BLM Resources and Recommended Reading
The MMF stand in solidarity with black communities around the world, UK and in our industry. The fight against racism is an ongoing one, both on a level of larger structural racism and violence but also within our industry and music community. In order to combat racial injustice it is crucial to acknowledge that racism and white privilege exists and are structures so deeply rooted in our society that they are sometimes invisible to the privileged. It is each and everyones responsibility to get educated and try to understand the structures, the history behind them and how they create an unbelievable discriminatory society that costs lives.
Below is a list of resources and recommended reading to get a deeper understanding of structural racism. If you have any suggestions to resources that should be added, please e-mail lovisa@themmf.net.
Although the conversation is somewhat very focused on USA, structural racism is a problem all around the world, including in the UK. The Institute of Race Relations is at the cutting edge of the research and analysis that inform the struggle for racial justice in Britain, Europe and internationally. Visit their website here.
Recommended Reading: Literature
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
How To Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Crystal M. Fleming
Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire by Akala
Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch
Recommended Reading: Articles
75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
Who Gets to Be Afraid in America?
The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying
Grime music being stifled by ‘institutionalised racism’ in UK, MPs’ report concludes
Watch
How Racist Are You? – Jane Elliott’s Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes Exercise
BBC Documentary: The Secret Windrush Files
BBC Documentary: The Lawful Killing of Mark Duggan
Crime – The Murder of Stephen Lawrence
Baroness Lawrence: “They changed the word from racism to diversity”
Podcasts
London Bi Pandas has published a useful list with more resources here.
Where To Donate
Official George Floyd Memorial Fund
Visit the Black Lives Matters page for more information of how to support here.
