It's a simple truth, but possibly not one to which many of us pay that much attention: linguistics and language play a huge part not only in the propagation of cultural and political dominance, but also in the continuation of similar mechanisms. Decolonising the Mind is a read that appeals to the more intellectual facets of racial dialogue, and one that is very clear about the need for African language and a de-Euro-centricised outlook. Through four essays, the book highlights the role that language plays in both combatting and perpetrating imperialism.

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is one of the greatest novelists ever to emerge from Africa as a whole, and is also a leading post-colonial theorist and critic. His work, which ranges from fiction and experimental theatre to ideological argument and children's stories, is profound in its scope and this encapsulating introduction to his leading ideas is as essential to our understanding of a post-colonial Africa as are Frantz Fanon's The Wretched of the Earth and Biko's I Write What I Like.

If you've read all of these, or if none of them particularly take your fancy, there are still plenty of other books and authors you can check out as we support our ongoing journey toward true equality. As with those above, these are all by African authors.

1. Born A Crime by Trevor Noah

2. Call Me Woman by Ellen Kuzwayo

3. Wrestling with the Devil - A Prison Memoir by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

4. The Love Diary of a Zulu Boy by Bhekisisa Mncube

5. A manifesto for social change by Moeletsi Mbeki, Nobantu Mbeki

6. Odyssey of a Woman: Coloured Diaries : "experiences of an Eastern Cape 'mixed-breed'" by Brenda Wardle

7. Breaking a Rainbow, Building a Nation: The Politics Behind #mustfall Movements by Rekgotsofetse Chikane

Happy Reading. Be Wonderful to Each Other.

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Local books you need to read to better understand the #BLM movement

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Owing to a recent sequence of unspeakable travesties, culminating with the killing that shook the US, the Black Lives Matter movement and unified anti-racism efforts have gained new levels of support throughout the world. And rightfully so. But this is a trenchant journey that it is certainly not over, and we'd all be wise to continue to show our support wherever possible.

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Play Africa is committed to being an anti-racist organisation. We have compiled this list of resources which focus on talking to young children about race and identity. We hope these resources will be useful to parents, educators, and children as we explore how to end racism, racial discrimination and racial bias. Together we are working to build a more just and equitable South Africa and a better world.

Though some of what is being described in these resources might present differently in a South African context, the patterns are similar globally and we hope you can still find useful lessons within them. Our hope is that this resource list can continue to be co-created with you, South African families and educators. Do you have a favorite book, curriculum or article about how to talk about race and positive self-identity with children? What resources do YOU think should be included in this list? Many of these resources are developed outside South Africa - Your perspective is important to us! Let us know what we're missing at info@playafrica.org.za.
Let's build our "Talking About Race" resource library together!

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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

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Guide for Racial Justice & Abolitionist Social and Emotional Learning

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In this podcast Dr Tim Gibbs of University College London looks at the development and eventual fall of apartheid.
The system of racial segregation in South Africa that was apartheid led to one of the most distinct and unjust systems of government in late twentieth century history. This podcast exam…

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Each year I ask myself if this will be the one to herald the South African podcast boom? The one it feels like we're perpetually on the brink of; 2020 may just have been that year. Obscured and enabled by the Covid-19 pandemic, there seems to be a growing appetite for local on-demand audio content. New podcasts are proliferating from established newsrooms, independents, podcast companies and a growing number of universities, NGOs and businesses.

This might signal the beginning of things to come: the establishment of a vibrant, diverse, artful, rigorous podcast industry that tells local stories for local audiences.

For now, here are a few 2020 shows that caught our ear.
The WISER Podcast - Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER)
Facing a year of cancelled workshops and seminars, the Wits Institute for Social and Economic Research (WISER) turned to podcasting. Hosted by Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh, who some might remember from The Eusebius McKaiser Show on Radio 702, the episodes include interviews, recorded lectures and audio essays.

The magic of this podcast is how it facilitates the sharing of academic knowledge beyond the boundaries of the ivory tower. Its format is simple with only one or two guests per episode keeping each short and focused. This allows for dense academic topics to remain digestible. With some of South Africa's finest minds talking on topics ranging from hydrocolonialism to melancholy, you're able to dip in and out of digital lecture halls at your own pace.

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No Money For Jam - The Botsotso Arts Collective & ILRIG
Without audiences to perform their political education-inspired theatre performances to, the Botsotso Arts Collective and the International Labour Research and Information Group (ILRIG) decided to turn to the airwaves to reach new listeners.

Blending a classic radio announcer's style with stinging socio-economic critique, this fictionalised three-part radio play is like nothing you've heard before.

Set in a factory with shop stewards and managers as the main characters, No Money for Jam is a working-class critique of the Covid-19 pandemic's exacerbation of existing economic disparities in South Africa. The series sounds cinematic, not so much because of the sound design, but rather because of the stage presence of the actors voicing the characters. Using music and repeated chants like "System failure! System fracture!", No Money for Jam is overtly revolutionary. It's also incredibly well researched, with an announcer interrupting at regular intervals to list facts and figures. This is a local must-listen that is part of reviving South Africa's tradition of radio drama.

If you enjoy No Money for Jam, take a listen to more work by the Botsotso Ensemble here and here.

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Don't Shoot the Messenger Podcast - The Daily Maverick
Hosted by Rebecca Davis, Don't Shoot the Messenger is the latest of the Daily Maverick's forays into podcasting. Starting in 2014 with the launch of The Daily Maverick Show, the publication has experimented with the form over the years and now has two consistent offerings, The Maverick Sports Podcast and Don't Shoot the Messenger. The latter is a feature show, with episodes digging into current affairs and historical events "the stories behind the stories."

Carried by Davis's dry sense of humour and curiosity, the show intersperses host narration with interviews on topics from QAnon to a plan to blow up Koeberg nuclear power station in 1982.

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For Water For Life: The water podcast - JoJo Tanks
Before this show, I would never have associated water tanks with podcasts. But JoJo Tanks has changed that. For Water For Life is equal parts a brilliant branding strategy and a sound rich exploration of local water stories. Hosted by Gugulethu Mhlungu and Sekoetlane Phamodi, the show that "tells extraordinary stories of ordinary people and water ... in water scarce and unequal South Africa."

Each episode centers on a South African working to preserve the country's water supply whether through cleaning up rivers, performing healing rituals or inventing filtration systems. These profiles are complimented by lush ambient sound recordings that make For Water For Life more than just a simple narration and interview podcast. The series shines a spotlight on the creativity and caring of our fellow South Africans and providing a bright spot of hope in an otherwise dark year.

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The Witness - The Platform to Protect Whistleblowers in Africa (PPLAAF) & Volume
2020 saw South Africa's podcast landscape increasingly populated by series created by a new kid on the block, Volume, a podcast production company that partners with NGOs and businesses to generate content and experiments with distribution via WhatsApp.

Co-founded by Paul McNally of Wits Journalism and the Citizen Justice Network, Volume has seized on and contributed to the local podcast industry's growth. The Witness is hosted by Fatima Hassan and intersperses narration with interviews with whistleblowers and experts.

Topical and locally resonant, episode one profiles Andrew Feinstein's journey from blowing the whistle on the 1999 Arms Deal to establishing Shadow World Investigations; while the second explores the personal costs of Bianca Goodson's 2017 decision to testify to state capture at Eskom. Take a listen and learn more about what it takes to blow the whistle and why it's so vital to do so.

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The ICA Podcast - The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA), UCT
The Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) is an interdisciplinary unit at the University of Cape Town. Their podcast is essentially a series of profiles of ICA artists and their work. With the task of translating the visual to the sonic, producer and host Catherine Boulle deploys ambient field recordings, detailed descriptions of the artwork, archival recordings of performances in addition to the standard mix of narration and interviews.

These different audio textures help the podcast to become more three-dimensional so that we can picture the artwork in our minds while we learn about the artist that created it, their process and inspirations. This isn't just a show for those who already love art; the artworks offer a prism through which to interrogate social issues like the inherent violence of whiteness, the construction of masculinity and the politics of hair and beauty.

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Politics Unmuted - News24
This is a pretty cut and dry politics chat show and a no brainer for an existing newsroom to produce. Introduced by a fun montage of the EFF protesting their microphones being turned off in a particularly rowdy session in parliament, the show's tagline is "our microphones are never muted and we turn up the volume on all things political."

