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20 votes
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Scholastic Book Fair will discontinue separate collection of race and gender books
23 votes -
George Dawson book about racism effectively banned at George Dawson Middle School
7 votes -
US libraries report spike in organised attempts to ban books in schools
18 votes -
‘I think we should throw those books in a fire’: Movement builds on right to target books
17 votes -
Why I am obsessed with the forbidden Seuss
11 votes -
The Beigeness, or How to Kill People with Bad Writing: The Scott Alexander Method
31 votes -
On colonial nostalgia and food in fantasy writing
4 votes -
What are the best books you've read on the topic of racism?
There are a ton of recommendation lists out there right now, each with a ton of titles. While it's nice to see that the topic is being addressed by so many different voices and from so many...
There are a ton of recommendation lists out there right now, each with a ton of titles. While it's nice to see that the topic is being addressed by so many different voices and from so many different angles, it can also make it so that it's difficult to know where to start or where to go next.
I'm curious as to which books about racism people here would recommend. Please share not only what the books you've chosen are about specifically, but why you are choosing to recommend them.
16 votes -
The dehumanizing condescension of the book White Fragility
29 votes -
Signs you're a Black character written by a White author
23 votes -
The weight of James Arthur Baldwin
7 votes -
There’s nothing thrilling about trauma
5 votes -
‘I’m not racist, but …’
10 votes -
Fifty shades of white: The long fight against racism in romance novels
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Oh no! The depressing truth about the Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory workers
9 votes -
Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name stripped from children’s book award over ‘Little House’ depictions of Native Americans
I am shamelessly stealing this from the front page of /r/Books, where it has been locked due to shallow and uncivil discussion. I assume we can do better here. "Laura Ingalls Wilder’s name...
I am shamelessly stealing this from the front page of /r/Books, where it has been locked due to shallow and uncivil discussion. I assume we can do better here.
10 votes