“Because of the power dynamics in the world, she will grow up seeing images of white beauty, white ability and white achievement, no matter where she is in the world. It will be in the TV shows she watches, in the popular culture she consumes, in the books she reads. She will also probably grow up seeing many negative images of blackness and of Africans. Teach her to take pride in the history of Africans and the black diaspora. Find black heroes, men and women, in history….Teach her about privilege and inequality and the importance of giving dignity to everyone who does not mean her harm” (from Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)

In response to a couple of requests, this #WednesdayRecommendations post shares some of the resources that we’ve found particularly instructive in our continued efforts to educate ourselves to be both better allies, and pro-actively anti-racist. (If you are in Coventry & F13 and would like to borrow one of the books in the pic, please email us)

> TO READ (listed in photo order from the top of the pic):

What is Race? by Claire Heuchan & Nikesh Shukla

Dear Ijeawele by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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

Brit(ish) by Afua Hirsch

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad

The Good Immigrant edited by Nikesh Shukla

Black and British by David Olusoga

> TO LISTEN/WATCH:

Seeing White (Scene On Radio series) hosted by John Biewen

The Colour Green by Julie’s Bicycle, hosted by Baroness Lola Young

About Race Podcast by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Trevor Noah on George Floyd, Amy Cooper & Racism in Society on The Daily Social Distancing Show

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