The podcast is hosted by News24's political editor, Qaanitah Hunter alongside two of her colleagues, Lizeka Tandwa and Pieter du Toit. The three talk about the news stories of the week, offering insight and analysis.

In addition to headlines, the trio also discuss systemic issues like weaknesses in the justice system and the role of the media in a democracy. If you're looking for a regular news fix that digs into biggest local news stories of the moment, then Politics Unmuted is for you.

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Moments in South African History - SABC
These bite-sized audio snapshots stand out due to their unparalleled access to a rich wealth of historical interviews. Drawing on the SABC's vast archives, this podcast transports listeners back in time through the voices of Nadine Gordimer, Dolly Rathebe and Fatima Meer amongst others.

These mini episodes are mostly profiles of famous figures at the forefront of the struggle against apartheid, while others cover events like the Soweto Uprising. The narration sounds like it comes from a time dominated by the rather stiff and formal radio voice, but it serves the purpose of sewing the episodes together and letting the real gems - the archival recordings - shine.

The greatest joy of this podcast is the access it grants us to the archives of the public broadcaster and to the voices it contains. This is a public treasure that should be available to all South Africans.

If you enjoyed this foray into South African history, you may also like the SABC's TRC podcast, South Africa's Human Spirit.

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Radio New Frame - New Frame
One of South Africa's newest digital media outlets, New Frame, has been shaking things up since they appeared on the scene in late 2018. 2020 saw the launch of their weekly podcast, Radio New Frame.

Together with their regular mixtapes, audio is front and center for this not-for-profit social justice publication. Combining feature stories that dig into the roots of current issues and longer form interviews with academics, authors and activists, Radio New Frame is meatier than a typical news show.

What makes the show stand out is its commitment to experimenting with the form - they've covered obituaries, sports, reviewed books and have even dabbled in roundtable chat content. This is an important way to help figure out what local audiences respond to and what's most feasible to produce for a weekly hour-long show. So take a listen and let them know what you think.

If you enjoy Radio New Frame, you may also enjoy their legendary mixtapes by Charles Leonard.

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Remember When... with Andile Ndlovu
Format: Individual episodes
Length: 6 episodes so far, 31 - 52 minutes each

Listen on: Spotify, Radio Public, Pocket Casts or any other podcast app or streaming service

This brand-new podcast is a personal walk down memory lane. In each episode, host Andile Ndlovu's revisits different cultural phenomena that shaped his youth. He travels back in time to examine what scandals and sensations said about the state of the nation at various points in early post-apartheid South Africa. From Penny Heyns winning gold at the 1996 Olympics to a controversial and wildly popular TV series Yizo Yizo that aired between 1999 and 2004. The format is simple, with some host narration and two-way interviews spliced with archival recordings. The show is a satisfying deep dive into South African popular culture sprinkled with nostalgia.

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Maverick Life: The best 2020 South African podcasts

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The White South African Woman Misidentified As Black (2000)

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Just what is going on with white people? Police shootings of unarmed African Americans. Acts of domestic terrorism by white supremacists. The renewed embrace of raw, undisguised white-identity politics. Unending racial inequity in schools, housing, criminal justice, and hiring. Some of this feels new, but in truth it's an old story.

Why? Where did the notion of "whiteness" come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for?

Scene on Radio host and producer John Biewen took a deep dive into these questions, along with an array of leading scholars and regular guest Dr. Chenjerai Kumanyika, in this fourteen-part documentary series, released between February and August 2017. The series editor is Loretta Williams.

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10 "Must Watch" Black History Documentaries | PBS

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Documentaries can open windows to our past. Through the lens of talented filmmakers, we can re-live iconic moments in history like the 1963 March on Washington or climb aboard a Greyhound bus to join the Freedom Riders on their journey through the Jim Crow South. Documentaries offer rich insight into our society and culture, connect us to some of our proudest and most shameful moments in American history, and remind us of how far we've come. What follows is a list of powerful documentaries exploring Black history and culture in America.

This Emmy Award-winning series premiered in 2013 and looks at more than just Black history, it explores Black identity and what it means to be an African American in the U.S. today. Unveiling different religious and social perspectives, a multiplicity of cultural perspectives, and the evolution of the African American people, this series spans five hundred years and two continents as Professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr. takes viewers on a journey of the Black experience throughout the United States. On the way, he visits historic sites, engages in passionate debates with America's top historians on African American history, and interviews eyewitnesses who have been on the frontlines of change.

Throughout the series, Dr. Gates highlights tragedies, triumphs and contradictions throughout Black history, revealing that the African American community has never been a uniform entity and sheds new light on what it means to be African American.

Learn more about The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.

Based on Raymond Arsenault's book Freedom Riders: 1961 and the Struggle for Racial Justice, this two-hour documentary tells the story of the summer of 1961 when more than 400 Black and white Americans risked their lives traveling together in the segregated South to protest segregation. Committed to the cause of justice and determined to attract attention to the pursuit of civil rights, they boarded buses and trains, calling themselves "Freedom Riders." Deliberately violating Jim Crow laws, the Freedom Riders were met with bitter racism and mob violence along the way. Still, they continued to ride and find new ways to sustain and expand the movement.

Featuring testimony from the Freedom Riders themselves, government officials, and journalists who witnessed the Rides firsthand, this documentary gives viewers a front row seat to the Rides that changed history. "The lesson of the Freedom Rides is that great change can come from a few small steps taken by courageous people," says filmmaker Stanley Nelson, "And that sometimes to do any great thing, it's important that we step out alone."

Learn more about Freedom Riders.

Did Slavery really end with the Civil War? The documentary Slavery by Another Name explores how in the years following the Emancipation Proclamation, systematic approaches were taken to re-enslave newly freed Blacks in the United States. This system included new brutal methods of forced labor in which men were arrested and forced to work without pay, bought and sold, and coerced to do the bidding of masters.

Spanning the 60 years following the Civil War, this 90-minute documentary includes interviews with key Black history scholars like Khalil Muhammad, Mary Ellen Curtin, Risa Goluboff and Adam Green, in addition to moving reactions from descendants of both victims and perpetrators of the forced labor system. Giving voice to the thousands of victims from this period, Slavery by Another Name will challenge assumptions that slavery ended 150 years ago.

Learn more about Slavery by Another Name.

For the preeminent documentary series on the Civil Rights Movement, look no further than Eyes on the Prize. When it premiered on television in 1987, The Los Angeles Times called it "an exhaustive documentary that shouldn't be missed." This award-winning series covers all of the major events of the Civil Rights Movement from 1954-1985, including the Montgomery bus boycott in 1954, the Voting Rights Act in 1965, the birth of the Black Power Movement, and the courageous acts of the crusaders that contributed along the way.

Narrated by political and civil rights leader Julian Bond, the 14-hour series combines historical footage and contemporary interviews with key figures of the period; Reverend Ralph Abernathy, Coretta Scott King, Kwame Ture (also known as Stokely Carmichael), and George Wallace have died since its release. Not only does this series serve as a comprehensive resource in this extensive history, it acts to preserve their testimonials for future generations.

The Black Power Mixtape tells the story of the Black Power Movement through the eyes of Swedish journalists. Drawn to America in the late 1960s by stories of revolution and urban unrest, the journalists recorded interviews with activists like Stokely Carmichael, Bobby Steale, Angela Davis and Eldridge Cleaver. Thirty years later, this interview footage was found in the basement of Swedish Television and was brought to life by Director Göran Olsson and co-producer Danny Glover.

Set to music by Questlove and Om'Mas Keith, the filmmakers use the original interviews mixed with images and commentary from African-American artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle such as Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Talib Kweli and Melvin Van Peebles. Together they tell the story of The Black Power Movement and how it not only changed the Civil Rights Movement, but how it changed America - forever.

Taking a fresh approach to the story of the American Civil Rights Movement, Soundtrack for a Revolution features the powerful music from the movement. Focusing on the freedom songs sung by protesters on picket lines, in mass meetings, in paddy wagons and in jail cells, this film celebrates the vitality of the music and the infectious energy that it provided.

Freedom songs evolved from slave chants, the labor movement, and from the Black church, and were a vital tool as protestors stood up against adversity. They energized and empowered them, enabled them to sing the things they couldn't say, and allowed them to meet aggression with dignity and non-violence. Written and directed by Bill Guttentag and Dan Sturman, this 2009 documentary brings songs of the movement back to life again through new performances by top artists, including John Legend, Joss Stone, Wyclef Jean, and The Roots.

