It’s not just about learning to understand why things are as they are. We also need to commit to learning tools and approaches that make us better equipped to show this solidarity, and support our Black siblings better. We have to first and foremost tackle our own ingrained prejudices, and commit to a lifetime of learning, growing and understanding.

• Harvard’s Project Implicit lets you take a number of tests that explore your implicit biases in a number of areas, including race, gender, sexuality and disability.
  
  
• Racial Equity Tools contains thousands of resources, including workshops and learning tools, to support you in your journey.
  
  
• The Open University has a free one hour course on Race, Ethnicity and Crime. In it you’ll explore the idea of criminalisation and how this leads to over-policing, as well as the lived consequences of racialisation. There are lots of other free courses available from places such as FutureLearn, like University of Exeter’s 6-week course on Empire: the Controversies of British Imperialism
  
  
• The 11 step guide to understanding race, racism and white privilege is a brilliant resource provided for free which, while in a US-context, is completely applicable to the UK as well.
  
  
• There are a huge amount of events available on EventBrite to help you in your learning. Examples include paid for streamed events such as Guardian Newsroom: The Killing of George Floyd, free discussion groups like the Left Book Club’s online discussion on Race, Class, Power and Protest or Speak Up! Act Out!’s forum on Racism, Being an Ally and Challenging Injustice.  
  
  
• White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Race by Robin DiAngelo
  This brilliant book by a white educator explores the very real barriers to progress caused by white people refusing to acknowledge their own role and participation in racist systems, and while more diagnostic that focussed on solutions, offers a needed insight into exploring our own racism as white people.
  
  
• Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone, Bruce Patton and Sheila Heen
  Learning the skills to effectively challenge and be comfortable with difficult conversations are essential to allyship and activism. Whilst not directly about racism or Black struggle, this excellent book provides practical tools and exercises to practice beginning and engaging in challenging and difficult discussions.