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Reading List of Current Books on Challenging Racism 

​Prepared by Beverly E. Mitchell, Ph.D., for Sky Above Zen
White Authors Challenging White Supremacy
  • 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.


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  • Home
  • About
  • Zen Master Ryokan
  • Practice
    • Zen Meditation
    • Dogen's Universal Way of Zazen
    • Zen Chants and Sutras
    • Talks
    • Suggested Reading
    • Challenging Racism
    • Copying Sutras
  • Schedule & Contact Info
  • Gallery
  • Links