Reading List of Current Books on Challenging Racism
Prepared by Beverly E. Mitchell, Ph.D., for Sky Above Zen
Prepared by Beverly E. Mitchell, Ph.D., for Sky Above Zen
White Authors Challenging White Supremacy
Authors of Color Challenging White Supremacy
Authors Examining America’s Unspoken Caste System
American Histories of People of Color
- Carol Anderson, White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
- Robin Di Angelo, White Fragility
- Frances Kendall, Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race (Teaching/Learning Social Justice)
- Paul Kivel, Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
Authors of Color Challenging White Supremacy
- James Baldwin, Fire Next Time
- Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Racism without Racists: Colorblind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States
- Ta-Nehesi Coates, Between the World and Me
- Ibram X. Kendi, How to be an Anti-Racist
- Derald Wing Sue, Racism Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race
- George Yancy, Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America
Authors Examining America’s Unspoken Caste System
- Isabel Wilkerson, Caste - The Origins of Our Discontents
American Histories of People of Color
- Ibram X. Kendi, Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
- Paul Ortiz, An African American and Latinx History of the U.S.
- Richard Rothstein, The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America.