Short reads

On this subject

Appiah KA (2020). ‘The case for capitalizing the B in Black’. The Atlantic, 18 June 2020. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/06/time-to-capitalize-blackand-white/613159

Black and white are both historically created racial identities.  Whatever rule applies to one should apply to the other. [Introduction]

Harper, MC (2020). 10 steps to non-optical allyship. Twitter, 29 May 2020. https://twitter.com/mireillecharper/status/1266335563197501440

This Twitter thread is aimed at people who want to develop their allyship into action. 

Koram, K (2020). ‘Systemic racism and police brutality are British problems too’. The Guardian, 4 June 2020. https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/04/systemic-racism-police-brutality-british-problems-black-lives-matter

Those who argue that Black Lives Matter protesters are jumping on an American bandwagon wilfully miss the point. [Introduction]

Lewis JC (2020). Becoming anti-racist. Twitter, 10 June 2020. https://twitter.com/JennyCLewis/status/1270807717184184322/photo/1

Diagram outlining a model conceptualising three stages of becoming an anti-racist: the fear zone; learning zone and growth zone.

O’Dowd, MF (2020). ‘Explainer: what is systemic racism and institutional racism?’ The Conversation, 5 February 2020. https://theconversation.com/explainer-what-is-systemic-racism-and-institutional-racism-131152

Not sure what the distinction between systemic and institutional racism is? The two concepts are related but distinct. This short article explains both terms.

Sandhu, R (2018). ‘Should BAME be ditched as a term for black, Asian and minority ethnic people?’ BBC News, 17 May 2018. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43831279

It’s a term often used by politicians, officials and the media – including the BBC – but does anyone in real life ever refer to themselves as BME (black and minority ethnic) or BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic)? [Introduction]