Learn more about Soundtrack for a Revolution | Watch on Amazon

Dark Girls is an emotional exposé on what it means to be dark skinned in America. Filmmakers D. Channsin Berry and Bill Duke capture moving interviews with women who open up about their experiences being dark, Black women in America. They share painful stories about things their mothers, sisters and friends have said, in addition to what they've taken away from mass media. Overwhelmingly these interviews reveal the same thing: To them, Black is not beautiful.

In an effort to learn more about the concept of Black beauty, the filmmakers reach both in and outside the Black community to seed conversations that reveal deep-rooted biases about race. Combining these emotional interviews with historical context and well-known psychological studies, the film sheds light on the perceived biases of "dark versus light," and its ultimate aim to help people see that Black is beautiful.

The Black List: Volume One features interviews from a variety of voices in contemporary Black America using a technique where the interviewer is never seen or heard on camera. The result is a living portrait of stories from leading voices across a variety of disciplines including arts, sports, politics, business and government. The vision of portrait photographer/filmmaker Timothy Greenfield-Sanders with acclaimed journalist and public radio host Elvis Mitchell, was to create a film in response to the negative connotations associated with the word "Black" in western culture.

The interviews created an HBO documentary, a museum exhibition of photographic portraits, a book of those portraits, and an interactive educational program.

The HBO documentary Breaking the Huddle explores civil rights through the lens of football. Looking at the impact of the Civil Rights Movement and football programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities, the story culminates with the historic September 1970 game when the all-white University of Alabama Crimson Tide faced off against the fully integrated University of Southern California Trojans. Alabama's crushing defeat under legendary head coach Paul "Bear" Bryant by USC's star African American running back, Sam "Bam" Cunningham, is considered the game that changed college football in the South.

In this 2012 documentary, African American filmmaker Shukree Hassan Tilghman sets off on a journey across America asking the question "Should Black History Month be ended?" Tilghman searches to learn more about race and power in contemporary America by interviewing experts at revered organizations around the country in addition to everyday people he meets along the way during his journey.

Using cinema verité, man-on-the-street interviews, and dramatizations to understand the implications of Black History Month, More Than a Month is both an amusing and thought-provoking look at what the treatment of history tells us about race and power in the United States. Through all this, Tilghman explores what it means to be an American and the universal endeavor to find one's self.

Learn more about More than a Month | Watch on Amazon

Inspired by the book Reflections in Black by Deborah Willis, Through a Lens Darkly explores the Black experience through photographs. Cameras have been used for over a hundred years as tools for social change, but in this documentary filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris explores how they have affected Blackness in America.

Using his only family album, historical images and photographs from Black luminaries like Carrie Mae Weems, Lorna Simpson, and Anthony Barboza, Harris investigates the way Black photographers and their subjects have used the tool to both demean and empower African Americans. A powerful look at the history of race relations, representation, and popular culture, this documentary illustrates the powers of creativity through the lens of talented photographers.
Learn More about Through a Lens Darkly
Join us in February and all year long as we celebrate Black history and all its facets. From musical performances to Oscar-nominated documentaries to profiles of individuals who forged new paths in science, civil rights, sports, and so much more.

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Being young is tough, especially if you're Black, Latino, Arab or Asian. In a city like Montreal, you can get targeted and treated as a criminal for no go...Show more Being young is tough, especially if you're Black, Latino, Arab or Asian. In a city like Montreal, you can get targeted and treated as a criminal for no good reason. Zero Tolerance reveals how deep seated prejudice can be. On one side are the city's young people, and on the other, its police force. Two worlds, two visions. Yet one of these groups is a minority, while the other wields real power. One has no voice, while the other makes life-and-death decisions. Show less

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For years, Tim Wise's bestselling books and spellbinding lectures have challenged some of our most basic assumptions about race in America. White Like Me ...Show more For years, Tim Wise's bestselling books and spellbinding lectures have challenged some of our most basic assumptions about race in America. White Like Me is the first film to bring the full range of his work to the screen -- to show how white privilege continues to shape individual attitudes, electoral politics, and government policy in ways too many white people never stop to think about. Show less

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Black Feminist is a feature length documentary film surrounding the double edged sword of racial and gender oppression that black women face in America. T...Show more Black Feminist is a feature length documentary film surrounding the double edged sword of racial and gender oppression that black women face in America. This documentary is told through interviews from scholars, lecturers, writers, business owners, veterans, comedians and authors. In addition to information interviews, this documentary is narrated by our storybook character LaToya Johnson, played by Nadirah Lugg. Show less

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Documentaries on Racism, White Privilege, Identity, Race, and More. by EPLPicks - a staff-created list : These documentaries are good starting points if you're looking to learn more about topics such as systemic racism, white privilege, police brutality, and the #blacklivesmatter movement, or also if you're looking to gain a better understanding of the protests currently happening around the world.

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How to be anti-racist: it’s more than books, quotes and Blackout Tuesday

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#BLM How Can We Win? Kimberly Jones Powerful Speech Video Full Length Black Lives Matter #BLM 2020

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8,083,741 views | Bryan Stevenson • TED2012

In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives. These issues, which are wrapped up in America's unexamined history, are rarely talked about with this level of candor, insight and persuasiveness.

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In an engaging and personal talk -- with cameo appearances from his grandmother and Rosa Parks -- human rights lawyer Bryan Stevenson shares some hard truths about America's justice system, starting with a massive imbalance along racial lines: a third of the country's black male population has been incarcerated at some point in their lives.

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By now, you've probably seen the BLM chain tag on your Instagram story feed and newly, the "Blackout Tuesday" posts. Well, that's enough activism for the day, right?

Absolutely not.

You've likely read this from all those posts that you quickly tapped through, but I once again need to emphasize that we cannot be silent and that we never should have been silent. I'm here, as a privileged person of color, speaking to the white people and non-Black people of color who need to hear this.

We cannot stay silent or do the bare minimum work regarding the deaths of George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and so many more, every single day in this country, at the hands of a racist policing system.

The murder of George Floyd occurred in Minneapolis, a liberal city. We cannot discount this, especially as students in Seattle, another largely liberal area. Being liberal does not mean you are automatically anti-racist and being a Democrat does not make you pro-Black. This is especially evident in consideration of the ongoing protests in Seattle .

"On Saturday, Jenny Durkan issued a curfew 15 minutes before it [went] into effect and ordered police to use force and arrest people out on the streets ... on Sunday, police still violently arrested multiple peaceful protestors," sophomore Eddy Castillo said in an email. "I watched as my best friend sat with red swollen eyes because he got caught in the tear gas while we marched down the streets ... police brutality and white supremacy [are] just as dangerous in liberal areas."

A lot of us in Seattle feel like we're exempt from some discussions about race because we live in this woke, always-do-good area. But racism has always been present and alive, no matter how much we try to sweep it under the rug.

We need to be vigilant and constantly aware of the fact that racism is systemic, and white supremacy has been alive for centuries, rather than something that is resurging like many woke, white people seem to be suggesting. In our lifetimes, it has always existed, and it has always been an issue. We have just been afforded the privilege to be silent about it, while Black, brown, and Indigenous people of color suffered the brunt of it.

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We need to be vigilant and constantly aware of the fact that racism is systemic, and white supremacy has been alive for centuries, rather than something that is resurging like many woke, white people seem to be suggesting.

Over the past week, I've had a lot of friends post and condemn the protests, the violence and looting, and preach for peaceful protest instead. No surprise, but these were all non-Black people.

Sure, peaceful protest is nice and largely, protesters have been peaceful, but I'm also not going to tell Black and brown communities that there is a binary of right or wrong of how to protest and how to express outrage at centuries-old, inherited oppression.

"It hurts to see all the privileged white and white-passing people who have decried the work of the protesters, saying how we instigate the violence," Castillo said. "I have witnessed first-hand many times where police have used excessive force on completely peaceful protestors."

Police brutality and racial violence are intertwined. Many have reacted defensively to those saying " ," with the explanation that there might be some individual cops that are good. And maybe it's true. But it is also true that the U.S. policing system is not set up to protect Black and brown communities .

"Police are sworn to protect laws that have unjustly affected Black and brown communities," Castillo said. "The first police institution created in the [United States] was to chase down slaves who had escaped and prevent slave revolts ."

You can have individual cops that might be "good," but they are still upholding a racist system and are complicit in the deaths of so many in Black and brown communities.

