BIPOC RECOMMENDED READING

A super informative and comprehensive read:
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge
An incredibly important book about the prison pipeline system:
The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander
The New Jim Crow - Michelle Alexander
Great book on the unspoken truth of our racial divide:
White Rage - Carol Anderson
White Rage - Carol Anderson
A classic piece of Black literature. Absolutely beautiful:
Their eyes were watching god - Zora Neale Hurston
Amazingly succinct. So powerful. Much to unpack:
The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin
A very powerful and emotional read:
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
An incredibly powerful memoir - super informative to the Black experience:
Heavy - Kiese Laymon
An amazing book to start with. It lays a foundation for conversations pertaining to race:
So you want to talk about race - Ijeoma Oluo
Every white / white passing person should read this. It's a great crash course:
White Fragility - Robin Diangelo
A nonfiction collection of essays and articles about Haudenosaunee women's fight for freedom and equality:
Sisters in Spirit: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influences on Early American Feminists - Sally Roesch Wagner
A simplified version of the Thanksgiving Address for children from preschool to grade six:
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message - Chief Jake Swamp
Their eyes were watching god - Zora Neale Hurston
Amazingly succinct. So powerful. Much to unpack:
The Fire Next Time - James Baldwin
A very powerful and emotional read:
Between the World and Me - Ta-Nehisi Coates
An incredibly powerful memoir - super informative to the Black experience:
Heavy - Kiese Laymon
An amazing book to start with. It lays a foundation for conversations pertaining to race:
So you want to talk about race - Ijeoma Oluo
Every white / white passing person should read this. It's a great crash course:
White Fragility - Robin Diangelo
A nonfiction collection of essays and articles about Haudenosaunee women's fight for freedom and equality:
Sisters in Spirit: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Influences on Early American Feminists - Sally Roesch Wagner
A simplified version of the Thanksgiving Address for children from preschool to grade six:
Giving Thanks: A Native American Good Morning Message - Chief Jake Swamp
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