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Books White People Need to Read - Page 3

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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Death at an Early Age (Jonathan Kozol)
Death at an Early Age
81
Jonathan Kozol
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man
82
An Organizer's Tale (Cesar Chavez)
An Organizer's Tale
83
Cesar Chavez
Black Feminist Thought
Black Feminist Thought
84
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom
85
Do They Hear You When You Cry (Fauziya Kassindja)
Do They Hear You When You Cry
86
Fauziya Kassindja
They Come in All Colors (Malcolm Hansen)
They Come in All Colors
87
Malcolm Hansen
Zami (Audre Lorde)
Zami
88
Audre Lorde
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism (James W. Loewen)
Sundown Towns: A Hidden Dimension of American Racism
89
James W. Loewen
Shame of the Nation
Shame of the Nation
90
The Last Days of the Incas (Kim Macquarrie)
The Last Days of the Incas
91
Kim Macquarrie
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America (Melissa Harris-Perry)
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
92
Melissa Harris-Perry
Letter From the Birmingham Jail
Letter From the Birmingham Jail
93
Nigger (Dick Gregory)
Nigger
94
Dick Gregory
Death Blossoms: Reflections From a Prisoner of Conscience (Mumia Abu-Jamal)
Death Blossoms: Reflections From a Prisoner of Conscience
95
Mumia Abu-Jamal
The Good Immigrant (Nikesh Shul;A)
The Good Immigrant
96
Nikesh Shul;A
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America (Jim Wallis)
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
97
Jim Wallis
Long Walk to Freedom (Nelson Mandela)
Long Walk to Freedom
98
Nelson Mandela
Strangers From a Different Shore (Ronald Takaki)
Strangers From a Different Shore
99
Ronald Takaki
So You Want to Talk About Race (Ijeoma Oluo)
So You Want to Talk About Race
100
Ijeoma Oluo
Up From Slavery (Booker T. Washington)
Up From Slavery
101
Booker T. Washington
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine (Ilan Pappe)
The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine
102
Ilan Pappe
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir (Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele)
When They Call You a Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir
103
Patrisse Khan-Cullors and Asha Bandele
History of White People (Nell Irvin Painter)
History of White People
104
Nell Irvin Painter
Empire of the Summer Moon (S C Gwynne)
Empire of the Summer Moon
105
S C Gwynne
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (Harriet Jacobs)
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
106
Harriet Jacobs
Evicted (Matthew Desmond)
Evicted
107
Matthew Desmond
Black Rednecks and White Liberals (Thomas Sowell)
Black Rednecks and White Liberals
108
Thomas Sowell
Black Elk Speaks
Black Elk Speaks
109
Born a Crime (Trevor Noah)
Born a Crime
110
Trevor Noah
Bad Feminist (Roxane Gay)
Bad Feminist
111
Roxane Gay
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me (Sherman Alexie)
You Don't Have to Say You Love Me
112
Sherman Alexie
The Sun Does Shine (Anthony Ray Hinton)
The Sun Does Shine
113
Anthony Ray Hinton
Esperanza Rising (Pam Muñoz Ryan)
Esperanza Rising
114
Pam Muñoz Ryan
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
Why We Can't Wait by Martin Luther King by Jr.
115
You Can't Touch My Hair (Phoebe Robinson)
You Can't Touch My Hair
116
Phoebe Robinson
Stuck Rubber Baby
Stuck Rubber Baby
117
Homegoing (Yaa Gyasi)
Homegoing
118
Yaa Gyasi
Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans (Wallace Terry)
Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans
119
Wallace Terry
Art Spiegelman: Maus (Suom.)
Art Spiegelman: Maus (Suom.)
120
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