Anti-Racism Resources

Greetings from LMC!

As you may be aware, now is a time in our nation’s history where deeply rooted systems of oppression are once again being brought to the surface. Under the pressure of protests and riots, America’s police force is placed into central focus. And that’s not all, as virtually every system in America seems to damage people of color, for profit and malice, especially Black people.

While it’s easy to feel frustrated, sad, angry, and helpless, Let’s Make Comics! has compiled a list of resources to help our members to help Black folks in service of combatting and dismantling the current racist systems of oppression:

75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice, by Corinne Shutack

This is a list of clear, doable action steps for White people to promote racial justice in political, financial, familial, educational, and social spheres:

https://medium.com/equality-includes-you/what-white-people-can-do-for-racial-justice-f2d18b0e0234

Anti-Racism Resources

This document is full of anti-racism resources to educate yourself and your children through a series of books, articles, videos, and movies, as well as organizations to follow on social media.

bit.ly/ANTIRACISMRESOURCES

Ways You Can Help, by Black Lives Matter

This website provides clear avenues to donate, sign petitions, protest, and heal.

https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

#DrawingWhileBlack Directory 2020

This spreadsheet lists a whole bunch of Black artists whose work you can check out.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1d9gokwVQLCOmqf8zfez6-yMRgHOq4P5veW7lfZF7BCs/edit#gid=653352977

Donation Resources

https://www.ashleynwilliams.com/

This website provides opportunities to donate to families of victims of police violence, mutual aid funds, and bail funds.

Explore Milwaukee’s Black Businesses, by MKE Black

Milwaukee is only a few hours away from Chicago, and this website provides a vast list of Black-owned businesses for every need and occasion.

https://mkeblack.org/

You Can Order Today from These Black-owned Independent Bookstores, by Connie Segal

We love supporting local and independent bookstores. This article lists Black-owned bookstores you can order books from online or by phone.

https://lithub.com/you-can-order-today-from-these-black-owned-independent-bookstores/

Scaffolded Anti-Racist Resources

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PrAq4iBNb4nVIcTsLcNlW8zjaQXBLkWayL8EaPlh0bc/mobilebasic

Sociologists have discerned phases White people go through in their progression towards anti-racism. This website describes each phase, steps towards moving through the phase, questions to consider in moving through them, and books, articles, podcasts, movies, documentaries, and poems to engage with.