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title: My follow-up to “It is time…”
description: Now, more than ever, learning and having open and honest conversations both at home and work about racism and social justice is critical.
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# My follow-up to “It is time…”
June 10, 2020
11 min read
Last week I wrote a [blog titled “It is time…”](https://www.diamandis.com/blog/it-is-time-black-lives-matter) expressing my personal views (and that of my team) on the topic of social justice and anti-racism.
Following is a quick follow-up, to put a few things into action, and to offer a few resources.
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### **Contribute to the extent of your capacity**
To start, I have learned about a number of organizations fighting in pursuit of social justice, redressing racially targeted wrongs, and uplifting Black communities.
As part of committing words to action, today I am making a donation to the [National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)](https://nsbe.org/). This organization is in line with my personal vision (and that of my team) of helping to inspire and educate for the purpose of creating a more hopeful, compelling and abundant future for humanity.
### **Having anti-racism conversations with your friends, family and community**
Conversation and education is power. And now, more than ever, learning and having open and honest conversations both at home and work about racism and social justice is critical.
To share a few things that I’ve done:
1. At home, this has become a topic of dinner conversation between my wife, myself and our twin 9 year-old boys;
2. I’ve educated myself (see below). One example is downloading and listening to [**Letter From Birmingham Jail**](https://www.amazon.com/Letter-from-Birmingham-Jail-audiobook/dp/B00CD56GE4/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Letter+From+Birmingham+Jail&qid=1591760633&sr=8-1) (by Martin Luther King, Jr.)
3. My team, for instance, has created a Slack channel dedicated to Black Lives Matter. We are sharing articles, spreadsheets, PDFs, books, podcasts, videos, etc. (See below).
### **On June 10, 2020, we will be participating in #ShutDownSTEM**
Led by Particles for Justice, [#ShutDownSTEM](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5ed6c369f19ebe008aeff12e/t/5eda8398f8b7382d01a97bfb/1591378841938/SHUTDOWNSTEM+%281%29.pdf) is a day for white and non-Black People of Color to educate themselves and define a detailed plan of action to carry forward.
Below are resources assembled by my team to facilitate the conversation.
Wishing everyone deep and meaningful conversations.
Best wishes,
Peter
**Educational Resources:**
- [Where do I donate? Why is the uprising violent? Should I go protest?](https://medium.com/@courtwrites/where-do-i-donate-why-is-the-uprising-violent-should-i-go-protest-5cefeac37ef9) | Medium Article
- [Resources for White People to Learn and Talk About Race and Racism](https://blog.fracturedatlas.org/resources-for-white-people-to-learn-and-talk-about-race-and-racism-5b207fff4fc7) | Blog
- [The Costs of Racism to White People](http://paulkivel.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/thecostsofracism.pdf) | PDF
- [Characteristics of White Supremacy Culture](http://www.cwsworkshop.org/PARC_site_B/dr-culture.html) | Webpage from a workbook
- [Support LA’s Black-Owned Restaurants](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/1/d/18w-0RBhwBBlXDN9kRV9DVSCAGSCjtHb9K0Pq2YBv18U/htmlview?usp=sharing&pru=AAABcpn5lc0*sJ26Ezo5AMI8iN_ejF0VoQ&fbclid=IwAR08NZYm4BRgd2wWHw1ZLvCUeXlh3vnVMYrmmyAeibi0a2gZgbYbZGSDNHY) | Spreadsheet
- [Robin DiAngelo: White Fragility and the Rules of Engagement](https://www.uua.org/sites/live-new.uua.org/files/diangelo-white_fragility_and_the_rules_of_engagement.pdf) | PDF
- [Opportunities for White People in the Fight for Racial Justice ](https://www.whiteaccomplices.org/)| Webpage from a guidebook
- [Understanding Systemic Anti-Black Racism in the United States: A Reference List](https://docs.google.com/document/d/17ctVFeXJwJwtOa7ogZ0oEiVhpH7zQQwoRdIJ6XvEM_Y/edit#heading=h.83yp1r36h4aw) | Google Doc
**Podcasts:**
- [About Race with Reni Eddo-Lodge](https://www.aboutracepodcast.com/)
- [Come Through with Rebecca Carroll](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/come-through-with-rebecca-carroll/id1502445117)
- [1619](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/1619/id1476928106)
- [Code Switch](https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510312/codeswitch)
- [Global News Podcast](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/global-news-podcast/id135067274)
- [No Country for Young Women](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/no-country-for-young-women/id1370978944)
- [Say Your Mind](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/say-your-mind/id1324118843)
- [Pod Save The People](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-save-the-people/id1230148653)
- [The United States of Anxiety](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-united-states-of-anxiety/id1155194811)
- [The Echo Chamber](https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/the-echo-chamber-podcast/id1301985342)
- [Pod for the Cause](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pod-for-the-cause/id1463460979)
- [The Diversity Gap](https://www.thediversitygap.com/)
**Videos:**
- [Explained: The Racial Wealth Gap](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mqrhn8khGLM)
- [Time: The Kalief Browder Story](https://www.netflix.com/title/80187052)
- [When They See Us](https://www.netflix.com/title/80200549)
- [13th](https://www.netflix.com/title/80091741)
- [Who Killed Malcom X?](https://www.netflix.com/title/80217478)
- [Queen and Slim](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.44b747c6-83b3-b2ae-0409-d5e29eedfcfe?autoplay=1)
- [Just Mercy](https://www.justmercyfilm.com/)
- [American Son](https://www.netflix.com/title/81024100)
- [Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise](http://mayaangeloufilm.com/)
- [Harriet](https://www.amazon.com/Harriet-Cynthia-Erivo/dp/B07Z85VF9Q)
- [Dear White People](https://www.netflix.com/title/80095698)
- [LA 92](https://www.netflix.com/title/80184131)
- ["How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion"](https://youtu.be/e-BY9UEewHw)
- [Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)](https://youtu.be/eV3nnFheQRo)
**Books:**
- [Their Eyes Were Watching God](https://amzn.to/2XTDJYP) by Zora Neale Hurston
- [How to be an Antiracist](https://amzn.to/3ePV3EZ) by Ibram X. Kendi
- [The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness](https://amzn.to/300sjVA) by Michelle Alexander
- [Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower](https://amzn.to/2zWEVCv) by Dr. Brittany Cooper
- [I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings](https://amzn.to/3eHcvv6) by Maya Angelou
- [I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness](https://amzn.to/2MlarwR) by Austin Channing Brown
- [Black Feminist Thought](https://amzn.to/2AyJnHP) by Patricia Hill Collins
- [Heavy: An American Memoir](https://amzn.to/3eN48hQ) by Kiese Laymon
- [Just Mercy](https://amzn.to/2zTwJTy) by Bryan Stevenson
- [Redefining Realness](https://amzn.to/2XTdSjI) by Janet Mock
- [Sister Outsider](https://amzn.to/303jLxe) by Audre Lorde
- [So You Want to Talk About Race](https://amzn.to/3dqQK2A) by Ijeoma Oluo
- [The Bluest Eye](https://amzn.to/2XpSfIH) by Toni Morrison
- [The Fire Next Time](https://amzn.to/2XtuNdz) by James Baldwin
- [The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century](https://amzn.to/3eN4dSG) by Grace Lee Boggs
- [The Warmth of Other Suns](https://amzn.to/3dus88S) by Isabel Wilkerson
- [This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color](https://amzn.to/2zVgfdK) by Cherrie Moraga
- [White Fragility: Why it’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism](https://amzn.to/2BssyyF) by Robin Diangelo PHD
**Donate:**
- [Antiracist Research & Policy Center](https://antiracismcenter.com/)
- [Audre Lorde Project](https://alp.org/)
- [Black Women’s Blueprint](https://www.blackwomensblueprint.org/)
- [Colorlines](https://www.colorlines.com/)
- [The Conscious Kid](https://www.theconsciouskid.org/donate)
- [Families Belong Together](https://www.familiesbelongtogether.org/)
- [Equal Justice Initiative](https://eji.org/)
- [The Bail Project](https://bailproject.org/)
- [Brooklyn Bail Fund](https://brooklynbailfund.org/)
- [ACLU](https://www.aclu.org/)
- [George Floyd’s Family GoFundMe](https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd)
- [BlackLivesMatter.com](https://blacklivesmatter.com/)
- [Anti Police Terror Project](https://www.antipoliceterrorproject.org/)
- [Color Of Change | We help you do something real about injustice.](https://colorofchange.org/)
- [Minnesota Freedom Fund](https://minnesotafreedomfund.org/)
**Resources (For Parents and Children**)**:**
- [Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good](https://www.prettygooddesign.org/blog/Blog%20Post%20Title%20One-5new4)
- Integrated Schools podcast episode “Raising White Kids with Jennifer Harvey”
- [Parenting Forward podcast episode ‘Five Pandemic Parenting Lessons with Cindy Wang Brandt’](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/parenting-forward/id1403686245?i=1000474951309)
**Books:**
- [Saturday](https://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Oge-Mora/dp/0316431273) by Oge Mara
- [Hair Love](https://www.amazon.com/Hair-Love-Matthew-Cherry/dp/0525553363/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Hair+Love&qid=1591581019&s=books&sr=1-1) by Matthew A. Cherry
- [Each Kindness](https://www.amazon.com/Each-Kindness-Addams-Award-Awards/dp/0399246525/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1UIA3355K69HA&dchild=1&keywords=each+kindness+jacqueline+woodson&qid=1591581067&s=books&sprefix=Each+Kindness+ja%2Cstripbooks%2C212&sr=1-2) by Jacqueline Woodson
- [Little Leaders](https://www.amazon.com/Little-Leaders-History-Vashti-Harrison/dp/0316475114/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=Little+Leaders&qid=1591581096&s=books&sr=1-3) by Vashti Harrison
