Deep-rooted anti-blackness has oppressed the black voice and community for 400 years. We’ve compiled a list of resources, accounts, media to help you establish and grow an understanding of the issues that continue to plague our society and destroy black lives, and also celebrate black culture. #EDGE4ALL
Our goal is to create the foundation for our members and the Sacramento region in an ongoing, active focus on inclusion and belonging. One way to ensure the “ongoing” is to incorporate diverse perspectives into your daily life and idea intake. Most of the education we received as children and most of the media we consume as adults was developed for a white audience which intentionally and harmfully erased events and perspectives that molded the African-American/Black experience today. We’ve compiled a list of content and accounts we enjoy following that begin to scratch the surface of what’s been buried, and celebrate African-American/Black culture and history.
Instagram:
Websites/Newsletters
New York Times and their Newsletter
African American Museum of History and Culture
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/unbothered
Fortune’s RaceAhead Newsletter: https://fortune.com/tag/raceahead/
Netflix:
13th
They’ve Gotta Have Us
When They See Us
She Did That
Not Netflix but EPIC: Watchmen on HBO
Articles, videos, misc.:
TED Talk: How to Deconstruct Racism One Headline at a Time (15 minute watch)
NYT Almost Famous: I was poised to be the first black astronaut, I never made it to space
Black Culture and Identity Emergence in the 60s and 70s
Podcasts:
The Read (pop culture)
Episode: Adultish—codeswitching
The Nod (Podcast just ended but the episodes are informative!)
Twitter (you don’t need an account to view tweets, but to follow them, you do):
https://twitter.com/alexisgoldstein
Facebook:
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