- Read around the topic . The Library has a BLM reading list https://www.salford.ac.uk/library/find-resources/reading-lists/black-lives-matter-reading-list
- Avoid microaggressions in conversation and actions.
- When you see any form of racism, stand up to it, if it is safe to do so. If this doesn’t work, report it.
- Hold an intersectional anti-racist standpoint that recognizes how racism interconnects with other forms of oppression (for example, due to gender, class, caste, faith, sexuality, dis-ability, age).
- When you see an all-white reading list on your course, challenge it.
- Don’t deny that racism does not exist, even if you can’t see it
- Be intent. Breaking a habit is hard so you have to consciously and deliberately challenge things.
- Be courageous. Challenging the status quo and what you have been told takes courage. White privilege can make people defensive. Don’t let it.
- See people for their individual qualities, not a stereotype
- Understand how history has defined people. You can’t change this, but you can see it in a different way.
- Be an ally. If you are not Black, don’t try to be, rather work to change things for everyone.