I’ve set a goal to read at least one book each month specifically to help me on my antiracist journey. In early January, I put out a call to my online community: What books should I read? What have you tried and love? What impacted you the most? Here’s what you suggested.
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How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram Kendi
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White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo
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So You Want to Talk about Race, by Ijeoma Oluo
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Why are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race, by Beverly Daniel Tatum
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This Book is Antiracist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work, by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durland
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Raising White Kids, by Jennifer Harvey
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Between the World and Me, by Ta Nehisi Coates
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Tears We Cannot Stop, by Michael Eric Dyson
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Mindful of Race: Transforming Race from the Inside Out, by Ruth King
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Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson
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Letters to a Young Muslim, by Omar Saif Ghobash
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White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son, by Tim Wise
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Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority, by Tim Wise
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I’m Still Here: Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness, by Austin Channing Brown
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Me and White Supemacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor, Layla F. Saad
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For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood… And the Rest of Ya’ll, Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education, Christophe Edmin
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The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys, by Eddie Moore, Ali Michael, and Marguerite W. Penick-Parks
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The Making of a Racist: A Southerner Reflects on Family, History, and the Slave Trade, by Charles B. Dew