Anti-Black Racism Resources

Celebrating Juneteenth, Caribbean Festival and Simcoe Day

The Toronto Caribbean Festival has been billed as North America’s largest street festival. Beginning in July, the multi-week festivities lead up to the parade which occurs over the Simcoe Day long weekend which occurs on the first weekend in August. Simcoe Day is named in honour of John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada (today's Ontario) who is credited with signing An Act to Prevent the Further Introduction of Slaves, and to Limit the Terms of Contracts for Servitude Within This Province (1793). The festival also coincides with August 1, which is also known as Emancipation Day.

CBC resources about Simcoe Day here and here.
Juneteenth Virtual Celebrations

Thank you to the participants of our IDEA Anti-Racism panel series focussing on #blacklivesmatter. For more information on these and upcoming Anti-Racism panel sessions please connect with leah@theica.ca.

Do We Only Start Listening When Things are Burning?

Helen Ofosu, Principal, I/O Advisory
Kevin Johnson, CEO, MediaCom

Believing is Seeing: Racism and Representation in Content

Julien Christian Lutz, Director X, Co-Founder, Fela
Taj Critchlow, Co-Founder, Fela
Ira Baptiste, SVP, Managing Director, Brandfire Marketing Group
Haem Roy, President, BCMA

Language is Everything and Nothing

Fatma Othman, Manager, Integrated Media, Weber Shandwick
Hali Farah, Senior HR Consultant, City of Toronto

Multicultural and Mainstream

Justin Senior, Director, Sales & Marketing, SAMA Advertising
Asad Dhunna, Founder, The Unmistakables

Moving Beyond Tokenism: The Actions for Change

Dr Dori Tunstall, Dean of Design, OCAD U
Stephanie Small, Creative Operations Manager, TAXI
Joshua Richards, Director, Creative Technology, john st.

This document is intended to serve as a resource to white people and parents to deepen our anti-racism work. If you haven’t engaged in anti-racism work in the past, start now. Feel free to circulate this document on social media and with your friends, family, and colleagues.

Compiled in May 2020 by Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein, and shared with the ICA by Creative Equals. Thank you Sarah, Alyssa and Creative Equals.

Diversity and Inclusion Training for your Agency

Supporting Black Creative Professionals

Resources for white parents to raise anti-racist children:

Books:
- Coretta Scott King Book Award Winners: books for children and young adults
- 31 Children's books to support conversations on race, racism and resistance
Podcasts:
Articles:
- PBS’s Teaching Your Child About Black History Month
- Your Kids Aren't Too Young to Talk About Race: Resource Roundup from Pretty Good
The Conscious Kid: follow them on Instagram and consider signing up for their Patreon
White Fragility Robin DiAngelo, PhD: Resources, Toolkits and Handouts

Articles to read:

Videos to watch:

Black Feminism & the Movement for Black Lives: Barbara Smith, Reina Gossett, Charlene Carruthers (50:48)
"How Studying Privilege Systems Can Strengthen Compassion" | Peggy McIntosh at TEDxTimberlaneSchools (18:26)
Eddie Glaude Jr: Racism and the Soul of America

Podcasts to subscribe to:

Books to read:

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins
Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Dr. Brittney Cooper
Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon
How To Be An Antiracist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
Raising Our Hands by Jenna Arnold
Redefining Realness by Janet Mock
Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century by Grace Lee Boggs
The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color by Cherríe Moraga
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America by Ira Katznelson
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, PhD

Films and TV series to watch:

13th (Ava DuVernay)
American Son (Kenny Leon)
Black Power Mixtape: 1967-1975
Blindspotting (Carlos López Estrada)
Clemency (Chinonye Chukwu)
Dear White People (Justin Simien)
Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler)
I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc)
If Beale Street Could Talk (Barry Jenkins)
Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton)
King In The Wilderness
See You Yesterday (Stefon Bristol)
Selma (Ava DuVernay)
The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution
The Hate U Give (George Tillman Jr.)
When They See Us (Ava DuVernay)

Organizations to follow on social media:

Antiracism Center: Twitter
Audre Lorde Project: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Black Women’s Blueprint: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Color Of Change: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Colorlines: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Conscious Kid: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Families Belong Together: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
MPowerChange: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Muslim Girl: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
NAACP: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
RAICES: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
SisterSong: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
United We Dream: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook