By: Mya McKeown
Links:
Mala Mulata’s article for Medium
Isabel Wilkerson the author of the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
Octavia Spencer’s interview with The Guardian
Find How to be an Anti-racist here, The Vanishing Half here, and More Than Enough here.
Polly Irungu, founder of Black Women Photographers
Andrea Pippins, illustrator and author of the Becoming Me coloring books
Camille Bell, CEO and founder of Pound Cake Cosmetics
Thelma West, founder of Thelma West jewelry
Titi Adesa, founder of Tita Adesa shoes
Robin DiAngelo in her article “White people assume niceness is the answer to racial inequality. It’s not”
References:
Camille Bell poses for a headshot. (n.d.). Pound Cake Cosmetics. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://poundcakecosmetics.com/pages/about.
diAngelo, R. (2019, January 16). White people assume niceness is the answer to racial inequality. it’s not. The Guardian. Retrieved January 18, 2022, from https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/16/racial-inequality-niceness-white-people.
GONE WITH THE WIND, 1939. Hattie McDaniel assists Vivien Leigh while offering some unwelcomed advice.[Photograph]. Retrieved from Encyclopædia Britannica ImageQuest. https://quest-eb-com.libproxy.temple.edu/search/140_1789620/1/140_1789620/cit.
Hanna, W. & Barbera, J. (Directors). (1962, September 23). Rosey the Robot (Season 1, Episode 1). In Hanna, W. & Barbera, J (Executive Producers), The Jetsons. Hanna-Barbera Productions.
Irungu, P. (n.d.). Photo of Polly Irungu. University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://journalism.uoregon.edu/news/alumni-profile-polly-irungu-digital-content-editor-nprs-takeaway.
Jones, E. E. (2019, May 31). From mammy to ma: Hollywood’s favourite racist stereotype. BBC Culture. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190530-rom-mammy-to-ma-hollywoods-favourite-racist-stereotype.
Kendi, I. X. (n.d.). How to be an antiracist. IXK. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://www.ibramxkendi.com/how-to-be-an-antiracist.
Mulata, M. (2020, August 16). The mammy myth and what it really is like to be a white people’s caretaker. Medium. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://medium.com/age-of-awareness/the-mammy-myth-and-what-it-really-is-like-to-be-a-white-peoples-caretaker-5eaebf23905f.
Picture of Thelma West, founder of Thelma West Diamonds. (n.d.). Thelma West. Retrieved January 17, 2022, from https://www.thelmawest.com/my-story.
