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11 Bestselling Books Dealing With Race That You Need To Read Right Now

It can be common to be unsure of what to do during this critical time, but it is certain that we must take steps towards initiating change. In order for any reform to occur in the future, it is necessary that we educate ourselves right now.

Eleanor Dalsass

Jun 09, 2020

Villanova University

11 Bestselling Books Dealing With Race That You Need To Read Right Now

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If you are struggling to understand what is happening in America right now, or if you know of someone who could benefit from educating themselves on the current divide in our country, I implore you: read one or all of the books from the list that I have compiled. All highly-rated bestsellers on Amazon, these books deal with important topics concerning race and division in our society. The sooner we take steps towards furthering our education and awareness of issues in America, the sooner that the prospect of change can become a reality.

1. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

By Robin DiAngelo

2. How to Be an Antiracist

By Ibram X. Kendi

3. So You Want to Talk About Race

By Ijeoma Olua

4. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the world, and Become a Good Ancestor

By Layla F. Saad

5. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

By Richard Rothstein

6. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racial Ideas in America

By Ibram X. Kendi

7. Between the World and Me

By Ta-Nehisi Coates

8. Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

By Beverly Daniel Tatum

9. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

By Carol Anderson

10. I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

By Austin Channing Brown

11. Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

By Reni Eddo-Lodge

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It can be common to be unsure of what to do during this critical time, but it is certain that we must take steps towards initiating change. In order for any reform to occur in the future, it is necessary that we educate ourselves right now.

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1. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism

2. How to Be an Antiracist

3. So You Want to Talk About Race

4. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the world, and Become a Good Ancestor

5. The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America

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