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When I compiled this list I’ll be honest it was for white allies to understand the impact of racism. But, after further research, I realized this was a topic we should all dig deeper into. I can attest to blatant racism, but it’s the intricate details of systematic racism I have to learn. So while this list was created as a helpful resource for white allies it has turned into a resource for everyone.
White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by Layla F. Saad
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa by Walter Rodney
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
Black and British: A Forgotten History by David Olusoga
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
You Can’t Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain by Phoebe Robinson
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
Reconstruction Updated Edition: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877 by Eric Foner
Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time by Ira Katznelson
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki
The Price for Their Pound of Flesh: The Value of the Enslaved, from Womb to Grave, in the Building of a Nation by Daina Ramey Berry
How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society by Manning Marable
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap by Mehrsa Baradaran
The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi
Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom by David W. Blight
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City by Matthew Desmond
Queenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Girl, Woman, Other: A Novel by Bernardine Evaristo
How to Be an Antiracist by
For even MORE reading check out my list of 70 books by Black female authors and 80 books for Black children and young adults that you need on your shelf.
What books would recommend for a better understanding of the impact of racism? Share with me in the comments below.
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