I just want to preface this entire post with the fact that there ARE affiliate links. 100% of the commission from these purchases will go to 1 or more (depending on how much is sold) to the organizations accepting donations mentioned in this post. I stand with you.
BOOKS
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race
- White Fragility
- Queenie
- Small Great Things
- It’s Not about The Burqa
- Me and White Supremacy
- Between the World and Me
- Heavy : An American Memoir
- The Colour Purple
- Their Eyes Were Watching God
For kids . .
WATCH
- 13th- documentary – Netflix
- American Son – Netflix
- When They See Us – Netflix
- LA 92- Netflix
- I am Not Your Negro- Netflix
- Fruitvale Station- Netflix
- Just Mercy – Amazon Prime
- 12 Years a Slave – Netflix
- Strong Island- Netflix
- Blindspotting- Amazon Prime
- Brian Banks- Netflix
- Dear White People- Netflix
PODCASTS
- About Race
- Diversity Gap
- 1619
- Code Switch
- POD Save the People
- What Matters
- You’re Pretty For A . . .
- The Intelligence
INFLUENCERS
- @tarynnewyton
- @goodtomitcha
- @yourpaljordyn
- @cristalaisha
- @chelseaolivia13
- @styledbylynnai
- @justaspoonfulofmeg
DONATE
- George Floyd Memorial Fund
- Minnesota Freedom Fund
- Black Visions Collective
- Reclaim the Block
- Campaign Zero
- Unicorn Riot
- The Bail Project
- Black Lives Matter
- The Love Foundation
USING MY PRIVILEGE TO HELP
Donate your money towards organizations that help these communities and tell your white friends so they can be apart of it too.
Organizations like Black Lives Matter, the NAACP, Color of Change, Dream Defenders. Subscribe to their email list to see how you can get involved/help.
Donate your money towards @rachel.cargle’s non-profit that provides mental health care access for black women and girls: https://www.thelovelandfoundation.org
Speak to your W H I T E friends and family, children etc. (not POC) and have conversations with them about what’s happening, how you can help/prevent things like this in the future.
Read and educate yourself. Here’s a place you read more: https://instagram.com/rachel.cargle-I will add and save things to my #blm highlight as I find them.
Support black owned businesses- now more than ever. Local Knoxville ones here.