In Part 2 of a two part conversation Sofie talks to Your Fat Friend about whiteness. It’s an uncomfortable and flawed conversation because it’s two white people talking about whiteness but, in the face of global systemic white supremacy and police violence, it seems an important conversation to have. 

Trigger warning – coronavirus, murder, violence, racism, white supremacy   

Things to do

75 things white people can do for racial justice: https://link.medium.com/s9Q4MiZuX6

Places to give

An up-to-date list of all the bailout funds in the US (to pay bail & get protestors out of jail) https://docs.google.com/document/u/0/d/1X4-YS3vFn5CLL9QtJSU0xqmTh_h8XilXgOqGAjZISBI

Black Visions Collective https://www.blackvisionsmn.org

Reclaim the Block https://www.reclaimtheblock.org/home

US Black folks to follow & pay for your education

@sonyareneetaylor

@IjeomaOluo

@laylafsaad 

@rachel.cargle

@thoughtyorganizer

@taranajaneen

@migrantscribble

@SandyLocks

UK US Black folks to follow & pay for your education

‪@MsLadyPhyll

@kelechnekoff 

@KGuilaine 

‪@YrsaDaleyWard ‬

@kehinde_andrews 

@ukblm 

@lolaolufemi_ 

‪@galdemzine ‬

@renireni ‬

Books to Read

"So You Want to Talk About Race" by Ijeoma Oluo

"Are Prisons Obsolete?" by Angela Davis

"White Fragility" by Robin diAngelo

"Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia" by Sabrina Strings

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

“Why Race Still Matters” bu Alana Lentin 

“Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire - Akala

Podcasts

Seeing White from Scene On Radio

Busy Being Black 

Say Your Mind

Surviving Society

About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge

Intersectionality Matters with Kimberle Crenshaw

The 13th: https://www.netflix.com/gb/title/80091741

Artwork by Justine McNichol

Jingle by Harriet Braine

Produced by Dave Pickering

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