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Screenshot of the Guardian article showing a photo of a BLM protest with a black fist raised

We shouldn’t generalise about ‘racism’. This movement is about fighting anti-black racism

Examines the danger of decentring black experience in the Black Lives Matter movement to a more general 'anti-racist' movement.

'Anti-black racism is historically one of the most lethal racism there is. No one has to inherit the combined traumatic history of colonialism, slavery and racial exclusion the way black people do. The mere weight of this history has a racialising and chattering effect on those who carry it that is hard for any of us, including other racialised people, to comprehend.'

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  • 5.51 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Ghassan Hage, The Guardian

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Screenshot of the Time article showing a photo of Layla F Saad

What the Author of Me and White Supremacy Wants You to Know About Anti-Racism Work

Interview with the British author Layla F Saad about her 2020 bestseller and her viral Instagram 28-day journalling challenge #meandwhitesupremacy challenging white people to learn about their complicity in white supremacy.

'The act of journaling alongside it really requires you to look only at yourself and to take self responsibility for the ways that you have had racist thoughts, have racist beliefs, done racist things, even when you weren’t meaning to.'

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  • 10.3 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Suyin Haynes, Time Magazine

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White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Influential article identifying ways racism benefits white people each day, with a checklist of 50 items, for example:

'I can be pretty sure that if I ask to talk to the "person in charge", I will be facing a person of my race'

'If a traffic cop pulls me over or if the IRS audits my tax return, I can be sure I haven't been singled out because of my race.'

'I can easily buy posters, post-cards, picture books, greeting cards, dolls, toys and children's magazines featuring people of my race.'

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  • 17 minute
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  • Published: 1988
    Country: USA

  • Author: Peggy McIntosh