"History will have to record that the greatest tragedy of this period of social transition was not the strident clamor of the bad people, but the appalling silence of the good people."
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
Antiracism & Business
The resources on this page are offered so we may all work to create a culture and society that stands united against racist acts, racist attitudes and racist policies.
Featured Resources
Videos
“When we identify where our privilege intersects with somebody else's oppression, we'll find our opportunities to make real change.”
- Ijeoma Oluo
Books
How to be an Anti-Racist
by Ibram X. Kendi
The Fire Next Time
by James Baldwin
My Grandmother's Hands
by
So you want to talk about race
by Ijeoma Oluo
Me and White Supremacy
by Layla F. Saad
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome
by Dr. Joy Degruy
IdealBookshelf.com
Jane Mount is an illustrator who created this image list of anti-racism books. She recommends starting with Ijeoma Oluo’s So You Want to Talk About Race, Ibram X. Kendi’s How to Be an Antiracist, and Layla Saad’s Me and White Supremacy. For younger readers, she recommends starting with Tiffany Jewell’s This Book Is Anti-Racist and Kendi and Jason Reynold’s Stamped.
Jane can be found at @Jane_Mount on Instagram and her website is https://www.idealbookshelf.com/
"Please try to remember that what they believe, as well as what they do and cause you to endure does not testify to your inferiority but to their inhumanity."
- James Baldwin
Native American Anti-Racism
Asian Pacific Islander Anti-Racism
Black Businesses
Shoppe Black, Your Trusted Source For All Things Black Owned, Globally
Discover Amazing Black Owned Businesses
Relevant news, success stories, and promotion of African American entrepreneurship.
Black Health Resources
Black Therapist Network Directory improving access to mental health services
Leading health and wellness destination for people of color
BEAM envisions a world where there are no barriers to Black Healing.
Find a therapist of color that truly sees you.
Anonymous and confidential avenue to report negative, physical, and inappropriate contact with police and vigilantes. BlackLine is a 24-hour hotline geared towards the Black, Black LGBTQI, Brown, Native and Muslim community. However, no one will be turned away from the Hotline.
"People know about the Klan and the overt racism, but the killing of one’s soul little by little, day after day, is a lot worse than someone coming in your house and lynching you."
- Samuel L. Jackson
More Resources
Where Change Started: Develop a sustainable and practical blueprint that works for you.
Be the Bridge Facebook community: creating healthy dialogue about race and racialization in the U.S.
National Equity Project: transform systems into equitable, resilient, and liberating environments.
"To create an equal society, we must commit to making unbiased choices and being antiracist in all aspects of our lives."
LINKS TO ANTI-RACISM ARTICLES & RESOURCES (click to expand for list)
"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor."
- Desmond Tutu
Anti-Racist Small Business Pledge
Anti-racist: those who speak and act in ways that advance racial equity in society; the act of interrupting racism
Watch the Town Hall with Rachel Rodgers, Erica Hines, Susan Hyatt, Robert Hartwell, Sonya Renee Taylor and Nathan Barry.
Take the Pledge on this page:
https://helloseven.co/townhall-2/
Copy of the Pledge:
Anti-Racist Small Business Pledge
“If you want peace, work for justice!”
- Pople Paul VI
