The High Low

Anti-Racism Resources & An Author Special with Candice Brathwaite

06.02.2020 - By Pandora Sykes and Dolly AldertonPlay

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This week’s episode is focused on the resources we can access to educate ourselves on racism. These lists are not exhaustive but may provide a starting point. We also interview the creator of Make Motherhood Diverse, Candice Brathwaite, about her searing new book I Am Not Your Baby Mother.   [email protected]    Non-Fiction Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge I Am Not Your Baby Mother by Candice Brathwaite White Fragility by Robin Diangelo Between The World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot How To Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi The Good Immigrant compiled by Nikesh Shukla The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander Women Race and Class by Angela Davis White Rage by Carol Anderson Brit-ish by Afua Hirsch    My Name Is Why by Lemn Sissay  Slay In Your Lane by Elizabeth Uviebinené & Yomi Adegoke A Burst of Light by Audre Lorde Don’t Touch My Hair by Emma Dabiri  Taking Up Space: The Black Girls Manifesto For Change by Chelsea Kwakye & Ore Ogunbiyi  Me and White Supremacy by Layla F Saad  Hood Feminism by Mikki Kendall Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala Aint I a Woman: Black Women & Feminism by bell hooks  Why You Need To Stop Saying “All Lives Matter” by Rachel Elizabeth Cargle for Harper’s Bazaar https://bit.ly/3gG8rgq Ibram X. Kendi’s reading list for The New York Times https://nyti.ms/3gKL8lH   Fiction Beloved by Toni Morrison  The Colour Purple by Alice Walker  An American Marriage by Tayari Jones  Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie Such A Fun Age by Kiley Reid Ordinary People by Diana Evans  The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett The Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams  To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee  On Beauty and White Teeth by Zadie Smith  Girl, Woman, Other by Bernadine Evaristo The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Citizen: An American Life by Claudia Rankine   Social media @theconsciouskid @taranaburke @galdemzine @tamikadmallory  @privtoprog  @blklivesmatter   Donate George Floyd’s Memorial Fund  Black Lives Matter Black Protest Legal Support UK Liberty Stop Hate UK The Stephen Lawrence Trust  The Innocence Project  Show Racism The Red Card  Black Visions Collective   Mentorship Routes Girls Out Loud Fluid   Kids resources diversebooks.org Raising White Kids by Jennifer Harvey  All Are Welcome by Alexandra Penfold Brad Meltzer’s Ordinary People Can Change The World series on Rosa Parks & Harriet Tubman  A Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keats   Other links Petition to update GCSE reading list https://bit.ly/2U6foOl 1619 podcast by The NY Times Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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