Race and Racism

Discussing Difficult Topics: Race and Racism

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An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz

America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America by Jim Wallis Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People by Mahzarin R. Banaji & Anthony G. Greenwald Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race by Jesmyn Ward Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? By Mumia Abu-Jamal How Does it Feel to be a Problem?: Being Young and Arab in America by Moustafa Bayoumi How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi How We Fight White Supremacy: A Field Guide to Black Resistance by Akiba Solomon & Kenrya Rankin I Can’t Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street by Matt Taibbi I’m Still Here by Austin Channing Brown Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad

Mindful of Race: Transforming Racism from the Inside Out by Ruth King The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander On Account of Race: The Supreme Court, White Supremacy and the Ravaging of African American Voting Rights by Lawrence Goldstone Rest in Power: The Enduring Life of Trayvon Martin by Sybrina Fulton So, You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Jason Reynolds & Ibram X. Kendi Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi Stay Woke: A People’s Guide to Making All Black Lives Matter by Tehama Lopez Bunyasi & Candis Watts Smith Stony the Road: Reconstruction, White Supremacy, and the Rise of Jim Crow by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Tears We Cannot Stop by Michael Eric Dyson This Book is Anti-Racist by Tiffany Jewell The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir by Asha Bandele White Rage: the Unspoken Truth of our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin J. DiAngelo Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? By Beverly Daniel Tatum