"For one, because I do not have the luxury of second-guessing the internalized 'goodness' of any cop ... that could cost me my life," freshman Omar Fageeri said in an email. "Contributing to a systemically racist institution does not require you to kill, but it is exemplified in the reality that these 'good cops' are working for a system that supports the abuse of Black people being killed."

If you really are a good cop, I would consider resigning.

Thus, it seems like a bit of a spit in the face when so many white and non-Black people adamantly justify their actions with "not all cops" or "what about the good cops." Or, when there's so much more fixation on property damage, rather than the lives of Black people. Or, when we derail in any other way.

Centrists, liberals, and leftists alike keep talking about systemic racism, but some still don't realize what 'systemic' actually means . It means that racism can't be fixed with a bandaid of positivity or by meeting each other in the middle. There are a lot of major changes in our system to be made. It's really easy to believe racism is just about offensive words, as we've been conditioned to believe, when we haven't had those lived experiences of Black, brown, and Indigenous people of color.

"I am so exhausted that I have tried to disengage because the process of having to continuously educate is mentally draining, and while I have zero obligation to educate on evidence that has been available for 300+ years, I have an obligation to my community to educate those turning a blind eye to the harsh realities behind police institutions," Fageeri said.

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And most importantly, don't stop addressing this issue as soon as protests end. Black lives will always matter.

We need to do the work to learn, listen, recognize our privileges, and act. Action and allyship must go beyond just posting vague denouncements of racism on Instagram. And, it needs to be in good-faith; there's been a lot of performative white guilt showing whenever critiqued by Black people of color for the white heroism that sometimes shows when talking about these issues.

The important thing is to take the actions that we can and to elevate the voices of Black people. Retweet, don't tweet, and get your rich friends and family to crack open their wallets .

And most importantly, don't stop addressing this issue as soon as protests end. Black lives will always matter.
Reach writer Deborah Kwon at opinion@dailyuw.com. Twitter: @debskwo Like what you're reading? Support high-quality student journalism by donating here.

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Dear white and non-Black people of color: It is our moral duty to speak up

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By now, you've probably seen the BLM chain tag on your Instagram story feed and newly, the "Blackout Tuesday" posts. Well, that's enough activism for the day, right? Absolutely not. You've likely read this from all those posts that you quickly tapped through, but I once again need to emphasize that we cannot be silent and that we never should have been silent.

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Buy here: https://www.takealot.com/just-mercy-a-story-of-justice-and-redemption/PLID39115567

Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need: the poor, the wrongly condemned, and women and children trapped in the farthest reaches of our criminal justice system. One of his first cases was that of Walter McMillian, a young man who was sentenced to die for a notorious murder he insisted he didn't commit. The case drew Bryan into a tangle of conspiracy, political machination, and legal brinksmanship--and transformed his understanding of mercy and justice forever.

Just Mercy is at once an unforgettable account of an idealistic, gifted young lawyer's coming of age, a moving window into the lives of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.

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The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness 

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Not going to star review this one because I am conflicted. If you are looking for mindful and somatic approaches to unlearning racism, I totally recommend starting with My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem. This book, focused on mindfulness methods for racial justice, felt like a useful addition to other books, and less like a stand-alone place to begin.

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Not going to star review this one because I am conflicted. If you are looking for mindful and somatic approaches to unlearning racism, I totally recommend starting with My Grandmother's Hands by Resmaa Menakem. This book, focused on mindfulness methods for racial justice, felt like a useful addition to other books, and less like a stand-alone place to begin.

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Learning about the dangers of systemic racism often leads people to ask: What can I do personally to make a difference?

Layla Saad, an East African, Arab, British, Black, Muslim woman living in Qatar, came up with an impressive answer - a 28-day process that she calls a "personal anti-racism tool" designed to teach those with white privilege how systemic racism works and how they can stop contributing to white supremacy in the world.

Her book is called Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. It began a few years ago as a 28-day Instagram challenge, evolved into a free PDF digital workbook and has now become a New York Times bestseller. (It was sold out at Amazon when we recorded this interview, but Saad reported that her publisher was working to print more copies.)

Saad's process involves defining terms like "white centering" (the belief that white culture, values and norms are the normal center of the world) and "ally cookies" (the special praise sought by some white people for not being racist). She encourages readers to keep a journal and write answers for tough questions like "What negative experiences has your white privilege protected you from throughout your life?"

This is "the work," as Saad describes it: a tough journey that pushes readers to examine the often-hidden mechanisms of white supremacy and systemic racism in our lives. As an African American journalist who has written more than a few times about the subject myself, I had 1,000 questions for Saad, starting with a simple concept:
The word that struck me as I was reading through your book was "discipline." You're asking for discipline from people - to take on a demanding process with no easy answers.
This is about learning how to identify how you're seen in the world and how you see yourself so that you can essentially betray it. So you can say, "I'm not going to play this game anymore. I'm not going to walk on this earth as if I am superior and treat people as if they are inferior to me."

The first exercise in the book is on white privilege. When you hear "white privilege," you may think, "Yes, white people shouldn't be privileged. But that isn't as bad as white supremacy." When you hear the words "white supremacy," you're thinking of the KKK, neo-Nazis and skinheads.

And what I want people to realize is that white privilege is a part of white supremacy and upholds white supremacy. This isn't about generalizing or stereotyping white people as being somehow deficient or defunct. This is about seeing how you were born into a system that automatically gave you these powers and these privileges.
Why is journaling an important part of this?
Without the journaling, it's just an exercise in intellectual stimulation. You stay at the level of mental thought without any heart engagement. There's something about putting pen to paper, writing down what comes up, that unlocks past memories.

I really want people to understand that what we're talking about isn't conscious. You're not consciously in the world thinking you're superior to people of other races. It's deeper rooted than that. The process of journaling brings into consciousness these ways of being and thinking and believing that you're not conscious of. It's that feeling of seeing a black person walking down the street and crossing to the other side and not even thinking about it. The journaling helps unearth that instinct that kicks in at that moment.
Can you describe what "the work" is and how you came up with the idea for the book?
Despite the title and what people initially think when they see it, it's not for the "bad people." It's written for the people who think they aren't racist. Who say they don't see color. Who have black friends. Who voted for Obama. It's written for the people who really think they're allies.

In the book, I quote Martin Luther King Jr. and his letter from a Birmingham jail. He talks about [how] one of the greatest stumbling blocks to progress is actually the white moderate who doesn't see themselves as the problem. But through their silence, through their inaction, through saying, "Wait," they actually uphold white supremacy.

I wanted to write this book as a process for people to walk themselves through these issues and ask themselves, "How does white supremacy show up in my life?" Because white supremacy is playing out in your life and in your everyday interactions with people in your life.

As you begin to switch on the light and see how this plays out within you, you begin to change your behaviors and you begin to influence the people around you. Systems are maintained by people. But systems can also be changed by people.

For example, a school is a system. So if you're a parent and you see that subtle and not-so-subtle racism is taking place at your child's school, then you'll start to take responsibility for these actions if you're opening your eyes to your own racism. You'll start to hold the school accountable to create an environment where all children and staff members feel like they matter.
What do you think is the biggest obstacle or the toughest challenge for white people when they decide they want to take on this challenge?
People get stumped on white exceptionalism.
Can you define that?
White exceptionalism is this idea that I, as a white person, am actually one of the good ones. I think white exceptionalism is actually what drives a lot of people to buy my book in the first place, because I think that they have this belief that they're one of the good ones. An ally buys a book like this.

I think white exceptionalism is very dangerous because it separates the "good" from the "bad." And there is no good or bad. This isn't about your inherent goodness as a person. We're talking about the ways you're unaware of causing harm to other people. Because you're not aware. And so that's what we're bringing into the light.

You're going to have to redefine good. What does it mean to you to be good? Is it that everyone else thinks you're not racist? We see this with brands right now. Businesses are putting forth Black Lives Matter statements because they want everyone to know they're not racist and are doing the work. A statement isn't proof that you're one of the good ones. A statement shows that you have caught onto the fact that you need to say something or otherwise you're going to be perceived as agreeing with or co-signing that black lives don't matter. But that's not the work.

The work is digging in and looking at how you treat black people - your staff, your customers, your clients. What policies do you have in place, whether written policies or unofficial policies, that show us black lives don't matter here?
What are the benefits and drawbacks of doing this work on your own versus doing it as a group?
I don't think there's necessarily one preferred way or another. It's about returning to this work again and again and knowing there are benefits to doing it alone and to doing it with a group.

