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Animal Activism Starter Guide for BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color)

Recommended Reading

  • Aphro-ism: Essays on Pop Culture, Feminism, and Black Veganism from Two Sisters – Aph Ko and Sly Ko (2017)
    Lantern / Amazon

  • Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society – A. Breeze Harper (2010)
    Lantern / Amazon

  • The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery – Marjorie Spiegel  (1988)
    Abe Books / Amazon

  • The Sexual Politics of Meat, A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory – Carol J. Adams (1990)
    Carol J Adams / Amazon

  • Five Essays for Freedom: A Political Primer for Animal Advocates – Kristy Alger (2020)
    Revoltbooks / Amazon

  • Antiracism in Animal Advocacy: Igniting Cultural Transformation – Jasmin Singer (2021)
    Lantern / Amazon

Recommended Documentaries

  • The Smell of Money – Uncovering the obscured intersection of environmental racism and affluence by scrutinizing the detrimental impacts of animal-based food production within the U.S. food system on our global health (2022)
    Trailer / Film

  • The Invisible Vegan – Illuminating the entwined issues of food, disease, poverty, institutional racism, and government collusion within the U.S. food system (2019)
    Trailer / Film

  • They’re Trying to Kill Us – Spotlighting the pervasive issue of unhealthy dietary habits within the African-American community and champions the transformative power of a plant-based diet (2021)
    Trailer / Film

  • Forks Over Knives – Revealing how embracing a whole-food, plant-based lifestyle can help control or even reverse many of the degenerative diseases afflicting modern society (2011)
    Trailer / Film