Anti-racism resources

In the wake of the George Floyd killing and the Black Lives Matter protests, and at a time when many people are discussing white privilege, the BBC asked John Amaechi what it means to him. He explains: "there is nothing but benefit to understanding our own privileges, white and otherwise".

The author writes in this blog about the fact that they feel, people of color need their own spaces, black people need their own spaces. The author outlines the importance of - places in which we can gather and be free from the mainstream stereotypes and marginalization that permeate every other societal space we occupy.

In this blog Kelsey shares the deep sensitivity they feel as they move about their world—a vulnerability, a brewing sadness, that comes, they believe, from the rawness of beginning to peel back the layers and peer into the depths of their own internalized oppression.

This blog article represents years of research by the author, inquiry, and guidance from elders and friends, culminating in a synthesis of historical insight into the relationship between racism, capitalism, and the creation of a socially constructed identity that would divest multiple ethnic groups of their inherited traditions and re-make them as “white.” The White Awake blog also contains other useful blogs.

A series of blogs and other resources from US based organisation Everyday Feminism.

A paper exploring what would it take to meaningfully attend to ethnicity and race in health research. The learning shared is from a trial intervention development study.

A blog about why language is important and why the author is moving away from the terms ‘allyship’ and ‘privilege’ in their work.

A video of a comedy sketch about people saying - 'I don't see race'

This episode of "Question it", the Black and Creative UK Podcast is titled "The Fear of Black" - Inspired by a social media post made by Ashely, that provoked some interesting discussions, he decided to put together a mixture of creative friends and have an open and honest discussion on why are we "so afraid of black people?"

Franchesca in an episode of Decoded explores white people whitesplaining whitesplaining

This video is a comedy sketch about people asking the question - 'Yeah but where are you really from?'

"There's a big difference between being not-racist and being anti-racist. I know it doesn't seem like it. I know that both of these things seem equally good, but they're not." In this video John Amaechi explores this statement and implores you to act - "you have tools at your disposal. Learn. Read. And make everybody clear where you stand."

Exploring everything from eradicated black history to the inextricable link between class and race, this book is the essential handbook for anyone who wants to understand race relations in Britain today. We are aware that you may need to buy this book, if you would like to borrow a copy please just ask by emailing us on coproduction@ucl.ac.uk

The mixed population is the fastest-growing group in the U.K. today, but the mainstream conversation around mixedness is stilted, repetitive and often problematic. At a time when ethnically ambiguous models fill our Instagram feeds and our high street shop windows, and when children of interracial relationships are lauded as heralding in the dawn of a post-racial utopia, journalist Natalie Morris takes a deep dive into what it really means to be mixed in Britain today. We are aware that you may need to buy this book, if you would like to borrow a copy please just ask by emailing us on coproduction@ucl.ac.uk

Trevor was born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother at a time when such a union was punishable by five years in prison. Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. We are aware that you may need to buy this book, if you would like to borrow a copy please just ask by emailing us on coproduction@ucl.ac.uk

'The hierarchy of caste is not about feelings or morality. It is about power - which groups have it and which do not'. Beyond race or class, our lives are defined by a powerful, unspoken system of divisions. Isabel Wilkerson gives an astounding portrait of this hidden phenomenon. Linking America, India and Nazi Germany, the author reveals how our world has been shaped by caste - and how its rigid, arbitrary hierarchies still divide us today. We are aware that you may need to buy this book, if you would like to borrow a copy please just ask by emailing us on coproduction@ucl.ac.uk

A book that honours the remarkable achievements of key Black British individuals over history. With a foreword written by David Olusoga, the book includes a list of Black British names and accompanying portraits that explores these individuals’ contribution and legacy to British History. We are aware that you may need to buy this book, if you would like to borrow a copy please just ask by emailing us on coproduction@ucl.ac.uk

Covering everything from the police, education and identity to politics, sexual objectification and the far right, Natives speaks directly to British denial and squeamishness when it comes to confronting issues of race and class that are at the heart of the legacy of Britain's racialised empire. We are aware that you may need to buy this book, if you would like to borrow a copy please just ask by emailing us on coproduction@ucl.ac.uk

When did Africans first come to Britain? Who are the well-dressed black children in Georgian paintings? Why did the American Civil War disrupt the Industrial Revolution? These and many other questions are answered in this essential introduction to 1800 years of the Black British history: from the Roman Africans who guarded Hadrian’s Wall right up to the present day. We are aware that you may need to buy this book, if you would like to borrow a copy please just ask by emailing us on coproduction@ucl.ac.uk

A vivid confirmation that black history can no longer be kept separate and marginalised. It is woven into the cultural and economic histories of the nation and it belongs to us all. We are aware that you may need to buy this book, if you would like to borrow a copy please just ask by emailing us on coproduction@ucl.ac.uk

This book disrupts the higher education sector through ambitious actions and collective, participatory and evidence-informed responses to racism. It offers a roadmap for senior leaders, staff and students to build strategies, programmes and interventions that effectively tackle racism.

A space where members of the community, especially young people, can come and find positive representations of themselves in history and culture. The Black Cultural Archives grew from a community response to the New Cross Massacre (1981), the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (1984); underachievement of Black children in British schools, the failings of the Race Relations Act 1976, and the negative impacts of racism against, and a lack of popular recognition of, and representation by people of African and Caribbean descent in the UK.