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Books White People Need to Read - Page 2

Based on an article from The Good Men Project called "Why I Don't Want to Talk About Race" by Steve Locke, this list is a way for white people to learn more about race, whiteness & oppression.
"There needs to be discussion among people who think of themselves as white. They need to unpack that language, that history, that social position and see what it really offers them, and what it takes away from them."
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Lakota Woman (Mary Crow Dog)
Lakota Woman
41
Mary Crow Dog
Killing Rage
Killing Rage
42
Orientalism (Edward W. Said)
Orientalism
43
Edward W. Said
Native Son (Richard Wright)
Native Son
44
Richard Wright
White Like Me (Wise)
White Like Me
45
Wise
The Woman Warrior (Maxine Hong Kingston)
The Woman Warrior
46
Maxine Hong Kingston
Assata (Assata Shakur)
Assata
47
Assata Shakur
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse (Math)
In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
48
Math
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
49
Ralph Ellison
Nobody Knows My Name (James Baldwin)
Nobody Knows My Name
50
James Baldwin
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide (Carol Anderson)
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
51
Carol Anderson
A Conflict of Visions (Thomas Sowell)
A Conflict of Visions
52
Thomas Sowell
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America (Ibram X. Kendi)
Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
53
Ibram X. Kendi
The Inconvenient Indian (Thomas King)
The Inconvenient Indian
54
Thomas King
Kaffir Boy
Kaffir Boy
55
Vision of the Anointed (Thomas Sowell)
Vision of the Anointed
56
Thomas Sowell
Uncle Tom's Cabin (Harriet Beecher Stowe)
Uncle Tom's Cabin
57
Harriet Beecher Stowe
The Rape of Nanking (Iris Chang)
The Rape of Nanking
58
Iris Chang
Killers of the Flower Moon (Grann)
Killers of the Flower Moon
59
Grann
THE STRANGE CAREER OF JIM CROW by C. Vann Woodward
THE STRANGE CAREER OF JIM CROW by C. Vann Woodward
60
Parting the Waters (Taylor Branch)
Parting the Waters
61
Taylor Branch
Blackamores: Africans in Tudor England, Their Presence, Status and Origins (Onyeka)
Blackamores: Africans in Tudor England, Their Presence, Status and Origins
62
Onyeka
Black Boy (Richard Wright)
Black Boy
63
Richard Wright
King Leopold's Ghost (Adam Hochschild)
King Leopold's Ghost
64
Adam Hochschild
Pillar of Fire (Taylor Branch)
Pillar of Fire
65
Taylor Branch
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Reni Eddo-Lodge)
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
66
Reni Eddo-Lodge
March : Book Two (John Lewis)
March : Book Two
67
John Lewis
Chinese Cinderella (Adeline Yen Mah)
Chinese Cinderella
68
Adeline Yen Mah
The Half Has Never Been Told (Edward E. Baptist)
The Half Has Never Been Told
69
Edward E. Baptist
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States
70
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race (Jesmyn Ward)
The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks About Race
71
Jesmyn Ward
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide (Andrea Lee Smith)
Conquest: Sexual Violence and American Indian Genocide
72
Andrea Lee Smith
Without Sanctuary (James Allen)
Without Sanctuary
73
James Allen
Buck (M.K. Asante)
Buck
74
M.K. Asante
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness (George Lipsitz)
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
75
George Lipsitz
The Ways of White Folks
The Ways of White Folks
76
Neither Wolf nor Dog (Kent Nerburn)
Neither Wolf nor Dog
77
Kent Nerburn
The Mismeasure of Man (Stephen Jay Gould)
The Mismeasure of Man
78
Stephen Jay Gould
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America (Michael Eric Dyson)
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
79
Michael Eric Dyson
Manchild in the Promised Land
Manchild in the Promised Land
80
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