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Understanding and Dismantling Racism: A Booklist for White Readers

Since Trayvon Martin was murdered in 2012, we have seen a renewed investment from white people in our community who want tools to help gain a foothold in their struggles to understand the ways that racism and white supremacy opperate in their minds, their families, and the larger world. The most recent police killings have renewed the urgency of the struggle in the minds of many white people and we are getting lots of calls and requests for help. Below is a list which is designed to meet a broad variety of reader's needs and experiences. Some of these books, like The Charleston Syllabus address our contemporary moment, some like Waking Up White, How I Shed My Skin, and White Like Me, are first person accounts of how individual white people came to understand themselves as white and to desire an end to white supremacy. These are books we recommend which are all currently in print and available online from us 24/7 or in our store  or call (404) 524-0304. We also released a book list for teens and children, which you can find here. There is no time for inaction. We have all the tools we need. Only white people can end white supremacy. 

The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing By Anneliese A. Singh, Tim Wise (Foreword by), Derald Wing Sue (Afterword by) Cover Image
By Anneliese A. Singh, Tim Wise (Foreword by), Derald Wing Sue (Afterword by)
$24.95
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Published: New Harbinger Publications - August 1st, 2019

How to Be an Antiracist By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$27.00
ISBN: 9780525509288
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Published: One World - August 13th, 2019

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the National Book Award–winning author of Stamped from the Beginning comes a “groundbreaking” (Time) approach to understanding and uprooting racism and inequality in our society—and in ourselves.


Memoir of a Race Traitor: Fighting Racism in the American South By Mab Segrest Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781620972991
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Published: New Press - September 24th, 2019

Back in print after more than a decade, the singular chronicle of life at the forefront of antiracist activism, with a new introduction and afterword by the author


Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code By Ruha Benjamin Cover Image
$19.95
ISBN: 9781509526406
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Published: Polity Press - June 17th, 2019

From everyday apps to complex algorithms, Ruha Benjamin cuts through tech-industry hype to understand how emerging technologies can reinforce White supremacy and deepen social inequity.


Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice By Paul Kivel Cover Image
$24.99
ISBN: 9780865718654
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Published: New Society Publishers - August 28th, 2017

Over 50,000 copies sold of earlier editions Powerful strategies and practical tools for white people committed to racial justice


The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and US Social Transformation (Justice and Peacebuilding) By Fania E. Davis Cover Image
$7.99
ISBN: 9781680993431
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Published: Good Books - April 16th, 2019

In our era of mass incarceration, gun violence, and Black Lives Matters, a handbook showing how racial justice and restorative justice can transform the African-American experience in America.

This timely work will inform scholars and practitioners on the subjects of pervasive racial inequity and the healing offered by restorative justice practices.


The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor) Cover Image
By Nikole Hannah-Jones (Created by), The New York Times Magazine (Created by), Caitlin Roper (Editor), Ilena Silverman (Editor), Jake Silverstein (Editor)
$38.00
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Published: One World - November 16th, 2021

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAACP IMAGE AWARD WINNER • A dramatic expansion of a groundbreaking work of journalism, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story offers a profoundly revealing vision of the American past and present.


What's Up with White Women?: Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial Justice By Ilsa Govan, Tilman Smith Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9780865719613
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Published: New Society Publishers - October 19th, 2021

As a white woman, ask yourself: are you upholding or fighting racism?

What's Up with White Women? is a practical guide for white women who are interested in becoming more effective in their cross-cultural, anti-racist practices.


Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race By Debby Irving Cover Image
$19.99
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Published: Elephant Room Press - January 9th, 2014

For twenty-five years, Debby Irving sensed inexplicable racial tensions in her personal and professional relationships. As a colleague and neighbor, she worried about offending people she dearly wanted to befriend. As an arts administrator, she didn't understand why her diversity efforts lacked traction.


The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness By Michelle Alexander Cover Image
$18.99
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Published: New Press - January 7th, 2020

Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly' Slate' Chronicle of Higher Education' Literary Hub, Book Riot' and Zora


Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race By Derald Wing Sue Cover Image
$31.95
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Published: Wiley - February 1st, 2016

Turn Uncomfortable Conversations into Meaningful Dialogue

If you believe that talking about race is impolite, or that "colorblindness" is the preferred approach, you must read this book. Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence debunks the most pervasive myths using evidence, easy-to-understand examples, and practical tools.


