5 Lessons I've Learned about Racism

We're taking a much-needed break from our regular programming and talking about racism. Here are 5 lessons that I've learned over the years #BlackLivesMatter

TIMESTAMPS
00:20 - Perfectionism
02:20 - Obvious to you, amazing to others
06:13 - Educate yourself
09:35 - Tone Policing
12:44 - White-centering

RESOURCES
📗 Me and White Supremacy - https://www.meandwhitesupremacybook.com
📕 Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - https://geni.us/2KDCGz5

Black Lives Matter Resources - https://blacklivesmatter.com/resources/

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man (Emmanuel Acho) - https://twitter.com/thEMANacho/status/1267609472589090816?s=20

When You Don't Know What to Say - https://www.instagram.com/p/CA-7y13piP6/?igshid=1p0j80meiz7at

👩‍⚕️For medics:
👊🏿Skin of Colour Resource - https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/cebd/resources/skin-of-colour/index.aspx
(and look at the petitions below)
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✔️Support:
◾️Improve Maternal Mortality Rates and Health Care for Black Women in the U.K. - https://go.aliabdaal.com/qQBDEf
◾️Medical schools must include BAME representation in clinical teaching -https://go.aliabdaal.com/HOFBYt
◾️Introduce Mandatory Ethnicity Pay Gap Reporting - https://go.aliabdaal.com/3FKkR1
◾️Teach British children about the realities of British Imperialism and Colonialism - https://go.aliabdaal.com/kt6SiF
◾️Make Black History Month compulsory to the educational curriculum in the UK - https://go.aliabdaal.com/vTLOfW
(ps. the links are shortened - that is why they have the "aliabdaal" in them)
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💲Donations:
◾️Black Lives Matter - https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019
◾️Black Minds Matter to provide specialist mental health support to Black people in the UK - https://www.blackmindsmatteruk.com/donate