One of the things that people have to be wary of in the group is this idea that, "We're in this group, and we do this work. So we are the good ones." It can be dangerous when white people start congratulating one another for being good allies.

I think the benefits of doing it in a group is that you get to see and understand that it's not just you who is digging up these unconscious racist thoughts and beliefs that are very ugly. You get to hear from other people, which may spark things for you.

So, for example, you may read one of the [chapters] and think, "I don't center myself or think I'm exceptional." But if you're in a group with other white people and they tell you the ways they center themselves or find themselves exceptional, it might help you see how you also do certain behaviors that fall under white centering or white exceptionalism.

What we're trying to do is not just create individuals who are doing this work, but really a culture of doing the work - a culture of anti-racism. But I also think that shouldn't be a deterrent if you can't find community.
If you had to break it down, what are the three important things people can do to work on themselves and help unwind white supremacy?
Number one is, this work begins and ends with yourself as an individual. The one place where you have complete control is within yourself. So when you think - "Where do I start? What do I do?" - it's you. You need to start with you first. If you start doing things outside of yourself, if you think that you're here to save black and brown people, remember you're not here to save us. You're here to see the ways in which you are already causing us harm and stop doing that.

Second, impact the people you are in relationships with - your parents, your kids, cousins, friends, bosses, whoever. You have the ability to influence those people. So take what you've been learning about yourself, and have those conversations with the people with white privilege in your life. Because when you've been doing the work within yourself, you're actually able to understand what they're thinking from a more empathetic point of view, as opposed to just preaching at them and saying, "That's racist." Sometimes the call-out is necessary, but for long-term change we need ongoing meaningful conversations.

Lastly, look at the systems around you. What do you benefit from? What do you create and sustain? And how can you change those things? We can't wait for the lawmakers and the policymakers and the politicians to change things. They have a vested interest in things staying the same. But you as this collective can [effect] change by saying this isn't actually what we want - we're going to hold you accountable to a different world.
We'd love to hear from you. Leave us a voicemail at 202-216-9823, or email us at If you want more Life Kit, The audio portion of this story was produced by Clare Schneider. subscribe to our newsletter. LifeKit@npr.org.

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There's been a lot of talk about the work white people need to do to understand their role in racism. Layla Saad's book, Me and White Supremacy, helps readers do just that. Saad explains why it's important to dig into the uncomfortable work, why being an ally isn't enough, and ideas to combat white supremacy in your everyday life.

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Black Minds Matter: Interrupting school practices that disregard the mental health of Black youth

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McKenzie Adams and Maddie Whitsett should still be here with us today. But after being tormented at their respective schools last year, the two girls, both 9 years old, died by suicide. According to the girls' families, McKenzie was the victim of racist bullying, and Maddie was taunted because she had ADHD.

These two children represent the human faces behind a disturbing study published in JAMA Pediatrics in 2018: Although the overall suicide rate for Black youth is about 42 percent lower than for white youth, that number represents all young people under 17. While Black teens between the ages of 13 and 17 are 50 percent less likely to die by suicide than white teens, the suicide rate for Black children between the ages of 5 and 12 is about twice as high as that of their white peers.

The study, which analyzed data from 2001 through 2015, does not describe reasons for the disparity, but it points to the need for culturally informed interventions. In a 2015 study published in JAMA Pediatrics, which analyzed data from 1993 through 2012, researchers came to a troubling conclusion: Because there was no significant change in the overall suicide rate among youth, the fact that the suicide rate had decreased among white children but increased among Black children had been obscured.

While youth advocates note that these statistics are disturbing, they welcome the much-needed and long-overdue conversation about the well-being of Black children. This awareness of suicidality among Black youth is why the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) established an emergency Taskforce on Black Youth Suicide and Mental Health in April 2019. It aims to determine the reasons for the significant increase in suicide, recommend ways to improve Black children's access to mental health care and create solutions to better protect and support them.

Black people, including youth, are less likely to receive adequate care for mental health issues for a number of reasons: disparities in access to care, stigma about mental illness and lack of culturally competent mental health practitioners. According to a study published in the International Journal of Health Services, Black children are about half as likely as white children to get mental health treatment. As the CBC task force, mental health experts and policy makers mull over ideas to address this gap, it's also crucial that schools devote significant attention and space to mental health literacy and provide mental health services in the form of counselors and psychologists.

Schools Must Fill the Gap

Because the racial disparities in mental health access and treatment affect children, schools necessarily play a major role in helping to mitigate those disparities. This inequity "perfectly underscores schools as the de facto providers of mental health services to students," says Charles Barrett, a school psychologist and multicultural committee chair for the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP). "Because systemic issues related to race and poverty disproportionately affect Black children and families, schools, due to having access to large numbers of children, are a practical way to meet a significant need."

Advocates agree that school administrators and educators must be part of this work. School faculty and staff are likely to notice signs and symptoms that something is amiss and refer students to the help they need. But schools often fail in this effort when it comes to Black students-and sometimes cause even more harm.

When Black students exhibit negative behaviors or become withdrawn, educators often label them as problems and subject them to reactionary, zero-tolerance policies and other practices that disproportionately affect Black students but don't address the root causes of such behavior.

This harm manifests in a number of ways: adopting curriculum that isn't culturally responsive, lowering academic expectations, tracking Black students into remedial or special education classes and seeing Black youth as older and less innocent than their white peers-a bias known as adultification.

"Kids who don't feel safe, engaged or supported cannot show up in schools and demonstrate what they know and have learned," says David Johns, executive director of the National Black Justice Coalition, a civil rights organization dedicated to empowering Black LGBTQ and same-gender-loving communities. "In particular, those who have been terrorized by [educators'] indifference and our ignorance-and the hate that is often birthed from that-suffer and are suffocated."

We see this suffering play out regularly in news reports of egregious assaults on Black children's dignity at school: A Black student is humiliated when made to clean feces off a bathroom wall; a teacher rips the braids from a Black girl's head; groups of Black kids are forced to act as enslaved people while their white classmates pretend to trade them as property; Black students are turned away from school because they have dreadlocks or some other "unacceptable" hairstyle.

These stressors are serious. And sometimes they rob children of their lives, especially if they're compounded by underlying mental health issues.

"I'm acknowledging that the world often doesn't allow Black people to simply be," Johns says. "But it's incredibly important for parents, family members and educators to protect the ability for our babies just to be babies-to laugh, to make mistakes, to color outside of the lines, to create things with blocks that don't make sense to those of us who have forgotten how to dream. Too often we snatch them from Black kids in ways that are unfair and undeserved."

Johns leads a policy committee for a working group commissioned by the CBC's task force. He leverages his experience as a former kindergarten and third-grade teacher into policy work and activism. He spent a decade crafting federal policy, from serving as a congressional fellow to directing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans under President Barack Obama. His work has focused on education and health care issues as they relate to children and families.

In his postgraduate work at Teachers College, Columbia University, Johns describes how schools themselves are sources of trauma for kids who are not white, cisgender or heterosexual.

Too often, he says, academic researchers and policymakers approach conversations about issues Black youth face with a deficit mindset-treating Black students, their families and communities as perpetually problem-ridden despite the fact that these conditions were forced on them. "We need to invert that. Black feminists a long time ago talked about the reality that there are signs, symbols and systems that work to make white privilege real and work to preserve it and often make it invisible," Johns emphasizes.

Johns notes that there is urgency in the establishment of the CBC task force, which is expected to produce a report with recommendations by the end of the year.

"The emergency in this context also signals that it's not designed to be permanent," he explains. "This isn't going to be a standing caucus. We are working through the first quarter of next year to accomplish as much as we can and to plant seeds that will continue to bloom."

"We're Still Healing"

Gabriel Bryant, coordinator for Engaging Males of Color, a Philadelphia youth initiative, sees firsthand how under- or undiagnosed mental health issues can add to the challenges Black students might have at school.

"Oftentimes, there are added stressors for young people when they don't feel that they have an outlet with which to cope, with which to manage the grief, the loss, the anger, the sadness," Bryant says. "And what happens is that it's compounded when that young person recognizes that they also have just a whole host of social determinants to navigate. That can be overwhelming."

He argues that these added stressors-the causes of that grief, loss, anger and sadness-must be addressed before there can be real change. Such stressors include the effects of poverty, environmental issues, living in a food desert and having disabilities.

