A Note on Why Reading Lists are not Enough
Although we include some reading lists in this guide please note that reading is just one of the many tools necessary to combat racial injustice.
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When black people are in pain, white people just join book clubs
"I’m caught in a time loop where my white friends and acquaintances perform the same pieties over and over again." - Tre Johnson in the Washington Post -
What is an Anti-Racist Reading List for?
"An anti-racist reading list means well. How could it not with some of the finest authors, scholars, poets, and critics of the twentieth century among its bullet points? Still, I am left to wonder: Who is this for? The syllabus, as these lists are sometimes called, seldom instructs or guides. It is no pedagogue. It is unclear whether each book supplies a portion of the holistic racial puzzle or are intended as revelatory islands in and of themselves." -
You can't defeat racism with 'reading lists'. Take it from a feminist – we tried this
Book Gallery
Reading Lists
- The Black Radical Tradition
From libcom.org, a resource for all people who wish to fight to improve their lives, their communities, and their working conditions. - A Time for Treason
A reading list created by a group of Black, Brown, Indigenous, Muslim, and Jewish people who are writers, organizers, teachers, anti-fascists, anti-capitalists, and radicals. // The New Inquiry, November 22, 2016 - Black Feminism Book List
Powered by Bookshop, an online bookstore with a mission to financially support local, independent bookstores. - Public Health books: Black Lives Matter and Race/Racism
- Black Lives Matter Comics Reading List
from the Black Caucus of the American Library Association - Anti-Racism Resources & Reading: Fiction & Nonfiction (started by Chris Lopez and Renee Romero)
- Art That Confronts And Challenges Racism
