Black Lives Matter: Resources for race-critical action
The Black Lives Matter protests have led to an increased focus of experiences with racism in our society and have made them more visible for a broader public. Racist structures are not just a problem of right-wing extremism but a phenomenon that affects us all: Black people and/or POC (People of Color) who are discriminated against because of their skin color and/or their place of origin, and white people who are privileged because of that discrimination.
Black/People of Color/white
Ways of writing
"Black" (with a capital B) and "People of Color" are self-designated terms for people who experience racism, while white is not. The italics mark the norm of the dominant culture that otherwise is not named. All terms do not designate skin color or biological attributes, but refer to socially marginalized respectively privileged positions.
Not having to deal with racism every day is such a white privilege. To affect sustainable change, it is necessary to educate oneself about the topic. That's why we collected resources here. Race critical action is not a matter of an attitude but rather a daily practice - like body hygiene as Jay Smooth humoristically explains in his TEDx Talk.
The following list provides resources from the context of German speaking countries and/or academia and their specific relations to race issues. Therefore, the resources are in German only.
Self-reflexive resources for white people
- Article Anti-Rassismus: 15 Tipps, was Du als weiße Person tun kannst by Olympes Erben
- Article More than a feeling by Alice Hasters
- (Audio)book Was weiße Menschen nicht über Rassismus hören wollen, aber wissen sollten by Alice Hasters
- (Audio)book Exit Racism: rassismuskritisch denken lernen by Tupoka Ogette
- Video on every day racism with Tupoka Ogette by Amnesty International Germany
- Video on every day racism by WDR Cosmo
Empowering resources for Black people and/or POC
- Article Was PoC, Schwarze Menschen und Weiße jetzt konkret tun können by Noah Sow
- Book eingeschrieben. Zeichen setzen gegen Rassismus an deutschen Hochschulen by Emily Ngubia Kuria
Education, university and racism
- Article The Beast in The Belly by Noah Sow
- Book Rassismus bildet edited by Anne Broden and Paul Mecheril
- Reference book Wie Rassismus aus Wörtern spricht: (K)Erben des Kolonialismus im Wissensarchiv deutsche Sprache edited by Susan Arndt and Nadja Ofuatey-Alazard
Other resources for education
- Study Racial Profiling: Erfahrung, Wirkung, Widerstand by Kollaborative Forschungsgruppe Racial Profiling & Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
- Online magazine Migrazine – von Migrantinnen für alle
- Blog mangoes and bullets: Materialien für rassismus- und herrschaftskritisches Denken und Handeln
- Online seminar Erfolgreich rassismuskritisch veranstalten by Noah Sow