The growing awareness of mental health concerns for Black children doesn't mean something new is happening. Educators and mental health advocates note that perhaps the increase in Black youth suicidality may be coming to light now because previously there wasn't a collection of such data specific to Black children.

"And in particular," David Johns points out, "we have a lot of work to do to overcome the stigma that's still associated with mental health, which is still seen in too many communities as a 'white people thing.'"

Charles Barrett encourages school psychologists and school counselors to help Black families understand how depression and anxiety look in children, which may be different from adults.

"Relatedly, school-based mental health professionals need to assist Black families with accessing culturally responsive community-based resources-for example, counseling and therapy," Barrett says. "And although it's improving, school-based mental health professionals can also work with Black families to reduce the stigma that is associated with mental health in the Black community."

Trust has to be built, though.

"Whenever possible-and it's not always feasible-I think identifying other Black providers for families could be very helpful," Barrett says. "I think sometimes I've shared the same message that they've heard from others, and it's received better from someone who looks like you."

Another aspect of that lack of trust has to do with Black communities' historical and ongoing struggles for equal rights. On top of that, some communities must also tackle issues that are exacerbated by these inequities, such as violence, poverty and substance abuse. Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz, an associate professor of English education with Teachers College, Columbia University, says Black people are often left out of critical conversations about these problems that plague families of any race.

"As Black people, we're still healing," she says. "We've been ignored for so long. The issues that have been in other communities-let's say issues of abuse or incest or whatever-always seems to get public media attention when it happens to white families. Some of these same ills have always been happening in our community and probably more so because of the vestiges of enslavement and captivity in this country."

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McKenzie Adams and Maddie Whitsett should still be here with us today. But after being tormented at their respective schools last year, the two girls, both 9 years old, died by suicide. According to the girls' families, McKenzie was the victim of racist bullying, and Maddie was taunted because she had ADHD.

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RWJF- Applying an Equity Lens to SEL .pdf

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Importance of Instilling Anti-Racist Values in Children

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Creating a Culturally Responsive Early Childhood Classroom

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Early Childhood Education

Ensuring that all students see their culture reflected in the curriculum and classroom materials is crucial.

As educators, we are constantly striving to engage our students in their learning. We know that students are more engaged academically and have improved social and emotional outcomes when they see and hear themselves reflected in the classroom environment and instruction. So, we make our lessons into games, we build positive-incentive systems, and we let our students take the lead in classroom procedures. While these help, they are not enough. Too often, we miss asking ourselves a more critical question: Is this what my students need to be learning? Should my students be engaged in this content?

Many popular, tried-and-true curricula lack diversity in their representation of students, families, and communities with varied and authentic identities as compared with the students sitting in our classrooms. When we use the same curricula that we have for years without questioning the extent to which they reflect our specific students' identities, we're not only failing to maximally engage our students in content-we are actively teaching our students that their identities are less valuable than others. Thus, in order to provide all students with equitable learning experiences, we must intentionally critique and, when necessary, reject using curricula in which our students' identities are not represented. The representation within the pedagogy that we put in front of our students holds power even when we are unaware of it.

This process of reflection and critique is known as culturally relevant teaching (CRT). In her book Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice, educational researcher Geneva Gay defines CRT as "using the cultural knowledge, prior experiences, frames of reference, and performance styles of ethnically diverse students to make learning encounters more relevant to and effective for them." In CRT, educators intentionally design learning experiences and environments that are reflective of the multiple aspects of the students' identities, which may include (but are not limited to) race, ethnicity, chosen gender, ability status, linguistic profile, family structure, housing status, and cultural identity.

3 Questions to Ask to Create Culturally Relevant, Engaging, and Empowering Learning Environments

Which aspects of your students' identities are visibly present and honored through your classroom environment (books, instructional materials, photographs)? Which are missing?

Are representations of your students' identities authentic and varied? Are there materials that explicitly honor diverse identities as well as texts in which characters with diverse identities are represented without these being central to the plot?

Are there identities your students do not share that are overrepresented in the classroom?

Who and what are your students learning to value in your classroom?

Is language used in the classroom inclusive of all learners' identities? Are there biases being normalized through classroom language (e.g., "families" versus "caregivers")?

1. Who are our students? A culturally relevant classroom is not possible until an educator knows their students and begins to understand the multiple aspects of their identities that they bring with them into the classroom. Educators learn who their students are through robust and caring relationships but also can intentionally plan to learn more about their students, especially at the beginning of the year. Educators can do this by maintaining consistent communication with families, administering student-interest surveys, participating in school and community events, building an asset map of the communities in which students live, and planning instructional activities driven by student voice and experiences.

2. Who do our students see in our classrooms? Educators are constantly learning who their students are, and, as such, they must constantly reflect upon their classroom environment and instruction. Teachers can maintain an ever-evolving map or a list of unique aspects of students' identities and use this as a way to analyze and shape the classroom environment. The identities and the values attached to those identities within our classroom environment influence the ways in which our students develop their understandings about the world and about themselves-even when educators don't explicitly call attention to them. Educators can reflect on their classrooms by considering questions such as the following:

Choose curricula and texts that showcase characters with whom their students share identities and represent these characters in authentic and varied ways.

Remove curricula and instructional materials that disproportionately represent identities not shared by students.

Remove curricula and instructional materials that reinforce stereotypes about any identity groups.

Ask students and families what feels important to learn before planning instruction.

Plan lessons that amplify student voice and that invite students to pull from their experiences, cultural communities, and histories as valid sources of information.

Consistently invite family and community members to deliver instruction in the classroom to position communities as valid funds of knowledge.

Additional guiding questions for educators seeking to implement CRT in their practice can be found here.

3. How can educators move further toward CRT? Once educators have developed an understanding of who is in their classroom and how their current environment and pedagogy reflect students, they can intentionally act to build a culturally relevant classroom within which their students feel valued and empowered. Educators can do the following:

If our goal as educators is to provide high-quality, equitable learning experiences for all students, we must ensure that the pedagogy we're using in our classrooms is reflective of the unique students sitting in front of us. We cannot continue to use traditional curricula and pedagogy without critically questioning the extent to which they represent, honor, and empower our students.

When we fail to ask these questions, when we fail to create classroom environments in which our students feel seen and heard, we are not only failing to engage them as learners but actively standing in the way of our students' development of a positive, empowering, and confident sense of self-efficacy. Thus, we must embrace culturally relevant teaching. We must engage in the process of constant reflection, of constant learning, in order to ensure that every child, in every classroom, feels seen, heard, and valued for being exactly as they are.

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Looking for Excellent "Diverse" Books for Children? Start Here!

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In 8 tips for choosing 'good' picture books featuring Black and Indigenous people and People of Color (BIPOC), our colleagues at Diverse BookFinder offer recommendations about how to evaluate "diverse" and "multicultural" children's books to find great books the children in your life will love.

In this piece, we identify promising starting points, in addition to the Diverse BookFinder, for your search for children's books to which you might apply the criteria described in 8 tips. The blogs and sites named below by no means exhaust the list of sites that highlight excellent children's books. Nor do all the books featured on those sites meet each of the 8 tips criteria. However, a search that begins with the sites on this list is likely to bear quality fruit!

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Major hubs for discovering diverse children's books

Children's book sites and blogs we like

Creating an anti-bias children's book collection

Looking to create an anti-bias library or evaluate/review books yourself? These articles and frameworks about evaluating representation in children's literature can help you think about bias in children's books and other media.

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Video interview with the New Haven Independent on the history walking tour of Dixwell, joined by recent Metro grads, E'moni Cotten and Dameon Dillard.

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Racism, Xenophobia and Discrimination exist in all societies. Hate crimes and racial injustice are on the rise. The need for education to tackle this human rights issue is evident. We have compiled a set of anti-racism online courses that will equip you with the knowledge and skills to fight racial prejudice and challenge intolerant attitudes. The courses are free to audit. You can opt-in for a paid certificate for an extra fee.

Anti-Racism is a course offered by the University of Boulder Colorado and takes roughly 11 hours to complete. The course will provide you with an introduction to racism in the United States. You will explore what systemic and institutionalized racism is, why smear campaigns like #AllLivesMatter and #BlueLivesMatter are racist and you will learn to stand up against white supremacists. You will also discuss important terms such as "white privilege" and the concept of "whiteness" and develop a deeper understanding what they mean. The primary audience for this course is anyone who is interested in learning about race/racism in the US.

