20 Books to Fight Racism

I have a lot to learn about the history and presence of racism and white supremacy in America. We have a long way to go as a country. We have a lot to clean up and change. But that starts with every individual and the thoughts, beliefs, and inclinations he or she has about Black people, their history, and the present racial issues BIPOC face.

These books are just a handful of the most-recommended reads for learning about racism, its roots, and its revolution. It’s not going to be comfortable to face the truths in these books, but it’s necessary. It’s life or death.

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1. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo
2. This Book is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work by Tiffany Jewell
3. How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
4. Stamped: Racism, Antiracism and You by Jason Reynolds
5. The Skin We’re In: A Year of Black Resistance and Power by Desmond Cole
6. So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
7. Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race by Debby Irving
8. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
9. March by John Lewis and Andrew Aydin
10. Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Lamon
11. Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
12. Racism Without Racists by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva
13. Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon
14. The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
15. Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
16. We Were Eight Years in Power by Ta-Nehisi Coates
17. White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
18. The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein
19. Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad
20. Men We Reaped: A Memoir by Jesmyn Ward

Have I missed some of your favorite books on racism and White Supremacy? Please share.