Looking for something recent and American, but if there's a book you're very high on that's about racism in a different country I'm interested in that too. Thanks!!
“Racism: A Short History” (2015, original ed. 2002) by George Fredrickson
Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in Black America, 1945‒2006,” (Third Edition 2007)
by Manning Marable
“White Fragility” (2018) by Robin DiAngelo
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“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh. It is a picture book illustrated in Mixtec codex style.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy is fiction but deals with race and caste in India.
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Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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There is so much on this topic, it would be good to know more about what you’re looking for. Something academic? Historical? An activist’s perspective? Personal experiences?
Here are a few that will hopefully cover a range:
– The Color of Law
– Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (Jennifer Eberhardt)
– You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism
– Between the World and Me
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Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
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The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
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The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
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Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire. Akala
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James Baldwin, bell hooks, and Audre Lorde.
Anything by Ibram X Kendi.
The 1619 project.
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
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I thought that *The Sellout* by Paul Beatty was a good read
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To Kill A Mockingbird. Not recent, but relevant.
These are my top three for the USA
“Racism: A Short History” (2015, original ed. 2002) by George Fredrickson
Race, Reform, and Rebellion: The Second Reconstruction and Beyond in Black America, 1945‒2006,” (Third Edition 2007)
by Manning Marable
“White Fragility” (2018) by Robin DiAngelo
“Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Separate is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh. It is a picture book illustrated in Mixtec codex style.
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy is fiction but deals with race and caste in India.
Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity—and Why This Harms Everybody by Helen Pluckrose, James Lindsay
The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr.
There is so much on this topic, it would be good to know more about what you’re looking for. Something academic? Historical? An activist’s perspective? Personal experiences?
Here are a few that will hopefully cover a range:
– The Color of Law
– Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do (Jennifer Eberhardt)
– You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism
– Between the World and Me
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Inconvenient Indian by Thomas King
Natives: Race and Class in the Ruins of Empire. Akala
James Baldwin, bell hooks, and Audre Lorde.
Anything by Ibram X Kendi.
The 1619 project.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
I thought that *The Sellout* by Paul Beatty was a good read
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson