1) I'm receiving emails asking for reading recommendations. This is what I'm sharing: I've been rereading Benjamin's essay On Violence, Fanon's Wretched of the Earth, & Baldwin's Letter from a Region in My Mind. I've also been reading Mary Oliver, Adrienne Rich, Brecht, & Auden 
2) If you want to read Hannah Arendt on protest, rebellion, and solidarity, I'd recommend: On Violence, Civil Disobedience, the end of On Revolution, the essays on Jaspers and Lessing in Men in Dark Times, and this essay on the Freedom to be Free: lithub.com/never-before-p…, But....
3) Honestly Arendt isn't my go to in this moment. She didn't understand the complexity of racism in America & admitted as much in a letter to Ralph Ellison. Many scholars have written on this including: Anne Norton, Dana Villa, Fred Moten, Kathryn Sophia Belle. Read them too.
4) If you want to read Arendt right now, I'd recommend Personal Responsibility Under Dictatorship which asks why some people go along with injustice while others resist. Civil disobedience means breaking the law, when the law and social norms are unjust:
5) Read widely. Here are some links to antiracist reading lists:
libguides.bard.edu/antiracism
nytimes.com/2019/05/29/boo…
medium.com/wake-up-call/a…
And here are some funds and organizations you can donate to (h/t @fisherctrbard):
libguides.bard.edu/antiracism
nytimes.com/2019/05/29/boo…
medium.com/wake-up-call/a…
And here are some funds and organizations you can donate to (h/t @fisherctrbard):
