Dismantling Racism: What to Read

We’re reflecting how our organisation as a union needs to continue to turn awareness into action, and we’ve also pledged to share the resources we’re gathering along our journey with members.

Below, we’ve listed some articles and books that white members may find useful to read while pursuing their own anti-racism work. This list is by no means exhaustive, but it may give a few good starting points.

Moving forward we’ll also be sharing petitions that you can sign, online protests that you can attend, and both online and offline resources that you can use to educate yourself on anti-racism.

We also remind members who are involved in any of the marches and peaceful protests to stay safe and follow social distancing guidelines.

Online articles

What to do if you can’t protest on the streets for Black Lives Matter - Galdem 

What should we do with videos of police brutality? - Galdem 

We Need To Rethink Our “Pics Or It Didn’t Happen” Approach To Activism - Vogue 

10 Children's Books About Racism And Activism To Help Parents Educate Their Kids 

Free ebook : The End of Policing - Verso 

A Time Line of Events that led to the 2020 uprising – The Root 

How to Safely and Ethically Film Police Misconduct – Teen Vogue

Looter to who? James Baldwin on Racism in America  - Long Reads

Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921, Explained – Teen Vogue

How Joy Gardner’s 1993 death reflects the worst parts of the Tories hostile immigration policy – Gal Dem

Books

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People about Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

BRIT(ish) by Afua Hirsch

The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla
Black and British by David Olusoga

Black British Feminism: A Reader (Warwick Studies in European) by Heidi Safia Mirza

Young, Female and Black by Heidi Safia Mirza

Natives by Akala

Here’s a useful list of resources for white people and parents to deepen their anti-racism work, anda further list of resources from shesaid.so