growing up mixed race, microaggressions and racism

an article about microaggressions if you want to know more :) https://www.thoughtco.com/microaggres...

i don't want to take your attention away from much more important resources so having watched this video please go watch/read/listen to some of the resources i've recommended below. i am speaking a lot about this on instagram, i have made a highlight "BLM" and i would love if you could check it out (@naynaflorence).

Here are some things you can do to educate yourself and make a difference.

my friends linktree https://linktr.ee/elenapensa_
Huge resource with lots of ways to help https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/

Donate 💰
Donate to the victims https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#v...
Donate to the protestors https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#bail
UK Charities https://docs.google.com/document/d/1S...
Donate to black owned businesses https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#b...
Some other organisations https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#org
Watch to donate if you aren't able to (Zoe Amira)    • Black Lives and Voices Matter: an art...  

Films 🎞️
13th documentary (on Netflix and YouTube)
American Son (drama on netflix)
When They See Us (drama based on real events, miniseries on Netflix)
Dear White People (series on Netflix)
Time-The Kalief Browder Story (docuseries on Netflix)
The Hate U Give (drama based on the novel on Prime Video)
The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975 (on Amazon Prime)
What We Weren't Taught In School (very short youtube film)    • Alt History: Black British History We...  

We Need Institutional Change ⚖️
Update GCSE reading lists petition https://www.change.org/p/department-o...
Email template to demand GCSE exams to include better history education https://docs.google.com/document/d/1P...
Stop Uk Export of Rubber Bullets to US https://docs.google.com/document/d/1D...
Qualified immunity needs legislative reform https://www.change.org/p/us-supreme-c...

Support the right brands 💛
Helpful post on companies that don't support black lives matter https://www.instagram.com/p/CA8VE34jm...
Black owned businesses in Edi   / cbdsqiijvdm  
Black owned small business you can support from anywhere   / ca64oiabbne  

Diversify your feed (just a few of my favourite POC creators) ❤️
@ veekativhu
@ nycxclothes
@ toluduckworthh
@ amaka.hamelijnck
@ aysha.sow
@ emmanuellek_
@ mermaidsoulll
@ chanelmckinsie

Books 📚
Why I'm No Longer Talking To White People About Race- Reni Eddo-Lodge
I Am Not Your Baby Mother- Candice Brathwaite
Me and White Supremacy- Layla F Saad
White Fragility- Robin Diangelo
The Hate U Give- Angie Thomas
Taking Up Space - Chelsea Kwakye, Ore Ogunbiyi
So you want to talk about race? - Ijeoma Oluo
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness - Michelle Alexander
Black Feminist Thought - Patricia Hill Collins

Podcasts 🎙️
1619
The Diversity Gap
About Race
Code Switch
The Stoop
The Echo Chamber

Petitions 🖊️
A very comprehensive list https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#p...

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music in this vid- please check out the creators!
☆ skate- lucy and trees https://open.spotify.com/artist/201BD...

FAQs
☆ how old are you? i'm 20
☆ where and what do you study? i study Economics at the University of Edinburgh
☆ where are you from? i am half indian and half english and i grew up in London :)
☆ how do you film/edit? i film on my canon g7x mark iii and edit on imovie
☆ do you put a filter on your videos? yes it's c6/7 on vsco 99% of the time :)

lotsa love, nayna xxx