the book club that I do with couple internet friends is looking to grow our small group ๐ we rotate who picks the book (tends to be non-fic) and casually chat about it on weekly basis. if anyone here is interested shoot me a dm!
Iโve been getting a lot of questions from my non-Black friends about how to be a better ally to Black people. I suggest unlearning and relearning through literature as just one good jumping off point, and have broken up my anti-racist reading list into sections:
On this day in 1921, The Tulsa Race Massacre happened in the affluent black community of Greenwood in Tulsa known as the Black Wall Street.
White supremacists killed more than 300 African Americans. They looted and burned to ground black homes and businesses.
I see a lot of people struggling with this. Here's the shortest version I can manage.
When discussing what the problems are and how they manifest, defer to those impacted.
When it's time to demand change and push the powers that be to act. That's when you use your voice.