Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
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God's Tapestry Understanding and Celebrating Differences
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People who are commenting with book suggestions, you can add them directly to the list yourself by clicking the tab "add books to the list" at the very top of the book list. Please do!
Thank you for this -- one of my New Year's Resolutions was to read more about race, and I was having trouble finding recommendations.
Elizabeth-- for African American books, this list is excellent: http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/19...
Ooof. The Help. The Black experience written by a white woman. When will we learn to stop reading these works? I'd take that out and put some Toni Morrison in. I love all the Deloria!
If you're interested in finding more recommendations or discussion of radical political books, you can check out & participate in the Anarchist & Radical Book Club. We try to curate our "bookshelf" so you can find books by subject.
Is there no way to remove or challenge a book on this (or any list?) Book number 224 is Stephen King's It.
Zebradley wrote: "Ooof. The Help. The Black experience written by a white woman. When will we learn to stop reading these works?"
I completely agree. I read the book and genuinely don't understand the hype.
I completely agree. I read the book and genuinely don't understand the hype.
Muttix wrote: "Zebradley wrote: "Ooof. The Help. The Black experience written by a white woman. When will we learn to stop reading these works?"
I completely agree. I read the book and genuinely don't understand..."
Well, at least it's not as bad as Save the Pearls.
I completely agree. I read the book and genuinely don't understand..."
Well, at least it's not as bad as Save the Pearls.
Theybradley wrote: "Ooof. The Help. The Black experience written by a white woman. When will we learn to stop reading these works? I'd take that out and put some Toni Morrison in. I love all the Deloria!"
That's the purpose of the book, to see how white people see it.
That's the purpose of the book, to see how white people see it.
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