Our staff have come together to collate a list of publications, podcasts, articles and resources that we have found useful in articulating the Black experience. Whether you are part of the Black community or want to be a better ally, take a look at our recommendations that will help you personally and professionally.
Publications
- The Mixed Race Experience – Reflections and Revelations on Multicultural Identity – Naomi and Natalie Evans
- How to Raise an Anti-Racist – Ibram X Kendi
- Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge
- Taking Up Space - Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi
- I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings - Dr Maya Angelou
- So You Want to Talk About Race - Ijeoma Oluo
- Black and British: A Forgotten History - David Olusoga
- The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett
- Outlanders - Hidden Narratives From Social Workers Of Colour - Edited by Wayne Reid and Siobhan Maclean
Blogs and articles
- Celebrating Soul Workers
- Black, Asian and Mixed Ethnicities in Adoption and Fostering: an interview with CoramBAAF consultant Savita de Sousa
- Radio London show focuses on fostering
- 'Birthing Racial Difference: conversations with my mother and others' - Gail Lewis
- ‘When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression’ - Wayne Reid
- How to Be Anti-Racist: A Social Worker’s Perspective by University of Southern California
- Sensuous supervisors: Understanding ourselves and others in the context of Black Lives Matter by Gillian Ruch
- Thinking about the impact of racism by Nimal Jude and Rashida Baig
We Don’t Need Conversations, We Need Systemic Change - Commander Jada Johnson, U.S. Navy - Moving tribute to John Small by friend and social work activist, scholar and practitioner Professor Lena Dominelli by BASW
- Serious Case Reviews: The Lived Experience of Black Children by Claudia Bernard and Perlita Harris
- How racism impacts my mental health by Sian
Podcasts
- The Melanated Social Work Podcast
- Diary of a Black Social Worker
- Queens of Social Work
- Anti-racist social work practice - Community Care episode with Dr Kish Bhatti-Sinclair, Reader in Social Policy and Social Work at the University of Chichester.
- Episode 11 (S3). Anti-Racism in social work (feat. Wayne Reid) - Interview with Wayne Reid
Other resources
- Black History Month Resource Pack 2022
- A guide to Black History Month – Inclusive Employers
- Foster Care and Me by Judith Denton
- What does it mean to be black in the 21st century? - Black History Month 2022
- Malcolm X. Oxford University Union Debate in 1964 - Black History Month 2022
- How Racism Can Affect Child Development - Harvard University
- Understanding the lived experiences of black and ethnic minority children and families - Professor Claudia Bernard
- Building a trauma-attuned and socially just organisational system - PSDP
- Adopted and looked-after children - Ethnicity facts and figures collated by the government
- Building a trauma-attuned and socially just organisational system - PSDP
- Critical conversations in social work supervision - PSDP
- Exploring diversity in supervision - PSDP
- Parenting in Racially and Culturally Diverse Adoptive Families - Child Welfare Information Gateway
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