This self-paced online course is offered by the University of Illinois and takes approximately 12 hours to complete. The course will introduce and deepen your understanding of race, ethnicity, and cultural diversity. You will discover the complex lived realities of race and ethnic diversity in contemporary American society and investigate institutional racism, systemic social inequalities, and patterns of discrimination in American Social Institutions. In this course you will learn to expose everyday racism and discrimination, inequalities in housing and education and identify social disparities of race and ethnicity.

This online course will explore the modern civil rights movement and struggle for human rights in the United States. The course explores specifically the strategic planning that supported the direction of the events and is told by a voice intimately involved in the organization of the movement. You will learn about various civil rights activists and leaders and how they contributed to create change. You will learn about the different phases, struggles and achievements of the civil rights movement in the US and explore the different principles and strategies of non-violent protest. This course is offered by Emory University and takes about 15 hours to complete.

This online course which is offered by University of Michigan takes roughly 10 hours to complete. It is part of a MicroMasters program on Social Work Practice, Policy and Research but can be taken on its own. You will learn about the key roles social workers play in upholding social justice, the strategies social workers apply to advocate for change and explore the core values of the social work profession. You will look into issues such as privilege, oppression and discrimination and what social workers can do to effectively tackle them. Other courses specifically focused on social justice include:

This more philosophical course offered by Rutgers University takes 21 hours to complete. It explores questions such as "What is the purpose of government? Why should we have a State? What kind of State should we have?". Each chapter of the course is dedicated to a specific theme including Welfare, Justice, Equality and Freedom. The course is offered in English with Spanish and Albanian subtitles.

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10 South African Freedom Fighters (Who Aren’t Nelson Mandela) That Everyone Should Know

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It should concern us that many political leaders who have sworn to uphold the Constitution neither understand nor believe in some of its core tenets.

One of these that seems to be neither understood nor embraced by certain political leaders is social justice.

It is my considered view that politicians who say race should not matter in policy design are constitutionally dissonant. The problem is not race-conscious policies. The problem is gratuitously unfair exclusion of those deemed to be historically advantaged, compounded by corruption, cronyism and nepotism.

The preamble to the Constitution states: "We, the people of South Africa, recognise the injustices of our past; honour those who suffered for justice and freedom in our land; respect those who have worked to build and develop our country; and believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity. We therefore ... adopt this Constitution as the supreme law of the republic so as to heal the divisions of the past and establish a society based on democratic values, social justice and fundamental human rights ..."
What is social justice?
On World Social Justice Day this year the UN stated that: "Social justice is an underlying principle for peaceful and prosperous coexistence within and among nations. We uphold the principles of social justice when we promote gender equality or the rights of indigenous peoples and migrants. We advance social justice when we remove barriers that people face because of gender, age, race, ethnicity, religion, culture or disability."

Social justice is about justice between groups in society and between societies. Social injustice occurs when a group or groups are systematically excluded from certain opportunities, resources and privileges and when the distribution of burdens is unjustly and unfairly skewed in favour of one group. It is worth noting that the groups exceed the UN quote and include those unjustly and unfairly excluded from opportunity because of sexual orientation, gender nonconformity, class, nationality and other bigoted views regarding valuing and devaluing humanity.

It is social injustice when one group finds it unduly harder than others to access life opportunities, such as justice services, education, acquisition or retention of assets such as land, to establish, grow and sustain a commercial or social enterprise. Most of the injustice in the world, and certainly in South Africa, comes from accumulated advantages enjoyed by a group historically favoured by unjust laws and policies and accumulated social disadvantage by a group historically subjected to unjust socioeconomic exclusion through such laws and policies.

In South Africa accumulated advantage principally applies to white people and accumulated disadvantage applies to black people, defined generically to include Africans, coloureds and Indians/Asians; women; and persons with disabilities. Social justice requires some positive or remedial actions by the state and private actors to balance the scale of justice and opportunity. That is called levelling the playing field. These are the kinds of measures envisaged in the Constitution and Chapter 5 of the Promotion of Equality and Prevention of Unfair Discrimination Act. Astonishingly, this part of the act is yet to be implemented, two decades into its promulgation.

Social injustice is perpetrated when one-size-fits-all and impact-unconscious policies disadvantage those whose lives are divergent from the paradigm informing such policies. In this regard, persons with disabilities, women, older persons, children, young people and rural communities tend to be disadvantaged. Consider a municipal by-law that says no dogs are allowed in public meetings. Visually impaired people as a group who rely on guide dogs would be disparately affected by such policy although, on the face of it, it applies to all in equal measure. The complexities of the effect of similar treatment on substantive or social justice are particularly pronounced when it comes to perpetuating the ugly shadow of the unjust apartheid and colonial policies and laws.

What is perplexing is that the politicians clamouring for race-blind policies are state functionaries in a country whose contours of inequality in virtually every facet of life are racial in character, principally as a result of past legalised injustices. To correct imbalances they propose education and jobs. How does education and employment alone correct the imbalances in the highly racially skewed asset ownership landscape, access to capital and markets to start, own and sustain businesses; historical race and gender imbalances in land redistribution; and social capital disparities?

Some say land ownership is inconsequential, that fixation with land redistribution and restitution is misplaced. This is baffling as they are the first to warn if you touch land improperly you are not only messing with a sacrosanct fundamental right but repelling investors. It also ignores that land and related immovable property constitute key collateral that financial institutions require for finance needed to start, grow and sustain businesses and social enterprises.

Underpinning the UN's Social Justice Day call to leave no one behind is the disaggregation of humanity into groups to account for all. If we abandon race as a policy consideration, how do we determine who remains left behind? Is it possible that some leaders believe everyone is where they belong, that the current social pyramid where black people are reservoirs of labour and consumers is natural? Wilhelm Verwoerd, in his book Verwoed, confesses that is the paradigm his upbringing gave him until he awoke to the truth of the equal worth of all human beings and concomitant equal entitlement to socioeconomic inclusion in all aspects of society. In her book, Like Family, Ena Jansen quotes the late Marike de Klerk as reflecting on having grown up thinking that black women belonged to society's lowest rung as that is how she grew up seeing them.

Interestingly, those who say race and identity shouldn't matter call themselves liberals. My view is they are not liberals. They are libertarians or neoliberals, an anachronistic group left behind in the evolution of liberalism. Modern liberalism, which is generally associated with the philosophy of John Stuart Mill, is more of a foundational belief for parties such as the Democrats in the US while libertarianism is associated with conservative parties. Liberals and libertarians are both historically rooted in the belief of the notion of limited government in the interest of optimal personal liberty unconstrained by too much government control.

Paul Starr states that: "Liberalism consists of principles not only for a just society but also for the design of a state capable of sustaining that society in a world that is far from ideal." This is the philosophical underpinning of our Constitution hence its preamble's reference laying the foundation for freeing the potential and improving the quality of life of every citizen.

The patience of the left behind is running thin while some political leaders dither. The consequences may be dire for democracy, the rule of law, social cohesion and, ultimately, shared destiny. Adam Smith, who died about 70 years before the end of US slavery said: "Justice ... is the main pillar that upholds the whole edifice. If it is removed, the great, the immense fabric of human society ... must in a moment crumble into atoms."

In Smith's view, the commonwealth that a community represents, had to be just to all its members or face disintegration. Isn't it paradoxical that his economic lens rooted in archetypal patriarchy and the commodification of blackpeople through slavery appears to influence many of the anachronistic views on contemporary justice and inclusion?

I take comfort in emerging glimmers of shift moments, particularly in business. At global level we are seeing leaders such as Just Capital founder Paul Tudor Jones and former Unilever chief executive Paul Polman who believe that businesses have the capacity and responsibility for the shifts in social justice and climate crisis that can alter the course of history and save humanity from itself. Polman recently affirmed at this year's One Young World Summit in London that the greatest threats of our time are the climate crisis and social justice.

However, isn't it time we held those who have sworn to uphold the Constitution to honour their oath of office, be they in the executive or other organs of state? Responsibility includes the social justice foundations of our democracy and the need for urgent action to deliver on this promise. Even if we don't deliver to all immediately, visible commitment demonstrating urgency, backed by action in the right direction, should engender hope and restore some trust thus, buying us time.
Thuli Madonsela is the Law Faculty Trust Chair for Social Justice at Stellenbosch University and founder of the Thuma Foundation.
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It should concern us that many political leaders who have sworn to uphold the Constitution neither understand nor believe in some of its core tenets. One of these that seems to be neither understood nor embraced by certain political leaders is social justice.

