Via GoodReads. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates “This is your country, this is your world, this is your body, and you must find some way to live within the all of it.” In a profound work that pivots from the biggest questions about American history and ideals to the most intimate concerns … Read More
Via GoodReads. “Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?”: A Psychologist Explains the Development of Racial Identity by Beverly Daniel Tatum Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups. Is this self-segregation a problem to address or a coping … Read More
Via GoodReads. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo In this breakout book, Ijeoma Oluo explores the complex reality of today’s racial landscape–from white privilege and police brutality to systemic discrimination and the Black Lives Matter movement–offering straightforward clarity that readers need to contribute to the dismantling of the racial divide In So You … Read More
Via GoodReads. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, Michael Eric Dyson (Foreword) 4.35 · Rating details · 78,509 ratings · 11,301 reviews 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. Referring to the defensive moves … Read More
Via Elizabeth’s Bookshop and Writing Centre. The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 Nikki Giovanni (Author) FORMAT Description The complete early work of the renowned African-American poet. “Nikki Giovanni is one of our national treasures.”–Gloria Naylor This omnibus includes her first seven volumes of poetry from her early years, 1967 to 1983: Black Feeling Black Talk; … Read More
Via Elizabeth’s Bookshop and Writing Centre. Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty Dorothy Roberts (Author) Description In 1997, this groundbreaking book made a powerful entrance into the national conversation on race. In a media landscape dominated by racially biased images of welfare queens and crack babies, Killing the Black Body exposed America’s … Read More