Learn how you can help combat micro and macroaggressions against socially devalued groups with this authoritative new resource


White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism By Dr. Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword by) Cover Image
$16.00
ISBN: 9780807047415
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Published: Beacon Press - June 26th, 2018

The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality.


Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents By Isabel Wilkerson Cover Image
$32.00
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Published: Random House - August 4th, 2020

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • “An instant American classic and almost certainly the keynote nonfiction book of the American century thus far.”—Dwight Garner, The New York Times


The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together By Heather McGhee Cover Image
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Published: One World - February 8th, 2022

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD • One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color.


Witnessing Whiteness: The Need to Talk About Race and How to Do It By Shelly Tochluk Cover Image
$52.80
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Published: R & L Education - January 1st, 2010

Witnessing Whiteness invites readers to consider what it means to be white, describes and critiques strategies used to avoid race issues, and identifies the detrimental effect of avoiding race on cross-race collaborations. The author illustrates how racial discomfort leads white people toward poor relationships with people of color.


The Emperor Has No Clothes: Teaching about Race and Racism to People Who Don't Want to Know (Educational Leadership for Social Justice) By Tema Jon Okun Cover Image
$63.99
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Published: Information Age Publishing - September 9th, 2010

A volume in Educational Leadership for Social Justice Series Editor Jeffrey S. Brooks, University of Missouri-Columbia, Denise E. Armstrong, Brock University; Ira Bogotch, Florida Atlantic University; Sandra Harris, Lamar University; Whitney H.


Towards the Other America: Anti-Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter By Chris Crass Cover Image
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Published: Chalice Press - December 1st, 2015

Chris Crass calls on all of us to join our values to the power of love and act with courage for a world where Black lives truly matter. A world where the death culture of white supremacy no longer devours the lives of Black people and no longer deforms the hearts and souls of white people.


Raising White Kids: Bringing Up Children in a Racially Unjust America By Jennifer Harvey, Tim Wise (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Jennifer Harvey, Tim Wise (Foreword by)
$19.99
ISBN: 9781501878077
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Published: Abingdon Press - February 5th, 2019

This New York Times best-selling book is a guide for families, educators, and communities to raise their children to be able and active anti-racist allies.


Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race (Teaching/Learning Social Justice) By Frances Kendall Cover Image
$53.85
ISBN: 9780415874274
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Published: Routledge - December 11th, 2012

Knowingly and unknowingly we all grapple with race every day. Understanding White Privilege delves into the complex interplay between race, power, and privilege in both organizations and private life. It offers an unflinching look at how ignorance can perpetuate privilege, and offers practical and thoughtful insights into how people of all races can work to break this cycle.


Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in America By Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Cover Image
$55.20
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Published: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers - December 9th, 2021

Racism Without Racists examines in detail how Whites talk, think, and account for the existence of racial inequality, and argues that color-blind racism has emerged as the fountain of frames, stylistic components, and racial stories Whites rely on to articulate their views on racial affairs.


Critical Race Theory: The Key Writings That Formed the Movement By Kimberle Crenshaw, Neil Gotanda, Garry Peller Cover Image
$32.50
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Published: New Press - May 1st, 1996

What is Critical Race Theory and why is it under fire from the political right? This foundational essay collection, which defines key terms and includes case studies, is the essential work to understand the intellectual movement


Critical Race Theory: An Introduction (Critical America #20) By Richard Delgado, Jean Stefancic, Angela Harris (Foreword by) Cover Image
$23.00
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Published: New York University Press - March 7th, 2017

Updated to include the Black Lives Matter movement, the presidency of Barack Obama, the rise of hate speech on the Internet, and more


UPDATED AND REVISED EDITION
 
THE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF POOR AND WORKING-CLASS WHITES, URBAN ETHNIC GROUPS AND BLACK PANTHERS ORGANIZING SIDE BY SIDE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE IN THE 1960S AND '70S


The Whiteness of Wealth: How the Tax System Impoverishes Black Americans--and How We Can Fix It By Dorothy A. Brown Cover Image
$17.00
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Published: Crown - March 22nd, 2022

A groundbreaking exposé of racism in the American taxation system from a law professor and expert on tax policy


The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness By Rhonda V. Magee Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780143132820
Published: TarcherPerigee - September 14th, 2021

“Illuminates the very heart of social justice and how it might be approached and nurtured through mindfulness practices in community and through the discernment and new degrees of freedom these practices entrain.” --from the foreword by Jon Kabat-Zinn
 


How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America By Clint Smith Cover Image
$29.00
ISBN: 9780316492935
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Published: Little, Brown and Company - June 1st, 2021

This “important and timely” (Drew Faust, Harvard Magazine) #1 New York Times bestseller examines the legacy of slavery in America—and how both history and memory continue to shape our everyday lives.

