I’ve been getting a lot of questions from my non-Black friends about how to be a better ally to Black people. I suggest unlearning and relearning through literature as just one good jumping off point, and have broken up my anti-racist reading list into sections: pic.twitter.com/gj5uko69OY
— Victoria Alexander (@victoriaalxndr) May 30, 2020
— Victoria Alexander (@victoriaalxndr) May 30, 2020
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While you’re expanding your anti-racist knowledge and book collection please also support Black Owned Bookstores! Many of them will ship your new literary treasures to you right now! https://t.co/PxwED5BNbq
— Victoria Alexander (@victoriaalxndr) June 2, 2020
Thanks so much to everyone who has engaged with the Anti-Racist Reading List! To support folks in further engaging anti-racism, I have put together an Anti-Racist Resource Guide: https://t.co/8Cb7t7oPp8
— Victoria Alexander (@victoriaalxndr) June 2, 2020
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Teacher in me had to do this..
CHILDREN’S BOOKS THAT DISCUSS RACE & RACISM THREAD:
We believe in the power of story. #JustMercy is one resource we can offer to those who are interested in learning more about the systemic racism that plagues our society. For the month of June, #JustMercy will be available to rent for free on digital platforms in the US. @eji_orgpic.twitter.com/3B2IHMNk7E
Please read happy Black books too. We don't just write about slavery and colonialism. Consume Black history and art about anything. It all helps to decenter whiteness
WJLA: President Obama Visits Politics And Prose On Small Business Saturday
President Barack Obama is doing his part to support small businesses. Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha dropped in Saturday at Washington’s Politics and Prose bookstore and purchased what he said was a “long list” of books that included “The Kite Runner,” ”Harold and the Purple Crayon,” and “The Sports Gene”. The president said he bought a reader for every age, from 5 to 52 – his age. Obama sent a tweet earlier Saturday about the importance of supporting small businesses.
Ashley Killough: Obama Does Some ‘Small Business Saturday’ Shopping
President Barack Obama continued what’s become an annual post-Thanksgiving tradition by stopping at a bookstore for Small Business Saturday. With his two daughters alongside, the President went to Politics and Prose in Washington to pick up a few books, telling reporters he bought a “long list” of titles for every age group, including his own. List of books purchased by Obama, according to the White House:
President Obama and his daughters Malia and Sasha visit bookstore Bunch of Grapes in Vineyard Haven on Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, August 20. The president was given the store’s advance copy of the Jonathan Franzen book, Freedom, as a gift and bought Tinkers by Paul Harding and A Few Corrections by Brad Leithauser
A young woman reacts after seeing President Barack Obama, during his visit to Prairie Lights, an independent bookstore in Iowa City, Iowa, March 25, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Chuck Kennedy)
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