Anti Racist Reading List from Ibram X. Kendi: "This anti-racist syllabus is for people realizing they were never taught how to be anti-racist. How to treat all the racial groups as equals. How to look at the racial inequity all around and look for the racist policies producing it, and the racist ideas veiling it. This list is for people beginning their anti-racist journey ..."
"An Argument Between Racist and Anti-Racist Ideas"--Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
It is not enough to say you are not a racist or that you are against racism. To actively fight against social inequality you must act as an anti-racist.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture says that to help create an equal and just society, anti-racists must work to make unbiased choices and to be anti-racist in everything we do. Acting as an anti-racist does not necessarily come naturally to White people living in a White supremacist society. Being an anti-racist means having to make deliberate, consistent, and frequent choices that promote equity and justice.
The four steps of becoming an anti-racist, originally found in Where Change Started, the Anti-Racism Starter Kit
1. Awareness
2. Education
3. Self-Interrogation
4. Community Action