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GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO STOP FORCED EVICTIONS

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Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza's award-winning documentary follows three courageous young leaders from the slums of Durban as they resist forced eviction from their homes, and take their case to the country's highest court, the Constitutional Court. The film was supported by Bertha Foundation and was the centerpiece of an innovative 3-year audience engagement campaign that brought together storytellers, activists and lawyers in South Africa, Brazil, India, Haiti and Nigeria. The filmmakers partnered with lawyers at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute of South Africa (SERI), a non-profit organization (and partner of the Bertha Justice Initiative) providing professional and dedicated socio-economic rights assistance to individuals, communities and social movements in South Africa. Their partnership continues with a new documentary web series (also supported by Bertha Foundation) called "Fighting for a Living" about law and social justice in South Africa.
I recently spent a few invigorating days at the Bertha Retreat, a serene space for reflection and work at the foothills of the majestic Drakenstein Mountains in Cape Town, South Africa. I got to share my film "Dear Mandela" with a dynamic group of young movement lawyers from around the world. We spoke about how filmmakers, activists and lawyers can work together to enrich each others' work and bring to a wider audience the struggles of poor communities who are using the law to reclaim their human rights.

I'm part of a growing, global tribe of documentarians who see storytelling as a powerful tool for social change. Our films aim to inspire audiences to take action once they leave the movie theatre, offer fresh perspectives on intractable social problems, or simply provide audiences with a joyful, life-affirming experience. But our films, no matter how robust the impact campaigns we design, no matter how many people see them, cannot change the world on their own. We need activists, lawyers, academics, journalists, poets, high school teachers, nurses. Films are not social movements but they can strengthen social movements. Stories allow us to imagine different ways of organizing the world. They allow us to see the humanity in those different from us. For lawyers, they can breathe life into court cases that have great significance but are often hard for the public to understand.

In 2011, Christopher Nizza and I worked closely with the members of South Africa's shack dwellers movement, Abahlali baseMjondolo (Zulu for "People of the Shacks") during the making of "Dear Mandela". The film follows three courageous young people who live in the vast shantytowns of Durban. Together with their communities, they resist government-led mass evictions from their homes and take their case to the highest court in the land. A strong social movement rooted in the struggles of ordinary poor and working people, combined with creative use of the law, realized an important victory - stopping forced evictions for thousands of people living in shantytowns. The film follows this victory and explores themes of leadership, agency of the poor, democracy and dignity. During the making of the film, both the activists and the lawyers reviewed rough cuts and offered feedback that we incorporated into the final film, making it something they felt they could stand behind as we rolled the film out into the world.

We screened "Dear Mandela" at film festivals and movie theatres in more than 40 countries, on television across Europe and the African continent, and in universities from Stanford University and Harvard in the United States to Wits Law School in South Africa, where it is required viewing on the first day of Property Law. But we knew that the film would have its greatest impact in slums where poor people were being forced out of their homes, either by unjust government policies, corrupt local officials or mega-sporting events like the World Cup or the Olympic Games. And so together with the activists - the young leaders of Abahlali - and the lawyers at the Socio-Economic Rights Institute (also a Bertha Foundation grantee) we designed an ambitious audience engagement campaign centered around "Dear Mandela". We had three goals:

1. Educate young slum residents about their rights regarding eviction, and facilitate the sharing of successful strategies for resisting eviction.

2. Connect slum residents to pro bono lawyers, journalists and international networks of solidarity; connect grassroots leaders regionally and globally, through joint participation in planning the screening tour.

3. Generate sustained press coverage for local grassroots leaders advocating for adequate housing and to end evictions; amplify the voice of marginalized communities.

Over the past 3 years, we conducted strategic screening tours to informal settlements across South Africa, slums in India and , displacement camps in Haiti, and favelas in . We focused on places where evictions were either imminent or had already happened, and where there was already some form of activism taking place. In each country we screened, we partnered with:

We launched the campaign in South Africa with a very special screening at the Constitutional Court, with opening remarks given by the Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke. He said, "I accepted this invitation in order to salute those legal and social activists who, together with Abahlali, have continued to prick our conscience about the plight of many landless and many homeless people of our country."

The strategic screening tours, which were funded by the Ford Foundation and the Sundance Institute as part of the "Dear Mandela" audience engagement campaign, were a way to put activists, lawyers and storytellers into relationship with each other. And they got people into the same room who normally wouldn't come into contact with one another. A highlight of the 3-city screening tour in Nigeria was a screening at the Mokoko Floating School in Lagos. We were able to bring journalists and writers to the Mokoko slum to meet residents and to screen the film. This kind of event is very rare in highly divided Nigerian society. While slum dwellers routinely travel to the city, the elite rarely travel to the slums. "Dear Mandela" was screened on the floating platform of the Makoko Floating School, with our audience members watching from boats. A local newspaper reported:

Friday, October 9, 2015 will forever remain fresh in the minds of slum dwellers of the famous Makoko as their hope of keeping their abodes as against recent moves by government to relocate them got a boost. The inhabitants of the waterfront environment were treated to a special screening of the award winning South African documentary, "Dear Mandela."

After each screening, South African grassroots leaders and Abahlali baseMjondolo members TJ Ngongoma and Nandipha Chala led a rousing discussion with the audience to bring the Nigerian situation into an African, and global, context to inspire young people to become leaders, and to share successful strategies for engaging with local government.

One of our partners, the Center for Constitutional Rights (a Bertha Justice Initiative partner organization), felt that their work both with lawyers and with activists in Haiti had reached an impasse. Mass evictions and internal divisions had taken a toll on grassroots organizations, and many people reported feeling despondent about the possibilities of change. Together, we decided to take "Dear Mandela" to Haiti. We partnered with actors and filmmakers at the Ciné Institute to create a Haitian Creole version of the film. We organized 7 free screenings in and around the displacement camps of Haiti, and with lawyers and activists at the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI, a Bertha Justice Initiative partner organization). Over 2,000 people attended the screening tour. And they continue to screen "Dear Mandela" and to talk about how they can unite their communities in the struggle to resist evictions. After a screening at BAI, Sophony, an activist from the Haitian women's group KOFAVIV, remarked, "What is really inspiring to me as a woman activist is that you use the law in your struggle. [Poor people] don't realize they can use the law in their favor."

For South African communities, we created, with 5 different guides and various versions of the film, and spent a month traveling across South Africa screening the film and conducting targeted workshops with communities who were facing forced evictions or struggling to engage effectively with local government.

The lawyers designed the toolkits, we created special short versions of "Dear Mandela" to screen during workshops, and the activists, led by Abahlali's founding president S'bu Zikode, led afternoon workshops with youth about how to mobilize their communities and strengthen their movements. We called it the "Art of Organizing".

In the past 3 years, we reached, face-to-face, more than 30,000 people on 4 continents (and many times that number with online visibility and press coverage). The feedback from audience members confirmed our belief that this film could be used to educate and inspire. One young person in India said, "'Dear Mandela' inspired me and my community. It taught me that communities should not depend only on one leader, but rather everyone should raise their voices, know their rights and only then can the struggle be strengthened."

We have hundreds of responses like that. We did not ask people to sign petitions; we asked them to enter into relationships with each other beyond the screening, to get to know the law and to demand access to legal strategies while continuing to strengthen the base of their organizations, and to feel empowered and inspired. Making a film puts all those involved - the filmmakers, the participants, those supporting the struggle in myriad ways - into a relationship with each other. And while the journey is unexpected, it's often incredibly rewarding.

Ultimately though, the success of these kinds of endeavors depends on the power of the story, and the craft of the storyteller. As the Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe once said, "It is only the story that saves our progeny from blundering like blind beggars into the spikes of the cactus fence. The story is our escort; without it, we are blind. Does the blind man own his escort? No. Neither do we the story; rather, it is the story that owns us."

Dara Kell, Co-Director of Dear Mandela

Follow Dara on Twitter @darakell and the film @DearMandela

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Dara Kell and Christopher Nizza's award-winning documentary "Dear Mandela" follows three courageous young leaders from the slums of Durban as they resist forced eviction from their homes, and take their case to the country's highest court, the Constitutional Court. The film was supported by Bertha Foundation and was the centerpiece of an innovative 3-year audience [...]

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