Ant-racist reading for adults and children alike
Photo-Illustration: Moon Palace Books, Sankofa, and Mahogany Books With protests across the country calling for systemic change and justice for the killings of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade, many people are asking themselves what they can do to help.
$27 at Sankofa Buy White Fragility by Robin Diangelo $16 $16 In her book White Fragility, anti-racism educator Robin Diangelo examines how white defensive responses to conversations about race and racism reinforce inequality and prevent meaningful dialogue. She then offers ways white people can work against white fragility to engage in more constructive ways.
Recommended by: Oluo’s book has been recommended by too many educators, activists, and writers to count, but some notable mentions come from anti-racist educators Britt Hawthorne and Kleinrock, activists Mac, Flicker, and Klein, The Lit Bar, and Harriett’s Bookshop in Philadelphia. $26 at Mahogany Books Buy The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander $20 $20 Michelle Alexander’s award winning book delves into mass incarceration and the truth about the United States’ thriving racial caste system. Ibram X. Kendi describes The New Jim Crow as “the spark that would eventually light the fire of Black Lives Matter.
Recommended by: Kleinrock, educator Brittany Smith who also recommends supporting Newark bookstore Source of Knowledge, author Julia Alvarez, and Tomas Moniz, writer-editor of Rad Dad, a zine on radical parenting.
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