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
Via Elizabeth’s Bookshop and Writing Centre. The History of White People (Related NPR Article) Description Telling perhaps the most important forgotten story in American history, eminent historian Nell Irvin Painter guides us through more than two thousand years of Western civilization, illuminating not only the invention of race but also the frequent praise of whiteness … Read More
Via Elizabeth’s Bookshop and Writing Centre. A Black Women’s History of the United States Daina Ramey Berry (Author) Kali Nicole Gross (Author) Description A vibrant and empowering history that emphasizes the perspectives and stories of African American women to show how they are–and have always been–instrumental in shaping our country In centering Black women’s stories, two award-winning historians … Read More
