Celebrating Black History Month
We have been showcasing and celebrating the thoughts, expressions, experiences and innovations of the black community. From showcasing what Angela Benton has been doing to pioneer and promote diversity in the technology industry, to Kimberly Bryant who launched Black Girls Code, an organisation devoted to teaching young girls of colour computer coding and programming languages. We also launched a book club to internally educate ourselves on the intricacies of diversity. This month we have been discussing prominent themes relating to the Black Lives Matter Movement and Black British History. We wanted to share our list of resources for anyone interested in diving into some of the materials we read, listened to, and watched.
Book Club
Since our solidarity post with Black Lives Matter, we at Bamboo Crowd have been dedicated to internally educating ourselves on the intricacies of diversity. We set up an initiative that focuses on teaching prominent themes relating to the Black Lives Matter Movement and Black British History.
Here is the list of resources that we studied this past month. We'd love to hear from our community about other great resources that we can share internally and across our network:
Resource list:
About Race by Reni Eddo Lodge; White Season (podcast)
Part 1 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3OEiEtOVkatfPcxNUC50mK // https://www.aboutracepodcast.com/white-season-pt-1
Part 2 https://open.spotify.com/episode/5UTxcHmYrmDXjYWJGuSX0v // https://www.aboutracepodcast.com/3-white-season-part-2
Enoch Powell - Rivers of Blood: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjbZi2hTLVw&ab_channel=OnDemandNews
Race & Racism // Podcast: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxqxqq/podcasts-about-race-and-racism-uk
Why Racism isn’t just an American problem: https://www.instagram.com/p/CBDShB_hJgM/?utm_source=ig_embed
Hasan Minaj: We cannot stay silent about George Floyd | Patriot Act Digital Exclusive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_FE78X-qdY
How to know if you’re a hipster racist: https://www.vice.com/en/article/wjg34w/how-to-know-if-you-are-a-hipster-racist
Windrush scandal explained: https://www.jcwi.org.uk/windrush-scandal-explained
Black History is still largely ignored… : https://theconversation.com/black-history-is-still-largely-ignored-70-years-after-empire-windrush-reached-britain-98431
The 1981 Brixton Riots: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/50035769
Rene Carayol, Short film on the Brixton Riots (1985): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFI0AuAW8Q&ab_channel=Ren%C3%A9Carayol
White riot: The week Notting Hill exploded: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/white-riot-the-week-notting-hill-exploded-912105.html
Mark Duggan: Timeline of Events: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-14842416
Colour blindness: https://www.oprahmag.com/life/relationships-love/a32824297/color-blind-myth-racism
Why Police violence is an issue in the UK as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2oxsSF79poM&ab_channel=BloombergQuickTake%3ANow
Police Brutality in the UK - Stats: https://leftfootforward.org/2020/06/five-shocking-stats-about-police-brutality-in-the-uk/
Police brutality in the UK - Victims: https://www.vice.com/en/article/qj4j8x/remembering-police-brutality-victims-uk
“Good ethnicities” model minorities: https://twitter.com/geethu__/status/1265546219398541312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1265546219398541312%7Ctwgr%5Eshare_3%2Ccontainerclick_0&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2020%2F06%2F29%2Fworld%2Findians-migrant-minority-black-lives-matter-intl%2Findex.html
Internalising Anti-Blackness & Manufacturing Model Minorities in Western-Asian Communities: http://cubmagazine.co.uk/2020/06/internalising-anti-blackness-manufacturing-model-minorities-in-western-asian-communities/
There ain’t no black in the Union Jack - Akala: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tnr9Y6avuGc&ab_channel=AkalaMusic
Victorians and Africans: the geology of the Myth of the Dark Continent, Brantlinger, P. 1985 sci-hub.do/10.1086/448326
The Invention of Africa: Gnosis, Philosophy, and the Order of Knowledge. London; Bloomington: James Currey; Indiana U.P. - https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/4AB7B50E73A94D2522E45A864C81AB5B/S0021853700031698a.pdf/africa_reordered_the_invention_of_africa_gnosis_philosophy_and_the_order_of_knowledge_by_v_y_mudimbe_bloomington_and_indianapolis_indiana_university_press_1988_london_james_currey_1989_pp_xii241_995_paperback.pdf
How Europe underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnxHBlh527Q
Akala – Deconstructing race, class & Britain’s modern myths - https://youtu.be/atfVUgyEIOI
