Getting (Un)comfortable in Our (White) Skin

Published: June 5, 2020, 4 a.m.

b'We try to imperfectly explain racism, why BLack Lives Matter, and our role in making it better. Sit back, breathe in deep, and open your mind. Maybe we have been sold some lies. Maybe our country isn\'t perfect. Maybe we can be better. Let\'s at least try.\\xa0\\xa0\\nWhat WE can do:\\nAct and/or Donate:\\xa0 -\\xa0\\n\\n ACLU (https://www.aclu.org)\\xa0\\n Black Lives Matter (https://blacklivesmatter.com)\\xa0\\n Campaign Zero (https://www.joincampaignzero.org)\\xa0\\n Color of Change (https://colorofchange.org)\\xa0\\n NAACP (https://www.naacp.org)\\xa0\\n\\nBuy:\\xa0\\n\\n 25 Black-Owned Businesses and Organizations (https://www.oprahmag.com/life/a32731286/black-owned-businesses/)\\xa0\\n 77 Black-Owned Business to Support (https://nymag.com/strategist/article/black-owned-businesses-support-shop.html)\\xa0\\n Etsy Black-Owned Businesses (https://www.etsy.com/market/black_owned)\\xa0\\n\\nListen to a Podcast: \\xa0\\n\\n Scene on Radio - Seeing White Series and Emmett and Trayvon\\n 1619\\n White Lies\\n\\nRead: -\\xa0\\n\\n How To Be Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi\\xa0\\n Privilege: A Reader edited by Michael S. Kimmel and Abby L. Ferber\\xa0\\xa0\\n So You Want To Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo\\xa0\\n Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson\\xa0\\xa0\\n The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander\\xa0\\xa0\\n White Fragility: Why It\'s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\nWatch:\\xa0\\xa0\\n\\n American Son (Netflix)\\xa0\\xa0\\n If Beale Street Could Talk\\xa0(Hulu)\\xa0\\n Emmanuel Acho\'s "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man" video\\xa0(https://twitter.com/themanacho/status/1267609472589090816)\\xa0\\n Just Mercy\\xa0(free on Amazon Prime)\\xa0\\xa0\\n The Hate U Give\\xa0(Hulu)\\xa0\\xa0\\n The 13th (Netflix)\\xa0\\xa0\\n When They See Us (Netflix)'