Because Twitter moves fast, here’s a permanent link of recommendations.

Note: These links are mainly book and writing focused, because that is the community this blog connects to.

The Basics

• 10 Steps to Non-Optical Allyship (article)
• Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man (video) – Not actually uncomfortable. Questions you might be afraid to ask, answered without judgement.
• Trevor Noah Addresses George Floyd Death, Decries Police ‘Looting Black Bodies’ (Video plus transcript) – The best explanation of the ‘social contract’ and why this is happening now.
• My White Friend Asked Me on Facebook to Explain White Privilege. I Decided to Be Honest (article)
• The Monopoly Comparison (Video) by Kimberly Jones

Non-Fiction Reading:

• “So You Want To Talk About Race” by Ijeomo Oluo
• “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi
• “Hood Feminism: Notes From The Women That The Movement Forgot” by Mikki Kendall
• “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
• “Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge

Reading For Kids:

• 31 Children’s books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
• Anti-Racism For Kids 101: Starting To Talk About Race
• 50 Board Books Featuring Faces of Color – For babies and toddlers

Support Black Writers and Bookshops:

• 23 Phenomenal Young Adult Books By Black Authors From The First Half Of 2020
• 20 YA Books By Black Authors We’re Excited To Read In The Latter Half Of 2020 – PREORDER
• 45 Black Young Adult Novels to add To Your TBR
• A thread of books by Black authors doing incredible work in adult SFF
• A thread of Black Booktubers to follow
• Subscribe to FIYAH Literary Magazine, or check out their book reviews online
• The Brown Bookshelf – Dedicated to Black authors
• The Bookshelf – Alaysia Jordan has a handy tool for hooking you up with books by marginalized writers
• Books Through Bars – Send books to incarcerated folk
• Black Owned Bookshops in the USA

For Writers:

• People of Color in Publishing – Support for publishing professionals of colour.
• We Need Diverse Books (WNDB) – Support for books and writers of colour. Accepting donations.
• Writing the Other – Online classes about how to get diversity right in your stories.
• Carl Brandon Society – Gives scholarships to BIPOC to attend writing workshops, as well gives out a SFF award. Accepting donations.
• The Bronx is Reading Festival – Accepting Donations

More:

• Resources for Race, Equity, Anti-Racism, and Inclusion – A master list of organizations to support, reading lists, bookstores, and educational links. Updated and maintained by WNDB.
• Black Lives Matter Canada – Petitions, donation links. (Canada)
• Anti-Oppression Resources – Resources specific to BC. (Canada)
• 100+ Black Owned Etsy Shops
• Black Owned Businesses and Bloggers in Food

If you have any other links you think I should add, please let me know in the comments or through the contact form. I will keep this list updated.