Addressing Racism

George Floyd Memorial

Philadelphia FIGHT has collected materials on racism in America and how to address it that we hope readers will find useful.  So far, these materials include a Google Doc,  Justice in June that enables you to undertake a self- paced learning program where you choose how much time you have and follow this plan for 30 days;  a New York Times article where they asked writers to share books that had deepened their understanding of race, resulting in a  compilation of over 50 books novels, histories, sociological studies, plays, memoirs and literary criticism.:  “Every work of American literature  is about race.  Writers on How We Got Here” with links to each book.  We will be adding more training materials in the next few weeks. 


Resources

World AIDS Day Is a Grim Reminder That We Have Many Pandemics Going On (Scientific America, December 1, 2020

“World AIDS Day is a grim reminder that while we’re trying to constrain COVID-19, humanity is still in the midst of multiple pandemics – and one of them has already killed about 33 million people over four decades.  The encouraging news – as encouraging as such lethal news can be – is that 2019’s mortality marked a 60% reduction since 2003, the peak year of AIDS deaths.  But the decline we’ve seen for 15 years may be interrupted, sadly, for the HIV and novel Coronavirus pandemics are crashing into each other

These best friends created a wildly popular Google doc about how to be an ally to the black community (Washington Post, June 19, 2020)

‘Every Work of American Literature Is About Race’: Writers on How We Got Here (New York Times, June 30, 2020)

John Lewis
John Lewis.
Stanley Wolfson, World Telegram staff photographer / Public domain

John Lewis: Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation – Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe (New York Times, July 30, 2020)