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title: Racism and Taking Action
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- racism
- activism
- news
- #blackouttuesday
date: '2020-06-02'
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The murder of George Floyd has sparked outrage across America and the rest of
the world, and rightly so. The death of so many members of the black community
at the hands of the US police is horrifying and utterly heartbreaking.

That this has happened against the backdrop of a global pandemic just makes
things worse.

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I want to do more than just talk about my outrage on social media. I plan to
learn as much as I can about racism and how to combat it. My friend and
colleague [Sam](https://samkapila.com) posted a long list of books in an
Instagram story. I'm reproducing that list here and I'm going to be reading as
many of them as I can to educate myself do my bit to support the black
community.

* [How To Be An Antiracist](https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1)
  by Ibram X. Kendi
* [So You Want to Talk About Race](https://www.sealpress.com/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781580056779/)
  by Ijeoma Oluo
* [Me and White Supremacy](http://laylafsaad.com/meandwhitesupremacy)
  by Layla F. Saad
* [Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower](https://read.macmillan.com/lp/eloquent-rage/)
  by Brittney Cooper
* [Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race](http://renieddolodge.co.uk/books/)
  by Reni Eddo-Lodge
* [I'm Still Here: Black dignity in a world made for whiteness](http://austinchanning.com/the-book)
  by Austin Channing Brown
* [We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation](https://jeffchang.net/projects/we-gon-be-alright)
  by Jeff Chang
* [White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism](https://robindiangelo.com/publications/)
  by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

[More resources about racism](http://bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES).