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Anti-Black Racism and Anti-Racism Resources

May 13, 2022 | Booklets & Manuals | Misc. Resources

The United Steelworkers union in Canada and the United States unequivocally condemns the racism and racist violence that has occurred in the last number of weeks on both sides of the border. 

Members, their families, and their communities are hurting. Here in Canada, systemic racism continues to shape the lives of Black, Indigenous, and people of colour of every age. 

As trade unionists, we cannot stay neutral – taking on racism and learning how to be stronger anti-racist advocates is both urgent and deeply necessary. Here is a Canadian resource guide. 

Read the USW’s statement: USW Condemns Anti-Black Racism and Racist Violence

Watch

Grace-Edward Galabuzi’s Unraveling the Interplay Between Diversity and Race in the Canadian Experience National Film Board of Canada series of videos and documentaries on anti-racism Statement on anti-Black and anti-Indigenous racism in Ontario

Articles

Desmond Cole

Cole’s notes

Robin Maynard

IT’S LONG-PAST TIME TO TALK ABOUT POLICING OF BLACK WOMEN IN CANADA CANADIAN EDUCATION IS STEEPED IN ANTI-BLACK RACISM

Shree Paradkar

DON’T LIKE WHAT I WRITE? WORK ON DISMANTLING THE RACIST STRUCTURES THAT BENEFIT YOU, AND MAKE MY JOB REDUNDANT ‘WHAT WHITE PRIVILEGE?’ ‘WHY CAN’T YOU BE MORE CIVIL?’ SOME FAQS ABOUT RACISM AND ANSWERS YOU MAY FIND CHALLENGING

Olamide Olaniyan

AN INTERVIEW WITH DESMOND COLE – ‘I DON’T CARE IF YOU’RE RACIST. I CARE IF YOU’RE HURTING ME’

Sandy Hudson

DEFUNDING THE POLICE WILL SAVE BLACK AND INDIGENOUS LIVES IN CANADA

Pam Palmater

YES, CANADA HAS A RACISM CRISIS AND IT’S KILLING BLACK AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

Donate, Support, and Follow

A Fund for Black-led Mental Health Supports Black Health Alliance BLACK LEGAL ACTION CENTRE BLACK WOMEN IN MOTION NIA CENTRE FOR THE ARTS TORONTO THE GOFUNDME FOR REGIS’ FAMILY THE COME UP (EDMONTON) THE GOFUNDME FOR TORONTO PROTESTORS BAIL FUND BLACK YOUTH HELPLINE BLACK SPACE WINNIPEG UNIST’OT’EN 2020 LEGAL FUND HOGAN’S ALLEY SOCIETY VANCOUVER BLACK LIVES MATTER TORONTO CHAPTER BLACK LIVES MATTER VANCOUVER CHAPTER FIGHT COVID-19 RACISM

Books

Desmond Cole
The Skin We’re In

Robyn Maynard
Policing Black Lives 

Rodney Diverlus, Sandy Hudson and Syrus Marcus Ware
Until We Are Free: Reflections on Black Lives Matter in Canada 

Grace-Edward Galabuzi
Canada’s Economic Apartheid: The Social Exclusion of Racialized Groups in the New Century 

Frances Henry and Carol Tator
Racial Profiling in Canada: Challenging the Myth of ‘a Few Bad Apples’ 

Idil Abdillahi and Rinaldo Walcott
BlackLife: Post-BLM and the Struggle for Freedom 

Rinaldo Walcott
Queer Returns: Essays on Multiculturalism, Diaspora, and Black Studies 

B. Denham Jolly
In the Black: My Life 

M. NourbeSe Philip
Blank: Essays and Interviews by M. NourbeSe Philip 

Ingrid R. G. Waldron
There’s Something In The Water