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Nick
Kendi released a book club kit last month! It has some great discussion questions, his own antiracist reading list, and a syllabus with recommended reads based on topic. Direct link to the PDF: https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
Prune Combes
Nine books I would recommend are:
1 - White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
by Robin J. DiAngelo
2 - The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
3 - White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Nation’s Divide by Carol Anderson
4 - A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry (Author) and Kali Nicole Gross
5 - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
6 - Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide by Prof. Sir Hilary McD. Beckles
7 - Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America by Elliot Jaspin
8 - Between the World and Me Kindle Edition by Ta-Nehisi Coates
9 - Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics by George Lipsitz
Six web links that I suggest are less of a time commitment, but still very important and beneficial:
1. Understanding My Privilege | Sue Borrego | TEDxPasadenaWomen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlRxq...
2. What Beyonce Taught Me About Race | Brittany Barron | TEDxPasadenaWomen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzj9...
3. Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates Makes the Case for Reparations at Historic Congressional Hearing
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/2...
4. A TED talk on Adverse Childhood Experiences Affecting Health Across a Lifetime
https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burk...
5. Prof. Koritha Mitchell on Low Standards for White People
http://www.korithamitchell.com/low-st...
6. An article by Ta-Nehisi Coates on Reparations
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
1 - White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
by Robin J. DiAngelo
2 - The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein
3 - White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Nation’s Divide by Carol Anderson
4 - A Black Women's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry (Author) and Kali Nicole Gross
5 - The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
6 - Britain’s Black Debt: Reparations for Caribbean Slavery and Native Genocide by Prof. Sir Hilary McD. Beckles
7 - Buried in the Bitter Waters: The Hidden History of Racial Cleansing in America by Elliot Jaspin
8 - Between the World and Me Kindle Edition by Ta-Nehisi Coates
9 - Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics by George Lipsitz
Six web links that I suggest are less of a time commitment, but still very important and beneficial:
1. Understanding My Privilege | Sue Borrego | TEDxPasadenaWomen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlRxq...
2. What Beyonce Taught Me About Race | Brittany Barron | TEDxPasadenaWomen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDzj9...
3. Writer Ta-Nehisi Coates Makes the Case for Reparations at Historic Congressional Hearing
https://www.democracynow.org/2019/6/2...
4. A TED talk on Adverse Childhood Experiences Affecting Health Across a Lifetime
https://www.ted.com/talks/nadine_burk...
5. Prof. Koritha Mitchell on Low Standards for White People
http://www.korithamitchell.com/low-st...
6. An article by Ta-Nehisi Coates on Reparations
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...
Lara
There's a discussion guide for the book from Penguin Random House here:
https://images.randomhouse.com/promo_...
https://images.randomhouse.com/promo_...
BMR, LCSW
Once you read this book, you will not need any prompts for discussion. It will happen organically as soon as somebody says, "What did you think?"
Or if you need them:
Do you agree with Kendi's definition of anti-racist? Why or why not?
What part of the book did you identify with the most?
Who do you want to tell about this book but are afraid to do so?
How has your perception of racism changed since reading this?
What scenarios reminded you of something that has happened in your own life?
What can you do tomorrow to actively fight racist policies in your communities (we all have more than one)?
Or if you need them:
Do you agree with Kendi's definition of anti-racist? Why or why not?
What part of the book did you identify with the most?
Who do you want to tell about this book but are afraid to do so?
How has your perception of racism changed since reading this?
What scenarios reminded you of something that has happened in your own life?
What can you do tomorrow to actively fight racist policies in your communities (we all have more than one)?
Wordsworth
Kristen M, I would be interested to know what your project is doing beyond reading! I've recently started an antiracist book club, but we don't want to stop at self-education.
In case you still want them, here are some resources we used for this book:
Book Club Kit (includes long list of author-recommended supplemental reading suggestions and an “Antiracist Syllabus” suggesting an order in which to tackle topics through books and essays)
https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
First-year and common reading guide (for college whole-student-body reads; an extensive list of discussion questions)
https://images.randomhouse.com/promo_...
Interviews with the author:
Podcast: Ezra Klein interviewing Ibram X. Kendi: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Interview with Kendi from Prince George’s Community College:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9MlC...
In case you still want them, here are some resources we used for this book:
Book Club Kit (includes long list of author-recommended supplemental reading suggestions and an “Antiracist Syllabus” suggesting an order in which to tackle topics through books and essays)
https://static1.squarespace.com/stati...
First-year and common reading guide (for college whole-student-body reads; an extensive list of discussion questions)
https://images.randomhouse.com/promo_...
Interviews with the author:
Podcast: Ezra Klein interviewing Ibram X. Kendi: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...
Interview with Kendi from Prince George’s Community College:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-9MlC...
Marianne Roncoli
What I want to know is how to I join the Anti-Racist Project in the time of COVID? I can read all day! How do I join a group when I am in quarantine? Does anyone know about an Anti=Racisit Project ZOOM?
Dan
1. Thomas Sowell's Discrimination and disparity
2. Shebly Steele's White Guilt.
It is sad to see so many white racist authors listed below
2. Shebly Steele's White Guilt.
It is sad to see so many white racist authors listed below
Sirpa Jarvenpaa
Try Johns Hopkins University Alumni Book Club. We are starting it right now. Sirpa
Allysonkearns
Hi, I'm a producer working on a tv special about this book and I'd love to talk with you. If you're interested, please email me at producerallyson@gmail.com
Cynthia Mauck
I was highly impressed with "We Are Not Yet Equal" by Carol Anderson.
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