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Many people feel angry right now (and long, long before), many helpless. In an effort to educate ourselves and each other, we went in search of something to help us make sense of this world we are living in and lead us on the path to being better allies. We heard your recommendations on social, talked to our friends and each other, and here are some places to start. We’ll be taking this time to read, follow and hear them ourselves. In sharing, we hope it helps you too...
Who can we follow?
@privtoprog
From Privilege to Progress. The Instagram account of the #showup movement, “Desegregating the race convo since ’18 when our #starbucks video woke ppl up.”
@blklivesmatter
Official IG for the #BlackLivesMatter Global Network. BLM is a call to action & response to anti-Black racism. Note, the BLM hashtag is used to share essential information on protests.
@alnf_
The Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation (ALNF) believes all Australians have the right to literacy.
@_enterthedragon
Indigenous Australian activist Aretha Brown’s account. Youth activist, artist, and the former Prime Minister of the National Indigenous Youth Parliament. Watch her enlightening YouTube channel.
@blackfulla_bookclub
An initiative by @teelareid & @min_dutton, Blackfulla Book Club shines light on First Nations writers and storytellers.
@Marlee.silva
Founder of @Tiddas4tiddas, author of My Tidda, My Sister and host of @alwaysyourstories.
@commongroundaustralia
First Nations-led not for profit, sharing First Nations cultures, histories and lived experiences.
What can we read?
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Published in 1963 amid the emerging civil rights movement, The Fire Next Time is in the form of two essays, exploring racial injustice as well as religion.
Talking To My Country by Stan Grant
A personal meditation on race, culture, and identity. When Stan Grant was born in 1963, Australia’s national census classed his family as flora and fauna.
Australia Day by Stan Grant
Grant looks at who Australia is as a country and Indigenous people’s struggle to belong. Watch his speeches too.
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
A novel chronicling the lives of a poor black family in 1940s Ohio. Pecola Breedlove prays every day for a ‘beauty’ that doesn’t look like hers...
Why I Am No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo Lodge
Looking insidious prejudice and at the role that race plays in modern Britain.
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Written by a civil rights litigator and legal scholar, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness looks at society’s latest means of control.
For Kids
Saved!!! by Lydia Grace Yilkari Williams
A joyous picture book by the goalkeeper for the Matildas.
My People by Eddie Betts
Join Eddie and his ‘kindness crew' as they immerse themselves in Aboriginal culture.
My Country by Ezekiel Kwaymullina & Sally Morgan
Celebrating the joys of nature and written by a mum and son duo.
Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia by Anita Heiss
An anthology of childhood stories of family, country and belonging.
Let It Shine: Stories of Black Women Freedom Fighters by Andrea Davis Pinkney
Tells the stories of ten African-American freedom fighters throughout history.
Separate is Never Equal: Sylvia Mendez & Her Family’s Fight for Desegregation by Duncan Tonatiuh
A family’s legal battle to desegregate California schools.
Young Water Protectors: A Story About Standing Rock by Aslan and Kelly Tudor
Chronicles Aslan Tudor's experience as an eight-year-old at the camp.
The Day You Begin by Jacqueline Woodson
On finding courage to connect, even when you feel scared and alone.
Something Happened in Our Town by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard
One black and one white family discuss a police shooting of a black man in their community.
Schomburg: The Man Who Built a Library by Carole Boston Weatherford
Tracking Arturo Schomburg’s quest to correct history.
When We Were Alone by David A. Robertson
A girl begins to notice differences about her grandmother that make her curious. Why does she speak another language?
That’s Not Fair! Emma Tenayuca’s Struggle for Justice by Carmen Tafolla and Sharyll Tenayuca
The true story of Emma Tenayuca, a Mexican-American girl in San Antonio in the 1920s.
Follow @theiconicau to recommend more.
