Edited 29/06/20 - 14/08/20 - 04/10/20 - 17/11/20
This isn’t just a hashtag. This isn’t a trend. This sure isn’t news. So much more needs to be done.
There’s a huge difference between being non-racist and being (actively) anti-racist. Let’s listen, educate ourselves and act.
Below are some resources that I found really helpful. Please don’t hesitate to contact me to suggest other.
Books:
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge
The Good Immigrant, edited by Nikesh Shukla
White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo
Children’s books:
People, Peter Spier
All are welcome, Alexandra Penfold
M is for Melanin: a celebration of the black child, Tiffany Rose
Don’t touch my hair!, Sharee Miller
Comme un million de papillons noirs, Laura Nsafou & Barbara Brun (French)
Mixed, Arree Chung
Podcasts:
Kiffe ta race (French)
Le Tchip (French)
Extimité (French)
Databases:
I also found this collection of anti-racism resources for white people extremely helpful, especially on the parenting side.
Considering the history of the cartoon industry with racial bias and oppression, I have been doing some researches and here are some articles, tutorials and social media posts that I found helpful in my learning process on how to support racial equality with my practice (will keep adding as I keep learning):
Representation Matters! How To Respectfully Write And Draw POC And LGBTQIA Characters At NYCC, Bleeding Cool
This article on The Redline Station, where I also discovered the brilliant Kat Tsai (below)
Drawing East Asian faces, Kat Tsai
Ideas to consider when creating BIPOC characters, by Charis Jackson Barrios (Charis JB) and a lot more important information on her Instagram profile!
This article by Mel-Lion about drawing Black people
Diversity drawing by Ink Factory
Eva-Lotta Lamm has a great article on visualising inclusiveness and diversity gathering interesting resources, especially for scribing and sketchnoting