Beginning in his hometown of New Orleans, Clint Smith leads the reader on an unforgettable tour of monuments and landmarks—those that are ho


America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States By Erika Lee Cover Image
$18.99
ISBN: 9781541672611
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Published: Basic Books - June 15th, 2021

This definitive history of American xenophobia is "essential reading for anyone who wants to build a more inclusive society" (Ibram X. Kendi, New York Times-bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist)

The United States is known as a nation of immigrants. But it is also a nation of xenophobia.


How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood By Jim Grimsley Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781616205348
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Published: Algonquin Books - February 23rd, 2016

More than sixty years ago, the Supreme Court ruled in Brown v. Board of Education that America’s schools could no longer be segregated by race. Critically acclaimed novelist Jim Grimsley was eleven years old in 1966 when federally mandated integration of schools went into effect in the state and the school in his small eastern North Carolina town was first integrated.


Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence By Chad Williams (Editor), Kidada E. Williams (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor) Cover Image
By Chad Williams (Editor), Kidada E. Williams (Editor), Keisha N. Blain (Editor)
$34.95
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Published: University of Georgia Press - May 15th, 2016

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killing rage: Ending Racism By bell hooks Cover Image
$19.00
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Published: Holt Paperbacks - October 15th, 1996

One of our country's premier cultural and social critics, bell hooks has always maintained that eradicating racism and eradicating sexism must go hand in hand. But whereas many women have been recognized for their writing on gender politics, the female voice has been all but locked out of the public discourse on race.


Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race By Beverly Daniel Tatum Cover Image
$21.99
ISBN: 9780465060689
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Published: Basic Books - September 5th, 2017

The classic, bestselling book on the psychology of racism -- now fully revised and updated


The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, Revised and Expanded Edition By George Lipsitz Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781592134946
Published: Temple University Press - March 10th, 2006

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America By Ibram X. Kendi Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781568585987
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Published: Bold Type Books - August 15th, 2017

The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.


White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide By Carol Anderson Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9781632864130
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Published: Bloomsbury USA - September 5th, 2017

National Book Critics Circle Award Winner
New York Times Bestseller
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year
A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016
A Chicago Review of Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2016


Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces By Radley Balko Cover Image
$19.99
ISBN: 9781541774537
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Published: PublicAffairs - June 1st, 2021

This groundbreaking history of how American police forces have been militarized is now revised and updated.


Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History (Feminist Classics) By Vron Ware, Mikki Kendall (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Vron Ware, Mikki Kendall (Foreword by)
$29.95
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ISBN: 9781784780128
Published: Verso - June 9th, 2015

How have ideas about white women figured in the history of racism? Vron Ware argues that they have been central, and that feminism has, in many ways, developed as a political movement within racist societies.


Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories By Eddie Moore (Editor), Marguerite W. Penick-Parks (Editor), Ali Michael (Editor) Cover Image
By Eddie Moore (Editor), Marguerite W. Penick-Parks (Editor), Ali Michael (Editor)
$31.85
ISBN: 9781620362082
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Published: Routledge - March 2nd, 2015

While we are all familiar with the lives of prominent Black civil rights leaders, few of us have a sense of what is entailed in developing a White anti-racist identity.


Acting White?: Rethinking Race in Post-Racial America By Devon W. Carbado, Mitu Gulati Cover Image
$30.99
ISBN: 9780190229214
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA - May 1st, 2015

What does it mean to "act black" or "act white"? Is race merely a matter of phenotype, or does it come from the inflection of a person's speech, the clothes in her closet, how she chooses to spend her time and with whom she chooses to spend it? What does it mean to be "really" black, and who gets to make that judgment?


Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy By Chris Crass, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Foreword by), Chris Dixon (Introduction by) Cover Image
By Chris Crass, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (Foreword by), Chris Dixon (Introduction by)
$20.00
ISBN: 9781604866544
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Published: PM Press - May 1st, 2013

Organized into four sections, this collection of essays is geared toward activists engaging with the dynamic questions of how to create and support effective movements for visionary systemic change. These essays and interviews present powerful lessons for transformative organizing.


