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So you're a white author, and you want to be anti-racist in your writing. How do you go about it? I sure don't have all the answers, and am no kind of role model, and this is not a comprehensive list. But it's something I think about, and here are some suggestions.
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery: runwithmaud.com
Justice for Sean Reed: change.org/p/mayor-joe-hogsett-justice-for-sean-reed
Black communities account for disproportionate number of COVID-19 deaths: cnn.com/2020/05/05/health/coronavirus-african-americans-study/index.html
"No Discernible Progress" Diversifying Publishing: slj.com/?detailStory=survey-shows-no-progress-diversifying-publishing
"What's my complicity?" Talking White Fragility with Robin DiAngelo: tolerance.org/magazine/summer-2019/whats-my-complicity-talking-white-fragility-with-robin-diangelo
Why we need to stop talking about "The Magical Negro" perception.org/featured/why-we-need-to-stop-talking-about-the-magical-negro
Should the "sassy black friend" have this place in Hollywood? afropunk.com/2012/03/should-the-sassy-black-friend-have-this-place-in-hollywood
Segregation map: America's cities 50 years after the Fair Housing Act washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/segregation-us-cities
So you're a white author, and you want to be anti-racist in your writing. How do you go about it? I sure don't have all the answers, and am no kind of role model, and this is not a comprehensive list. But it's something I think about, and here are some suggestions.
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery: runwithmaud.com
Justice for Sean Reed: change.org/p/mayor-joe-hogsett-justice-for-sean-reed
Black communities account for disproportionate number of COVID-19 deaths: cnn.com/2020/05/05/health/coronavirus-african-americans-study/index.html
"No Discernible Progress" Diversifying Publishing: slj.com/?detailStory=survey-shows-no-progress-diversifying-publishing
"What's my complicity?" Talking White Fragility with Robin DiAngelo: tolerance.org/magazine/summer-2019/whats-my-complicity-talking-white-fragility-with-robin-diangelo
Why we need to stop talking about "The Magical Negro" perception.org/featured/why-we-need-to-stop-talking-about-the-magical-negro
Should the "sassy black friend" have this place in Hollywood? afropunk.com/2012/03/should-the-sassy-black-friend-have-this-place-in-hollywood
Segregation map: America's cities 50 years after the Fair Housing Act washingtonpost.com/graphics/2018/national/segregation-us-cities
