{"id":56543,"date":"2020-05-31T12:55:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-31T19:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cleanfooddirtygirl.com\/?p=56543"},"modified":"2023-04-04T23:45:55","modified_gmt":"2023-04-05T06:45:55","slug":"anti-racism-resources-and-action-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cleanfooddirtygirl.com\/anti-racism-resources-and-action-items\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Racism Resources and Action Items \/\/ Black Lives Matter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Clean Food Dirty Girl is a website and a business dedicated to helping people eat more plants and less of everything else. We do this to help empower people to take their health into their own hands so we don\u2019t have to rely on the medical system for conditions and diseases that are related to unhealthy food. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As individuals and as a company,<\/a> we feel strongly about being vocal and taking action against racism. Every White person has White privilege, whether we asked for it or not. With that privilege comes a responsibility to stand up for people who do not have those same privileges and to help dismantle the systemic racism that the United States (and many other countries) was built on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The murder of Breonna Taylor, the murder of Ahmaud Arbery, the murder of George Floyd, the murder of countless Black people is horrific and infuriating. The Amy Cooper phone call was shameful. But things like this are nothing new, things like this have been happening for centuries. We\u2019re just witnessing more of them now because of smartphones and social media. Unlike the history we learned in school, this country was blatantly built for White people and to keep White people in power. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Like Angela Davis said, “In a racist society, it is not enough to be non-racist, we must be antiracist.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I take this to mean educating myself about the true history of The United States, understanding White privilege and the role I have played in it, getting up to date about current government policies, learning about the criminal justice system, listening to the Black community, reading Black literature, learning from Black leaders, making phone calls, sending emails, signing petitions, showing up at town halls, speaking up when I witness racism in my community, protesting, having conversations with family and friends, supporting Black owned business, and voting in all state and federal elections. Basically, being a good human to other humans. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When we start doing these things, we will no longer be \u201cshocked\u201d when Black people are murdered by White people with little or no consequence. We will be empowered to show up and continually fight for what is right, not just when another murder happens and it gets trendy again. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We SHOULD be angry and heartbroken about the unjust events that have happened this past week, past month, past year, past decade, past centuries. And right now, White folks (including me) need to take more action<\/em><\/strong> and have less discussion<\/em><\/strong> about taking action. Yes, discussing is important, it gets people fired up, but let\u2019s work on having that discussion lead to actual change. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here is a list of resources and people that have helped guide my actions. Dive in and don\u2019t resist when you get uncomfortable. We must get uncomfortable in order to fully understand White privilege. I\u2019ve heard a lot of people say that they are upset and they don\u2019t know what to do. Let\u2019s stop saying that, it isn\u2019t helping. Pick one thing and start there. And then let that one thing lead to the next thing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have good resources that should be added to this list, feel free to share them in the comments below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

PODCASTS TO LISTEN TO:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n