White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son By Tim Wise Cover Image
$16.95
ISBN: 9781593764258
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Published: Soft Skull - September 13th, 2011

With a new preface and updated chapters, White Like Me is one-part memoir, one-part polemical essay collection. It is a personal examination of the way in which racial privilege shapes the daily lives of white Americans in every realm: employment, education, housing, criminal justice, and elsewhere.


White Trash: Race and Class in America By Annalee Newitz (Editor), Matt Wray (Editor) Cover Image
By Annalee Newitz (Editor), Matt Wray (Editor)
$53.85
ISBN: 9780415916929
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Published: Routledge - December 20th, 1996

First published in 1997. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.


Race Traitor By Noel Ignatiev (Editor), John Garvey (Editor) Cover Image
By Noel Ignatiev (Editor), John Garvey (Editor)
$49.45
ISBN: 9780415913935
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Published: Routledge - April 30th, 1996

Race Traitor brings together voices ranging from tenured university professors to skinheads and prison inmates to discuss the "white question" in America.


Disrupting White Supremacy By Jennifer Harvey (Editor), Karin A. Case (Editor), Robin Hawley Gorsline (Editor) Cover Image
By Jennifer Harvey (Editor), Karin A. Case (Editor), Robin Hawley Gorsline (Editor)
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ISBN: 9780829816075
Published: Pilgrim Press - May 1st, 2008

Through careful, thoughful examination of the nature and workings of race, racism, and white supremacy, the contributors--an all-white group of theologians, ethicists, teachers, ministers, and activits--have provided a resource that will help white people do their own souls, acknowledging its devasting effects on people of color, and taking their own steps toward it's abolishment.


Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice By Kristin J. Anderson Cover Image
$31.99
ISBN: 9780521702591
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Published: Cambridge University Press - December 10th, 2009

While overt prejudice is now much less prevalent than in decades past, subtle prejudice - prejudice that is inconspicuous, indirect, and often unconscious - continues to pervade our society. Laws do not protect against subtle prejudice and, because of its covert nature, it is difficult to observe and frequently goes undetected by both perpetrator and victim.


Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South (Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twen) By Catherine Fosl Cover Image
$30.99
ISBN: 9780813191720
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Published: University Press of Kentucky - August 1st, 2006

Anne McCarty Braden (1924--2006) rejected her segregationist, privileged past to become one of the civil rights movement's staunchest white allies. In 1954 she was charged with sedition by McCarthy-style politicians who played on fears of communism to preserve southern segregation.


How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America By Karen Brodkin Cover Image
$48.24
ISBN: 9780813525907
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Published: Rutgers University Press - October 1st, 1998

The fashion identities in the context of a wider conversation about American nationhood, to whom it belongs and what belonging means. Race and ethnicity, class, gender, and sexuality are all staple ingredients in this conversation.


America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America By Jim Wallis, Bryan Stevenson (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Jim Wallis, Bryan Stevenson (Foreword by)
$17.99
ISBN: 9781587434006
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Published: Brazos Press - February 14th, 2017

America's problem with race has deep roots, with the country's foundation tied to the near extermination of one race of people and the enslavement of another. Racism is truly our nation's original sin.


Living Into God's Dream: Dismantling Racism in America By Catherine Meeks (Editor), Jim Wallis (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Catherine Meeks (Editor), Jim Wallis (Foreword by)
$22.95
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Published: Morehouse Publishing - November 24th, 2016

While the dream of a "Post-Racial" America remains unfulfilled, the struggle against racism continues, with tools both new and old. This book is a report from the front, combining personal stories and theoretical and theological reflection with examples of the work of dismantling racism and methods for creating the much-needed "safe space" for dialogue on race to occur.


How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance By Akiba Solomon, Kenrya Rankin Cover Image
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Published: Bold Type Books - March 26th, 2019

This celebration of Black resistance, from protests to art to sermons to joy, offers a blueprint for the fight for freedom and justice -- and ideas for how each of us can contribute


How to Be Less Stupid About Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide By Crystal M. Fleming Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780807039847
Published: Beacon Press - August 20th, 2019

A unique and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our “national conversation about race”—and what to do about it


So You Want to Talk About Race By Ijeoma Oluo Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781580058827
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Published: Seal Press - September 24th, 2019

In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America

Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world. The stakes for transformative conversations about race could not be higher.


Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor By Layla Saad, Robin DiAngelo (Foreword by) Cover Image
By Layla Saad, Robin DiAngelo (Foreword by)
$25.99
ISBN: 9781728209807
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Published: Sourcebooks - January 28th, 2020

The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.


Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race By Reni Eddo-Lodge Cover Image
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Published: Bloomsbury Publishing - March 5th, 2019

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

"This is a book that was begging to be written. This is the kind of book that demands a future where we’ll no longer need such a book. Essential." --Marlon James

“The most important book for me this year.” --Emma Watson

Selected by Emma Watson as the Our Shared Shelf Book Club Pick for January/February 2018


What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy (Counterpoints #398) By Shirley R. Steinberg (Other), Robin Diangelo Cover Image
$62.04
ISBN: 9781433111150
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Published: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publi - May 30th, 2012

What does it mean to be white in a society that proclaims race meaningless yet is deeply divided by race? In the face of pervasive racial inequality and segregation, most whites cannot answer that question.


The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America By Richard Rothstein Cover Image
$17.95
ISBN: 9781631494536
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Published: Liveright - May 1st, 2018

New York Times Bestseller • Notable Book of the Year • Editors' Choice Selection
One of Bill Gates’ “Amazing Books” of the Year
One of Publishers Weekly’s 10 Best Books of the Year
Longlisted for the National Book Award for Nonfiction
An NPR Best Book of the Year
Winner of the Hillman Prize for Nonfiction


A New York Times Best Seller

Merging real stories with theory, research, and practice, a prominent scholar offers a new approach to teaching and learning for every stakeholder in urban education.


They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South By Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers Cover Image
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Published: Yale University Press - January 7th, 2020

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History: a bold and searing investigation into the role of white women in the American slave economy
 
“Stunning.”—Rebecca Onion, Slate
 
“Makes a vital contribution to our understanding of our past and present.”—Parul Sehgal, New York Time


More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States By Imani Perry Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780814767375
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Published: New York University Press - February 28th, 2011

Perry argues that racism in America has moved into a new phase--post-intentional


My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies By Resmaa Menakem Cover Image
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Published: Central Recovery Press - September 19th, 2017

The body is where our instincts reside and where we fight, flee, or freeze, and it endures the trauma inflicted by the ills that plague society. In this groundbreaking work, therapist Resmaa Menakem examines the damage caused by racism in America from the perspective of body-centered psychology.


The Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class (Haymarket Series) By David R. Roediger, Kathleen Cleaver (Introduction by), Mike Davis (Series edited by), Michael Sprinker (Series edited by) Cover Image
By David R. Roediger, Kathleen Cleaver (Introduction by), Mike Davis (Series edited by), Michael Sprinker (Series edited by)
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ISBN: 9781844671458
Published: Verso - July 17th, 2007

Combining classical Marxism, psychoanalysis, and the new labor history pioneered by E. P. Thompson and Herbert Gutman, David Roediger’s widely acclaimed book provides an original study of the formative years of working-class racism in the United States.


Racecraft: The Soul of Inequality in American Life By Karen E. Fields, Barbara J. Fields Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781781683132
Published: Verso - March 4th, 2014

Tackling the myth of a post-racial society

Praised by a wide variety of people from Ta-Nehisi Coates to Zadie Smith, Racecraft “ought to be positioned,” as Bookforum put it, “at the center of any discussion of race in American life.”


The History of White People By Nell Irvin Painter Cover Image
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Published: W. W. Norton & Company - April 18th, 2011

A New York Times bestseller: “This terrific new book . . . [explores] the ‘notion of whiteness,’ an idea as dangerous as it is seductive.”—Boston Globe


Good White People: The Problem with Middle-Class White Anti-Racism (Suny Series) By Shannon Sullivan Cover Image
$40.19
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Published: State University of New York Press - June 1st, 2014

Argues for the necessity of a new ethos for middle-class white anti-racism.


We Gon' Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation By Jeff Chang Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780312429485
Published: Picador - September 13th, 2016

A provocative and timely collection of essays from a celebrated cultural critic on race, diversity, and resegregation.

"The Smartest Book of the Year" (The Washington Post)