Last year, we created a list of educational resources for anyone who wished to better inform themselves about institutional racism, black history and the role of race in yoga.
We have continued to add to this with new resources that we hope will guide your teaching.
This list is by no means exhaustive, and we appreciate any recommendations for further reading and education.
Texts:
1.) Why I am no Longer Talking To White People About Race, Reni Eddo-Lodge
2.) Me and White Supremacy, Layla F Saad
3.) White Fragility, Robin Diangelo
4.) How to be Anti-Racist, Ibram X.Kendi
5.) The Good Immigrant, Nikesh Shukla
6.) Women Race and Class, Angela Davis
7.) Natives: Race & Class in the Ruins of Empire, Akala
8.) Why You Need to Stop Saying “All Lives Matter”, Rachel Elizabeth Cargle for Harpers Bazaar
11.) Whites: On Race and Other Falsehoods, Otega Uwagba
Yoga Specific:
1.) Yoga is Dead Podcast
2.) Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga To Create a Just World, Michelle Cassandra Johnson
3.) Why I am No Longer Talking to White People about Yoga, Nadia Gilani
5.) Yoga Inspires
6.) Adulting Podcast, "Cultural Appropriation, Yoga and Education with Vaani Kaur"
7.) The Guilty Feminist Podcast, "Wellness" episode
8.) On Yoga's 'Race Problem': Where does the practice go from here?, Alice Walton
9.) Why I am No Longer Talking to White People about Yoga, Nadia Gilani
10.) Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga To Create a Just World, Michelle Cassandra Johnson
Websites
1.) Black history month
2.) Young Scot
3.) BBC
4.) Black Lives Matter
5.) Black History Month UK Guide
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