There are many ways in which to take action:
If you want to protest, go online and find one near you, or create your own. Go to the park with a couple people you know and tell them to pass the message along to people they know. And just throw a little protest from there.
Design posters to put outside your house. Design clothes/masks and give any donations to BLM charity. Email your local MP. Have conversations with the postman, your colleagues, that family member you always avoid due to their politic views. And this has to be on a daily basis, not when people start protesting again. We need to create space for open and honest dialogue.
HERE ARE SOME GOOD RESOURCES WITH ADVICE ON WHAT ACTION YOU CAN TAKE:
https://www.standuptoracism.org.uk/about/
Some great advice on Twitter from TV presenter and journalist Elle Osili-Wood on how to take action as a white ally
The FT on how to white people can step up for their black colleagues
Great list of resources and suggested actions from Sparks&Honey
Performative Allyship Is Deadly (Here’s What to Do Instead)
Study African American History at Yale University. Yup, you read it right, you can study at Yale (for free!) here.
YOU CAN SIGN PETITIONS:
Reopening of Sandra Bland’s case
Make black history apart of the curriculum
Relax UK immigration bill for the invaluable COVID support from low skilled key workers
Take down statues of all slave owners in the UK
Battle Racism by Updating GCSE Reading Lists
Teach British Children About the Realities of British Imperialism and Colonialism
Suspend UK Export of Tear Gas, Rubber Bullets and Riot Shields to USA
