Via AK Press. Care Work Dreaming Disability Justice Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha (Author) Publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press Format: Book Binding: pb Pages: 262 Released: October 30, 2018 ISBN-13: 9781551527383 In this collection of essays, longtime activist and performance artist Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha explores the politics and realities of disability justice, a movement that centers the lives and leadership of sick and disabled … 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. 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
