Hello there. There is a chance you were brought here to learn about racism. Below there are many different resources for you. There is a table of contents here so you can hop to how you would like to start. The bottom infographic has common talking points that are often used to defend racism in America. (I know people don't always realize they are defending it.)
<aside> 📚 You have to put in the work. At times you are going to feel like shit, get defensive, be vulnerable, and uncomfortable. That is part of the process and don't let it stop you.
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A Beginner's Guide to Privilege
This is a quick list I put together. There are plenty of resources. Part of this list has been created by a post on Instagram by @girliesogroovy and (simple) Google searches. For another amazing resource, place refer to this link:
Anti-racism resources for white people
Black Lives Matter Resource Roundup
Unarmed Black Men are 2.5x more likely to be killed by the police than white men.
An Empirical Analysis of Racial Differences in Police Use of Force∗ (Below)
"This paper explores racial differences in police use of force. On non-lethal uses of force, blacks and Hispanics are more than fifty percent more likely to experience some form of force in interactions with police. Adding controls that account for important context and civilian behavior reduces, but cannot fully explain, these disparities."
"Even when officers report civilians have been compliant and no arrest was made, blacks are 21.2 percent more likely to endure some form of force in an interaction."
Language from police body camera footage shows racial disparities in officer respect
"Using footage from body-worn cameras, we analyze the respectfulness of police officer language toward white and black community members during routine traffic stops."
"We find that white community members are 57% more likely to hear an officer say one of the most respectful utterances in our dataset, whereas black community members are 61% more likely to hear an officer say one of the least respectful utterances in our dataset.”
Language from police body camera footage shows racial disparities in officer respect