Coney HQ and its people have been making the time to read, educate ourselves, talk, and plan for how we can be stronger allies as an organisation and as individuals – beyond the news cycles. We know this work is overdue. You can read more about the work we’re doing, here.
While there are countless, incredibly useful resource lists out there at the moment – we thought we’d share some of the anti-racist resources we have found most useful so far. Find below, books, online articles, videos and more.
We’ve tried to credit all the works accordingly, but if there are any credits missing, please let us know and we’ll make sure the mistake is remedied.
This is by no means an exhaustive list, but it’s where we’ve started. We’ll continue to post monthly additions as we go.
Books
- Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race, by Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Me and White Supremacy, by Layla F. Saad
- Pleasure Activism, by Adrienne Maree Brown
- Red Dust Road, by Jackie Kay
- ear for eye, by Debbie Tucker Green
- Brit(ish), by Afua Hirsch
- Natives, by Akala
- Girl. Woman. Other, by Bernadine Evaristo
- Queenie, by Candice Carty-Williams
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou
- Are Prisons Obsolete?, by Angela Davis
- If They Come In The Morning...Voices of Resistance, edited by Angela Davis
- Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space, ed. Derek Owusu
- How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram X. Kendi
Online reading
- ‘Diversity of all kinds, must not be an afterthought’, by Natalie Ibu
- ‘Brands, institutions, individuals, listen up: Your words are nothing without tangible action’, by Travis Alabanza
- “The uses of anger: women responding to racism”, by Audre Lorde
- ear for eye, by Debbie Tucker Green
- Black British History In the National Curriculum Report, by The Black Curriculum
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Timeline of Resistance, collated by Karrina Nolan
- Anti-Racism requires so much more than checking your privilege, by Momtaza Mehri
Watching
- The system isn’t broken. It was built this way, by Afua Hirsch
- Public Address On Revolution: Revolution Now, by Rachel Cargle
- Six Expressions of Protest, compiled by the Bush Theatre, featuring work by Matilda Ibini, Fehinti Balogun, Anoushka Lucas, Kalungi Ssebandeke, Benedict Lombe, Roy Williams & Aaron Pierre.
- Angela Davis in conversation with Southbank Centre’s Artistic Director Jude Kelly CBE as part of WOW Global
- Beginner’s Guide to Reverse Racism (and why it doesn’t exist) by Ali Henry
Listening
- Brené Brown with Ibram X. Kendi on How to be an Antiracist
- The Acas Podcast – Black Lives Matter in the workplace
As always, we welcome feedback, questions and criticism.
A note to the network
If you’re also taking the time to educate yourself on these issues and want to reach out to share resources and have a conversation, please do! We’d love to hear from you.