RACIAL JUSTICE WRITING, THINKING AND RESOURCES

BLAK AUSTRALIAN AND TURTLE ISLAND/AMERICAN CONTEXTS

NOTE: THIS IS BEING UPDATED REGULARLY.
NOTE: BUY LOCAL AND/OR BLACK OWNED. If you’re on Turtle Island/USA, use the website www.bookshop.org to support local bookstores or buy second-hand, this list for 10 Black online bookstores, or check this list for Black-owned bookstores.

I wrote this blog of resources with direct links to each book or resource to support you, me, us to do the work to unlearn/learn beliefs for racial justice and keep us accountable and not endorse violence. Prioritise and centre your commitment and unlearning, and remember that many of us are supporting and perpetuating violent structures and institutions and that the work isn’t done.

This list and sections are not exhaustive. It’s a compilation of some resources I’ve engaged with, and some I am yet to read. It is ever-evolving, but I wanted to share while it’s half-done as it’s more important to share the information than to be “ready”. So I will still be adding the links, sections, and more resources over this week and in the future. If you have the energy and capacity, please email me or message me about what could be added or changed through my webpage ‘Connect’.

Many of these resources have been gathered from the courses, trainings, online education, and suggestions of Indigenous and/or Black folks. Thank you to all of them for their devotion and capacity to ongoing labour and education.

RACE, SEXUALITY, SOMATICS AND GENDER RESOURCES: (if you are, or want to be a “sex positive professional” then this the section is essential engaging)
Looking to add Indigenous Turtle Island resources. If you know of any, please contact me.

• ‘My Grandmother’s Hands’ by Resmaa Mekanem

• ‘Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present’ by Harriet A. Washington

• ‘Medical Bondage: Race, Gender, and the Origins of American Gynecology’ by Deirdre Cooper Owens

• Racial Justice 101 and 202, and Gender 101 by Ericka Hart

• ‘Redefining Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More’ by Janet Mock

• ‘Hoodrat to Headwrap: A Decolonized Podcast’ by Erika Hart and Ebony Donnley

• Decolonizing Therapy work from Dr Jennifer Mulan

• ‘Pleasure Activism: The Politics of Feeling Good’ by adrienne maree brown

• ‘The Way of Tenderness: Awakening Through Race, Sexuality, and Gender’ by Zenju Earthlyn Manuel - highly recommended by a fellow trauma informed somatic colleague for situating trauma and spiritual healing in cultural and social contexts.

• ‘Irresistible’ podcast (formerly known as Healing Justice Podcast). Read CEO Kate Werning’s resignation letter.

• ‘Bad Feminist’, ‘An Untamed State’, ‘Hunger’ and ‘Difficult Woman’ by Roxane Gay

• ‘Race, Gender and Gynecological History in America webinar course’ led by Dr. Deidre Copper Owens

• The Aboriginal Sexual Health podcast (@theashpodcast on Instagram) - an Australian focus

• ‘Killing the Black Body and Reproduction Justice: An Introduction’ by Dorothy E. Roberts

• ‘The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century’ by Grace Lee Boggs

• ‘Trauma Queen’ podcast by Jimanekia Eborn

• ‘Here To Slay’ podcast by Roxanna Gay and Tressie McMillan Cottom

GENERAL ANTI-RACISM AND BLACK LIBERATION RESOURCES:

COURSES, HANDBOOKS, AND RESOURCES:

• Resources for accountability and action for black lives

• #DoTheWork free 30 day course by Rachel Cargle (link goes straight to email sign up. Don’t hesitate, do it)

• ‘Unpack Your Privilege’ course by Sharyna Holmes (Australian based)

• Dismantling Racism handbook

• 75 things white people can do (an American focused list)

• Anti-racist resources for white people (a long and thorough list of all types of media)

• Blackagendareport.com (news, commentary, and analysis from the Black left)

• White Ally Toolkit

• Recommended POC reading list by Rachel Cargle (with over 800 books and suggestions)

• Black-Owned businesses list

PODCASTS AND FILMS:

• The Heart Radio: Race Traitors series

• ‘1619’ podcast by New York Times about the history of slavery in The United States

• 13th (film/documentary on Netflix about the 13th amendment and modern day slavery of Black people through the industrial prison complex)

• Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 documentary about the Black Power movement - available on YouTube and to rent

FOR YOUNG PEOPLE:

• Follow @theconsciouskid for recommendations

• Resources for talking about race, racism, and racialized violence with kids

• A racism presentation about the American and Australian context for grade 7-10ish by Lilli Morgan

• Resources for parents and teachers by dRworks

• 21 anti-racism videos to share with kids

AUSTRALIAN ANTI-RACISM AND BLACK LIBERATION WORKS:

• ‘Indigenous issues can be daunting - here are 10 positive ways to engage’ by Triple J Hack

• ‘Indigenous rights organisations in Australia’ by Justice Action

• ’Sand Talk: How Indigenous thinking can save the world’ by Tyson Yunkaporta

• ‘The Tall Man’ by Chloe Hooper (non-Indigenous author but an essential read about Aboriginal deaths in custody)

• Speeches and papers by Gary Foley

• ‘Dark Emu: Black Seeds: Agriculture or Accident’ and ‘Salt’ (stories and essays) by Bruce Pascoe

• ‘Decolonising Solidarity: dilemmas and directions for supporters of indigenous struggles’ by Clare Land (non-Indigenous author)

• ‘Why Warriors Lie Down and Die: Towards an Understanding of why the Aboriginal People of Arnhem Land Face the Greatest Crisis in Health and Education Since European Contact’ by Djambatj Mala

• ‘The Colonial Fantasy: Why White Australia Can't Solve Black Problems’ by Sarah Maddison

• ‘Songspirals: Sharing women's wisdom of Country through songlines’ by Gay'wu Group of Women

• Trauma Trails: Recreating Song Lines by Judy Atkinson

• First Australians TV series on SBS On Demand

• Mabo: Live Of An Islander Man here documentary

AUSTRALIAN BLACK AND/OR INDIGENOUS WORKS: please please make suggestions for this suggestions. I want this collection to be large, a lifetime’s work of work to do.

• ‘Black Opium’ an anthology of poetry from indigenous writers

• ‘Blakwork’ by Allison Whittaker

• ‘The White Girl’, ‘Ghost River’ and ‘Blood’ and many other books by Tony Birch (also a climate and indigenous activist)

• ‘Throat’ (poetry) and ‘Heat and Light’ (novel) by Ellen Van Neerven (young Munanjali Indigenous queer poet and writer)

• ‘Don’t Take Your Love To Town’ by Ruby Langford Ginibi

• ‘Growing up Aboriginal in Australia’ and ‘Am I Black Enough for You?’ by Anita Heiss

• ‘Racism and Resistance Among the Filipino Diaspora: Everyday Anti-racism in Australia’ by Kristine Aquino

• The whole collection of poetry from 1960s to 1990s by Oodgeroo Noonucal (formerly known as Kath Walker)

• ‘Talkin’ up to the White Woman: Aboriginal Women and Feminism’ and ‘The White Possessive Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty’ by Dr Aileen Moreton-Robinson (Indigenous women and feminism)

• Tara June Winch (anyone have suggestions of which books?)

• Truganini: Journey Through the Apocolypse  by Cassandra Pybus

• Terra Nullius by Claire Coleman

• Pretty For An Aboriginal podcast by Nakkiah Lu and Miranda Tapsell