My Favourite Anti-Racism Reads

Here are my favourite non-fiction anti-racism books. If you're looking to build an anti-racist understanding through reading, I highly recommend checking these out. Each book is linked to Chicago's only black woman-owned bookstore Semicolon Bookstore. 

I've read and recommend each one of these, and if you're looking for a reading buddy to discuss these, I'll be your buddy:

How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X. Kendi

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

Why I’m No Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge

The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad (don't just read this one -- you have to do the workbook, even if you listen to the audio)

White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin DiAngelo

Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by Richard Rothstein

An Indigenous People's History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

You'll notice a lot of these books are sold out at the moment. Consider listening to them on audiobook instead via Libro.fm (they support independent bookstores). Libro.fm recently made an Anti-Racism Reading List for easy browsing.