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Readers Against Racism

By Women's National Book Association (WNBA)
By Women's National Book Association (WNBA)

Readers Against Racism

The Women's National Book Association (WNBA) stands against racism. As booklovers, we believe that books have the power to change lives. But readers need to learn about racism in order to defeat it. Featuring a mix of nonfiction and fiction that span from memoir to poetry to social justice theory, this list invites thinking, encourages empathy, and promotes action. 

 

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Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-Winning Stamped from the Beginning

Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National...

Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi

$18.99
$17.66
The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy

The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power,...

Gerald Torres and Lani Guinier

$37.80
For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the...

Ntozake Shange

$13.99
$13.01
But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies

But Some of Us Are Brave: Black Women's Studies

$27.45
When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century America

When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of...

Ira Katznelson

$17.95
$16.69
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics (1, Twentieth Anniversary)

The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People...

George Lipsitz

$32.95
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin

Terrance Hayes

$18.00
$16.74
The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness

The Making and Unmaking of Whiteness

$34.44
Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin

Of Poetry and Protest: From Emmett Till to Trayvon Martin

$21.95
$20.41
The Tradition

The Tradition

Jericho Brown

$17.00
$15.81
Representation

Representation

$78.00
Race Matters, 25th Anniversary: With a New Introduction

Race Matters, 25th Anniversary: With a New Introduction

Cornel West

$15.00
$13.95
How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide

How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy,...

Crystal M. Fleming

$14.95
$13.90
Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice

Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice

Kristin J. Anderson

$36.29
How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America

How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in...

Karen Brodkin

$48.24
A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism

A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism

Becky Thompson

$33.60
What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy

What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy

Robin Diangelo

$62.04
The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap

Mehrsa Baradaran

$21.00
$19.53
Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?

Martin Luther King

$16.00
$14.88
Black Skin, White Masks

Black Skin, White Masks

Frantz Fanon

$16.00
$14.88
Latinos Facing Racism: Discrimination, Resistance, and Endurance

Latinos Facing Racism: Discrimination, Resistance, and Endurance

José a. Cobas and Joe R. Feagin

$51.69
Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism

Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism

Laura E. Gómez

$25.99
$24.17
An African American and Latinx History of the United States

An African American and Latinx History of the United States

Paul Ortiz

$17.00
$15.81
Everyday Injustice: Latino Professionals and Racism

Everyday Injustice: Latino Professionals and Racism

Maria Chávez

$75.90
Friends Disappear: The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston

Friends Disappear: The Battle for Racial Equality in Evanston

Mary Barr

$118.80

About the Women’s National Book Association (WNBA): The Women’s National Book Association is a professional organization dedicated to promoting books and literacy and to supporting women in the book world. Formed in 1917 by a group of female booksellers in New York City who were not allowed to join the all-male booksellers’ organizations, the WNBA continues to advocate for equality and representation in the book world. The WNBA welcomes members of all genders and professions. 

 

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