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June 19, 2020
Black Lives Matter Resource Center
Here are some resources for everyone which include a number of local and national information, as well as Italian content for anyone interested. We will continue updating as we try to be and do better. Please feel free to reach out, inform us, and/or share others we might have missed. We're in this together.
Watch: Video Clips
- A debate between James Baldwin and William Buckley (59 min)
- How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi (Interview)
- George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper by Trevor Noah (short vid)
- HBO’s Watchmen x The Atlantic: The Massacre of Black Wall Street
Watch: TedTalks
- Get comfortable with being uncomfortable by Luvvie Ajay
- We need to talk about an injustice by Bryan Stevenson
- How to deconstruct racism, one headline at a time by Baratunde Thurston
Watch: Documentaries + Films
- 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
- American Son (Kenny Leon) — Netflix
- Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975 — Available to rent
- Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada) — Hulu with Cinemax or available to rent
- Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu) — Available to rent
- Dear White People (Justin Simien) — Netflix
- Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent
- I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Available to rent or on Kanopy
- If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins) — Hulu
- Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
- King In The Wilderness — HBO
- See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol) — Netflix
- Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Available to rent for free in June in the U.S.
- The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Available to rent
- The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.) — Available to rent for free
- When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix
Watch: Italian Cinema
- Lamerica by Gianni Amelio (1994)
- Quando sei nato non puoi più nasconderti (Once You're Born You Can No Longer Hide) by Marto Tullio Giordana (2005)
- Nuovomondo (Golden Door) by Emanuele Crialese (2006)
- Alì ha gli occhi azzurri (Ali Blue Eyes) by Claudio Giovannesi (2012)
- L’ordine delle cose (The Order of Things) by Andrea Segre (2017)
Donate: Organizations & Campaigns
Local
- San Diego Black LGBTQ Coalition
- San Diego Black Nurses Association
- San Diego NAACP
- Central San Diego Black Chamber of Commerce Foundation
- SD BLM
- March for Black Womxn San Diego
- San Diego Community Fund
Nationwide
- Color of Change
- The Loveland Foundation
- My Block, My Hood, My City
- Know Your Rights Camp
- The Marsha P. Johnson Institute
- Equal Justice Initiative
- The Bail Project
- List of Bail Funds Across the Country
Read: Articles
- 1619 Project from NY Times
- How to Make this Moment the Turning Point for Real Change - by Barack Obama
- White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack by Peggy McIntosh
- White Fragility, A conversation with Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels by Rachel Cargle
- White people have no culture by Lorena Wallace
Read: Books
- List of Black-owned bookstores nationwide
- Guide: Baratunde’s World Saving Books from Baratunde Thurston
- A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters a book list by decade compiled by Ibram X. Kendi
- Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- The Inner Work of Racial Justice by Rhonda V. Magee
- Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
- Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
- Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Beverley Daniel Tatum
- The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
- Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire
- Mindful of Race by Ruth King
- White Fragility by Robin Diangelo
Listen: Podcasts
- The 1619 Project Podcast
- Revolution Playlist of speeches and lectures compiled by Rachel Cargle
- The Mind of the Village from The Hidden Brain
- NPR Code Switch: “A Decade of Watching Black People Die”
- Google Brand Studio & Equal Justice Initiative: “Lynching in America: Confronting the Legacy of Racial Terror” - Webby Winner
- Pod Save America: “Justice for George Floyd”
- Podcasts in Color resource for audio stories by black and brown podcasters
- On Being podcast interview with Resmaa Menakem
- Crooked Media: What a Day
- 1619 (New York Times)
- About Race
- Code Switch (NPR)
- Intersectionality Matters! hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw
- Pod Save the People (Crooked Media)
- On Being: Interview with Resmaa Menakem
- What A Day (Crooked Media)
Follow: Black Leaders
Follow: Organizations
- Antiracism Center: Twitter
- Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram
- The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
- Facing History and Ourselves
- Teaching Tolerance
- National Equity Project
Resources: More compiled guides
- Extensive list of anti-racism resources
- Anti-racist allyship starter pack, with a lot of resources for anyone just starting
- A Guide to Allyship, another great Google Doc with resources
- Mental Health Issues Facing the Black Community, Sunshine Behavioral Health