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With our carefully curated selection of non-superwash, plastic-free yarns and notions, we have everything you need to get started on your next project - and the one after that.
Here's to a wardrobe of knits we love and want to wear for years to come!
Black Lives Matter
George Floyd. Ahmaud Arbery. Breonna Taylor. Three names too many. Three names in a long list. Black Lives Matter. Period. Structural racism is just that - structural. It doesn't go away just because you, with your own lived experience, can't see it. It doesn't go away because you're not affected. It doesn't go away. It doesn't.
For structural racism to be dismantled, for the chance to change anything, we have to start with ourselves, our own prejudices, our own innate racism, our own privilege. We have to do the work, yes, but we also have to stand up, speak up, stand in the gap.
Now is the time for action. Black folx and POC have been doing the heavy lifting on their own for too long. We cannot and should not ask any more of them. Now is the time to do the work, by stepping up, taking the time to educate ourselves, protesting, donating, standing in the gap.
To everyone asking what to do and where to start, we have put together some suggestions for anti-racist educators, authors and links to specific websites, accounts and posts. We want to repeat again - be respectful of them and their spaces. They are human beings, not resources. If you are learning from any of the people and organisations below and you are able to, please support them financially, particularly those who are sharing free content via Instagram.
Books and Articles
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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla Saad
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by Austin Channing Brown
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Black People Need Stronger White Allies — Here's How You Can Be One
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Why Minorities Are Overpaying For Car Insurance (and How to Make a Change)
Places To Donate
Instagram Accounts
Posts & IGTV
Have we missed anyone? Are you reading a book on anti-racism you wish to share with us? Please tell us in the comments below!
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