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Support and educate yourself on the Black Lives Matter movement and racism in modern America. This fight is not over. Denying BLM or white privilege means you’re a part of the problem. It is all of our responsibility to do our part in undermining systemic racism and white supremacy, and the list below is just a starting point.

Support Black-owned businesses! (Includes beauty, bookstores, clothing, food, fitness, home decor, & more).
1. Click here for a list of 181 black owned businesses!
Websites for the black community:
1. Annuity is a website that works towards closing the wealth gap between races by teaching financial literacy for free!
2. vnpMentor wrote an article on how to support Black Lives Matter online safely.
Donate!
1. Trans Women of Color Collective aims to empower trans and gender non-comforming people of color though establishing economic and global networks.
2. Black Girls Code presents opportunities for young girls of color to learn programming and technology.
3. Incite! works to end the violence and hate that many women of color experience.
4. African American Office of Gay Concerns provides HIV/AIDS testing and prevention.
5. Color Of Change “designs campaigns powerful enough to end practices that unfairly hold Black people back.”
6. Showing Up For Racial Justice fights against racial discrimination, racist establishments, and white supremacy.
7. Real Justice focuses on putting an end to systematic racism in the criminal justice system through electing district attorneys that will help do the job.
8. Black Voters Matter increases political power in Black communities by working with Black people, especially in smaller and rural areas that may be neglected by politicians.
9. The Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation increases mental health services in Black communities and works to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health.
10. The Loveland Foundation provides therapy support to Black women and girls.
Teach your children!
1. Social Justice Resources for children
2. Children’s books
Read books!
1. Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
2. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
3. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
4. Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpowers by Brittney Cooper
5. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
6. Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners
Follow Black Creators who dedicate their time to teach others
1. Blair Imani (she/her): @blairimani on Instagram
2. Janaya Future Khan (they/them): @janayathefuture on Instagram.
Watch films portraying Black people and Black history!
1. 13th (Documentary, 2016) on Netflix
2. When They See Us (Mini-series, 2019) on Netflix
3. The Hate U Give (Film, 2018) - also a book by Angie Thomas
4. The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (Film/Documentary, 2011)

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