Nila K and C&P
Some things UK white people can do:
1. Get educated.
2. Learn about bystander intervention, practice and use it. If that’s not accessible/safe for you, then tell people about it who can do this work.
3. Donate to UK black led grassroots/radical groups. Or groups that do street medic/arrestee support. They might be about to get VERY busy.
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1. Get educated
For starters – read or listen to Reni Eddo-Lodge’s fantastic book Why I’m No longer Talking To White People About Race. Google Books
Reni Eddo-Lodge has asked that people borrow/share her book if possible, and send the money you’d have spent black grassroots groups
“This book financially transformed my life and I really don’t like the idea of personally profiting every time a video of a black person’s death goes viral.”
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2. Learn about bystander intervention
If they’re happening/its accessible, consider doing stewarding/action medic/arrestee support training. Even if you can’t get to demos, i promise you it’ll make you feel more confident about daily street intervention work – which is bloody important too.
Fantastaic ‘riot medic’ manual here: https://riotmedicine.net/
De-arrests are Holy. They save lives.
Persuade other ppl to donate/boost too.
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3. Donate to black-led grassroots/radical groups.
Examples include BLM UK, Green and Black Cross, UK Mutual Aid, or INQUEST, an incredible organisation who work on Deaths in Custody and holding UK state to account. They work on ALL deaths in custody whether police, psychiatric, prison, immigration detention. And they do all this on no fucking money. Like, they’d have to save up for a shoestring. If you have spare cash, send them some. I guarantee you they’re already busier than usual and gonna get more so.
Recovery in the Bin 