Black Lives Matter Part 3 - Educate yourselves

I’ll put five for each way in which you can educate yourselves, there are countless other options so please look out for them and use your voice if you know of more.

THROUGH FILMS/SHOWS

13th; a film that explores the history of racial inequality in the US. Mainly looking at how the nation’s prisons are filled with African-Americans.
When They See Us; a miniseries based on a true story that focuses on 5 teenages who were falsely accused of a brutal attack that took place in Central Park.
Just Mercy; based on the life of Walker McMillian and how he appeals his murder conviction alongside Bryan Stevenson.
The Skin We’re In (CBC Docs POV Season 2 Episode 15); Desmond Cole looks into the meaning of being black in 21st Century Canada
Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap; helps to understand the concept of white privilege

THROUGH BOOKS

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo; Addresses issues such as privilege, police brutality, intersectionality, micro-aggressions, BLM Movement and the ‘N’ word. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=so+you+want+to+talk+about+race&crid=NU53RF7P9QTL&sprefix=so+you+wan%2Caps%2C151&ref=nb_sb_ss_i_1_10)
How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi; helps us recognise that everyone is, at times, complicit in racism whether they realise it or not. His own journey from racism to antiracist, shows us how instead to be a force for good. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Be-Antiracist-Ibram-Kendi/dp/152911182X/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1591184128&sr=8-1)
The Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherrie Moraga; through personal essays, criticism, interviews, testimonials, poetry, and visual art, the collection explores complex confluence of identities—race, class, gender, and sexuality—systemic to women of color oppression and liberation. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/This-Bridge-Called-Back-Fourth/dp/1438454384/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FK80R3AZGEBT&dchild=1&keywords=the+bridge+called+my+back&qid=1591184164&sprefix=the+bridge+called%2Caps%2C146&sr=8-1)
Me and White Supremacy: How to Recognise Your Privilege, Combat Racism and Change the World by Layla F Saad; leads readers through a journey of understanding their white privilege and participation in white supremacy, so that they can stop inflicting damage on black, indigenous and people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Me-White-Supremacy-Recognise-Privilege/dp/1529405106/ref=sr_1_5?crid=2LATVWEAVT4XO&dchild=1&keywords=white+fragility&qid=1591184205&sprefix=white+fagi%2Caps%2C151&sr=8-5)
They Can’t Kill Us All by Wesley Lowery; brings alive the quest for justice in the deaths of Michael Brown, Tamir Rice, and Freddie Gray, offering both unparalleled insight into the reality of police violence in America and an intimate, moving portrait of those working to end it. (https://www.amazon.co.uk/They-Cant-Kill-Us-All/dp/0316312495/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=they+can+kill+us+all&qid=1591184322&sr=8-2)