#CoolShit 06.11.20

Happy Thursday!

The world looks better today, than it did yesterday.

See you tomorrow.

-Shelby

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Watch Matthew McConaughey uncomfortably talk about race

Why I love this: Matthew McConaughey is arguably a super cool cat. He’s always chill. He always seems like he’s the coolest dude in the room. Not in this video. You can FEEL McConaughey’s uncomfortableness - which is the point.

Now is the time for white folks to be uncomfortable. To have uncomfortable conversations. If you haven’t felt uncomfortable yet, keep digging.

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NASCAR @NASCAR

NASCAR banning the confederate flag

Wow! To be honest, I never thought I’d see the day.

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kourtneykardash

Tomorrow I will #sharethemicnow with @badassboz as she takes over my account. The intention of this campaign is to magnify Black women and the important work that they’re doing in order to catalyze the change that will only come when we truly hear each other’s voices. Stay tuned...

June 9, 2020

White Women celebrities handing over their platforms to Black Women

A new social campaign called #ShareTheMicNow has 46 black women, some more known than others, take over the Instagram accounts of 46 famous white women for the day so that black female voices could be better heard. The event began at 1 pm EST with groups beginning at different points of the day.

I think this is a SUPER SMART idea that will let MASSIVE audiences hear stories & experiences from black women.

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Bon Appétit’s incredibly honest apology

Our mastheads have been far too white for far too long.

Black staffers have been saddled with contributing racial education to our staffs and appearing in editorial and promotional photo shoots to make our brands seem more diverse. We haven’t properly learned from or taken ownership of our mistakes. But things are going to change.

Easily the most honest & introspective brand response I’ve seen. Well, Ben & Jerry’s was next level too.

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People Are Tearing Down Racist Statues Worldwide Because Governments Won't

Bloomberg QuickTake @QuickTake

#BlackLivesMatters protesters tore down a Christopher Columbus statue, set it on fire, then dumped it in a lake in Richmond, Virginia on Tuesday

antoinette antonio @antoinetteA

Someone beheaded the Christipher Columbus statue in Boston’s North End. Police say they left the head at the scene. Similar statues have been coming under fire nationwide #wcvb

Daniel Uhlfelder @DWUhlfelderLaw

Remains of confederate monument in Birmingham

The Commonwealth Times @theCT

The statue of Confederate General Williams Carter Wickham in Monroe Park lays beside its base, covered in paint.

Tear them all down!

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The New York Times Top Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction

1. "White Fragility," by Robin DiAngelo.

2. "So You Want to Talk About Race," by Ijeoma Oluo.

3. "How to Be an Antiracist," by Ibram X. Kendi.

4. "Me and White Supremacy," by Layla F. Saad.

5. "The New Jim Crow," by Michelle Alexander

6. "The Color of Law," by Richard Rothstein.

7. "Between the World and Me," by Ta-Nehisi Coates: "A meditation on race in America."

8. "Untamed," by Glennon Doyle: "The activist and public speaker describes her journey of listening to her inner voice."

9. "Stamped from the Beginning," by Ibram X. Kendi: "[A]nti-black racist ideas and their effect on the course of American history."

10. "Just Mercy," by Bryan Stevenson: "[D]ecades of work to free innocent people condemned to death."

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You need this in your ears.