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title: Racism and Taking Action
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layout: post
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categories:
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- racism
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- activism
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- news
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- #blackouttuesday
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date: '2020-06-02'
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image: blackout.png
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---
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<figure>
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{{< img src="blackout.png" alt="" caption="" >}}
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<figcaption>#blackouttuesday</figcaption>
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</figure>
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The murder of George Floyd has sparked outrage across America and the rest of
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the world, and rightly so. The death of so many members of the black community
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at the hands of the US police is horrifying and utterly heartbreaking.
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That this has happened against the backdrop of a global pandemic just makes
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things worse.
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I want to do more than just talk about my outrage on social media. I plan to
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learn as much as I can about racism and how to combat it. My friend and
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colleague [Sam](https://samkapila.com) posted a long list of books in an
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Instagram story. I'm reproducing that list here and I'm going to be reading as
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many of them as I can to educate myself do my bit to support the black
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community.
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* [How To Be An Antiracist](https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist-1)
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by Ibram X. Kendi
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* [So You Want to Talk About Race](https://www.sealpress.com/titles/ijeoma-oluo/so-you-want-to-talk-about-race/9781580056779/)
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by Ijeoma Oluo
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* [Me and White Supremacy](http://laylafsaad.com/meandwhitesupremacy)
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by Layla F. Saad
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* [Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower](https://read.macmillan.com/lp/eloquent-rage/)
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by Brittney Cooper
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* [Why I’m no longer talking to white people about race](http://renieddolodge.co.uk/books/)
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by Reni Eddo-Lodge
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* [I'm Still Here: Black dignity in a world made for whiteness](http://austinchanning.com/the-book)
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by Austin Channing Brown
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* [We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation](https://jeffchang.net/projects/we-gon-be-alright)
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by Jeff Chang
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* [White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism](https://robindiangelo.com/publications/)
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by Robin DiAngelo, PhD
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[More resources about racism](http://bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES).
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