- [The Youngest Marcher](https://www.amazon.com/Youngest-Marcher-Audrey-Hendricks-Activist/dp/1481400703/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Youngest+Marcher&qid=1591581123&s=books&sr=1-1) by Cynthis Levinson
- [Resist](https://www.amazon.com/Resist-Profiles-Ordinary-Against-Injustice/dp/0062796267/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2NPK4EX17FO19&dchild=1&keywords=resist+veronica+chambers&qid=1591581180&s=books&sprefix=Rasist+vero%2Cstripbooks%2C198&sr=1-1) by Veronica Chambers
- [Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness](https://www.amazon.com/Not-My-Idea-Whiteness-Ordinary/dp/1948340003/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Not+My+Idea%3A+A+Book+About+Whiteness&qid=1591581262&s=books&sr=1-1) by Anastasia Higginbotham
- [All American Boys](https://www.amazon.com/All-American-Boys-Jason-Reynolds/dp/1481463349/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=All+American+Boys&qid=1591581286&s=books&sr=1-1) by Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely
- [Stamped: Racism, Anti Racism, and You](https://www.amazon.com/Stamped-Antiracism-National-Award-winning-Beginning/dp/0316453692/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Stamped%3A+Racism%2C+Anti+Racism%2C+and+You&qid=1591581316&s=books&sr=1-2) by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
- [No Voice Too Small](https://www.amazon.com/No-Voice-Too-Small-Americans/dp/162354131X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=No+Voice+Too+Small&qid=1591581345&s=books&sr=1-1) by Lindsay H. Metcalf
- [Born Curious](https://www.amazon.com/Born-Curious-Girls-Awesome-Scientists/dp/153442153X/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Born+Curious&qid=1591581365&s=books&sr=1-1) by Martha Freeman
- [My Daddy is a Hero](https://www.amazon.com/My-Daddy-Hero-Hannah-Tolson/dp/161067720X/ref=sr_1_3?dchild=1&keywords=My+Daddy+is+a+Hero&qid=1591581386&s=books&sr=1-3) by Hannah Tolson
- [Woke: A Young Poet’s Call to Justice](https://www.amazon.com/Woke-Young-Poets-Call-Justice/dp/1250311209/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Woke%3A+A+Young+Poet%E2%80%99s+Call+to+Justice&qid=1591582232&s=books&sr=1-1) by Mahogany L. Browne
- [Overground Railroad](https://www.amazon.com/Overground-Railroad-Lesa-Cline-Ransome/dp/0823438732/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=Overground+Railroad&qid=1591582293&s=books&sr=1-2) by Lesa Cline-Ransome
- [Just Like Me](https://www.amazon.com/Just-Like-Me-Vanessa-Newton/dp/0525582096/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Just+Like+Me&qid=1591582368&s=books&sr=1-1) by Vanessa Brantley-Newton
- [Welcome to the Party](https://www.amazon.com/Unti-GU-Picture-Book/dp/0062978616/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Welcome+to+the+Party&qid=1591582443&s=books&sr=1-1) by Gabrielle Union
- [Cece Loves Science](https://www.amazon.com/Cece-Loves-Science-Kimberly-Derting/dp/0062499602/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Cece+Loves+Science&qid=1591582464&s=books&sr=1-1) by Kimberly Derting
- [Bread for Words](https://www.amazon.com/Bread-Words-Frederick-Douglass-Story/dp/1534110011/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=Bread+for+Words&qid=1591582488&s=books&sr=1-1) Shana Keller
- [Let’s Talk About Race](https://www.amazon.com/Lets-Talk-About-Julius-Lester/dp/0064462269) by Julius Lester
- [The Undefeated](https://www.amazon.com/Undefeated-Kwame-Alexander/dp/1328780961/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=The+Undefeated&qid=1591582652&s=books&sr=1-1) Kwame Alexander & Kadir Nelson
- [31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance](https://www.embracerace.org/)
- [A Kids Book About Racism](https://www.akidsbookabout.com/?rfsn=3990841.030403&utm_campaign=3990841.030403&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_source=refersion)
**Videos:**
- [Black Parents Explain How to Deal with the Police](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coryt8IZ-DE) - YouTube
- [Hair Love](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNw8V_Fkw28) (G) - YouTube
- [The Main Event ](https://www.netflix.com/watch/81024153?source=35)- (PG) - Netflix
- [Family Reunion](https://www.netflix.com/watch/80234451?source=35) (PG-13) - Netflix
- [Raising Dion](https://www.netflix.com/watch/80117803?source=35) (PG) - Netflix
- [All About the Washingtons](https://www.netflix.com/watch/80211884?source=35) (PG) - Netflix
- [Bunk’d](https://www.netflix.com/watch/80072207?source=35) (G) - Netflix
- [Spider-Man: Int](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.8cb3d0d2-8276-69ba-e66b-f200871aacf7?autoplay=1)[o the Spider-Verse](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/amzn1.dv.gti.8cb3d0d2-8276-69ba-e66b-f200871aacf7?autoplay=1) (PG) - Netflix
- [Space Jam](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2j06Dj6Z7s) (PG) - Amazon Prime Video
- [The Princess and the Frog](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg-YzaxNRtc) (G) - Disney+
- [The Longshots](https://www.netflix.com/title/70099120) (PG) - Netflix
- [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share)
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