Books To Educate You About Race & Racism
As protests sparked by the tragic death of George Floyd continue around the country, books are becoming an important resource, not only to learn more about Black culture and history, but to elevate important conversations.
Reading provides invaluable insight into the past as well as avenues for continued research. Here’s what the Sunday Paper recommends you should be reading.
Click on each title for more information and to order.
Non Fiction
“White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism” by Robin DiAngelo
“Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do” by Jennifer L. Eberhardt
“Raising White Kids” by Jennifer Harvey
“Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption” by Bryan Stevenson
“The Fire Next Time” by James Baldwin
“Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race” by Reni Eddo-Lodge
“Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You” by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
“The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander
“My Vanishing Country: A Memoir” by Bakari Sellers
“Resist: 35 Profiles of Ordinary People Who Rose Up Against Tyranny and Injustice” by Veronica Chambers
Fiction:
“For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf” by Ntozake Shange
“The Bluest Eye” by Toni Morrison
“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker
“White Teeth” by Zadie Smith
“The Mothers” by Brit Bennett
Kids
“Sesame Street’s “We’re Different, We’re the Same” by Bobbi Jane Kates
“I Am Enough” by Grace Byers
“Antiracist Baby” by Ibram X. Kendi
“A is for Activist” Innosanto Nagara
“Hair Love” by Matthew A Cherry (Author) Vashti Harrison (Author)
Teens
“This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do The Work” by Tiffany Jewell and Aurelia Durand
“Well-Read Black Girl” by Glory Edim
“Dear White People” by Justin Simien
