WHY BOOKTUBE SHOULD TALK ABOUT BLACK LIVES MATTER

LINKS ARE IN ORDER OF MENTION IN THE VIDEO

Kai Foster’s video (why aren't YOUTUBERS posting about black lives matter ON YOUTUBE???):    • why aren't YOUTUBERS posting about bl...  

PETITIONS TO SIGN
Justice for George Floyd: https://www.change.org/p/mayor-jacob-...
Justice for Breonna Taylor: https://www.change.org/p/andy-beshear...
Justice for Ahmaud Arbery: https://www.change.org/p/district-att...
Raise the Degree: https://www.change.org/p/minneapolis-...
Some news: It seems like the Minnesota attorney general has raised charges! Also, all four officers involved in George Floyd’s murder have been charged (https://www.startribune.com/chauvin-c.... This is a result of protests and activism. Know your power! Help where you can!
More petitions found here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#p...

PLACES TO DONATE:
Official George Floyd Memorial Fund (run by his brother): https://www.gofundme.com/f/georgefloyd
Official Gianna Floyd Fund (for his daughter): https://www.gofundme.com/f/gianna-flo...
George Floyd fundraiser (run by his sister): https://www.gofundme.com/f/george-flo...
Justice for Breonna Taylor: https://www.gofundme.com/f/9v4q2-just...
I Run with Maud (for Ahmaud’s mother): https://www.gofundme.com/f/i-run-with...
Black Visions Collective: https://secure.everyaction.com/4omQDA...
Reclaim the Block: https://secure.everyaction.com/zae4pr...
NAACP Legal Defense Fund: https://org2.salsalabs.com/o/6857/p/s...
BLM Frontline (focused on Black trans women and non-binary people in MN) https://www.gofundme.com/f/blm-frontl...
More places to donate here: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#d...

NO MONEY REQUIRED DONATIONS:
How to financially help BLM with NO MONEY/leaving your house (Invest in the future for FREE):    • Black Lives and Voices Matter: an art...  
Video playlist:    • BLACK LIVES MATTER - a way of donatin...  

CONTACT LEGISLATORS/GOVT OFFICIALS:
Email template (opens your mail app!) to Minnesota officials (George Floyd): tinyurl.com/emailforfloyd/
Email template (opens your mail app!) to Louisville officials (Breonna Taylor): tinyurl.com/ycha6nuu
Note: if you’re opening the email templates on an iPhone, click “allow” and then hit the Safari button. It should open a pre-written email for you where you just have to add your name and location.
Text “JUSTICE” To 668366
Text “FLOYD” To 55156
Call (612) 673-2100 (Minnesota Mayor Jacob Frey)
Call (612) 348-5550 (Minnesota District Attorney Mike Freeman)
Other ways to contact govt: https://blacklivesmatters.carrd.co/#text

(I maxed the character count so the books don't have links. SORRY!!)
TA-NEHISI COATES:
Between the World and Me
We Were Eight Years in Power
The Beautiful Struggle
The Water Dancer

CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE:
Americanah
Half of a Yellow Sun
Purple Hisbiscus
The Thing Around Your Neck

NON-FICTION BOOK RECS:
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
White Rage by Carol Anderson
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Iluo
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
When They Call You a Terrorist by Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele (by cofounders of BLM!)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
anything by James Baldwin

FICTION BOOK RECS:
anything by Toni Morrison
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
The Sellout by Paul Beatty
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones

BLACK VOICE YA BOOKS:
You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson
The Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
A Song Below Water by Bethany C. Morrow
A Song of Wraiths and Ruin by Roseanne A. Brown
All the Things We Never Knew by Liara Tamani

AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, BLACK BOOKTUBER PLAYLIST (made by myonna reads):    • Black Booktubers  

I didn’t mention it in this video but one of Joy M.’s suggestions was to donate the Adsense revenue of this video (and other BLM-related videos I make) to the cause. I will be doing this, but I also want to recognize that the words outweigh the actual action. Adsense revenue for my videos is usually around ~$4-5, so I know it’s not much, but whatever amount this makes, I am more than happy to donate it.

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