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LEARN
Links to resources recommended by North Carolina Football Club staff and supporters.
Books
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson
- White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin DiAngelo
- How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
- The End of Policing by Alex S. Vitale
- Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
Documentaries, Films, and Podcasts
- Just Mercy
- 13th
- The Central Park Five
- The Hard Shop
- St. Louis Superman
- Unarmed Black Male
- I am not your Negro
- Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise
- 1619 Podcast
- Throughline Podcast
- Intersectionality Matters Podcast
- Floodlines Podcast
VOTE
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| “I grew up as a mixed girl in America. Half white and half black. I will never have the same experiences that darker skinned black people have in this country, and that’s where I am privileged. I was always taught that melanin in any shade was gorgeous, and I hope for a day when we can all see the beauty in each other’s race and ethnicity. It breaks my heart that my black nephews have to grow up in a world where people think they are cute and beautiful until they are around 12 years old. Then they become a threat… This is not just a black people problem; this is an everyone problem. I ask everyone to listen, learn, reflect, and educate yourself on the systematic oppression of black people in this country. To my black community, I will never tell anyone how to grieve, mourn, or release their anger. As black people it’s not our duty to educate *ALL* white people or other non-black people about what it’s like to be black in America. I also recognize that the black community has allies of different ethnicities who have made systemic black oppression in America their problem too. For those allies who are willing to learn and listen, as a black community lets help them, help by sending links and resources and asking those allies to also circulate those educational resources. To anyone who wants to have a discussion on my black experience, I never shy away from uncomfortable experience, I never shy away from uncomfortable conversations; in fact, I welcome it. Education about injustice and the willingness to sit down with others at the same table is going to be the only way we as a society can understand each other. The goal is not to say, “I don’t see color”. The goal is for everyone to say, “I see you,” “I accept you,” and “Your melanin is beautiful”.– Lynn Williams, NC Courage |
