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Race and white privilege books

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These are the four titles that I've found most challenging and helpful for thinking about race and privilege...just fwiw :)

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?--classic text for thinking about kids and race, with some really interesting stories of how she talks with her kids about race and looking like (or not looking like) everyone else.  I like this one because it really pushed me to think beyond black and white, and is written as a way of teaching people, so I learned a lot.

Life on the Color Line--memoir by a man who grew up at first thinking he was white, then learning he was black and having to switch cultures while Jim Crow and de facto segregation were still very much in play.  Very challenging and thought-provoking to me!

White Like Me--fairly blunt discussion of white privilege by a white guy; sort of a memoir, but also just a huge compilation of stories and thoughts and rants.  Interesting stuff on active v. passive racism in this one.

Secret Daughter--I never thought of this as about adoption, but now it really does seem totally about family and relationships and how race impacts those things. 

 

Hope that's helpful!

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Re: Race and white privilege books

  • ladychicagoladychicago member
    I just wanted to add another one...     Weaving a Family is a book written by a prominent white Sociologist who adopted an AA daughter.    I thought it was very well written, and read it while I was in graduate school.     Just wanted to share!
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