As my children have gotten to the age where they are developing the ability to understand racism and racial discrimination, I’ve really deepened my study of it’s origins. I needed to be able to provide facts when building their knowledge base to combat the rhetoric and 1/n
and gaslighting, and to recognize the micro-aggressions they’ll face. I often say that you can “smell” the bigotry you encounter. But I’ve recently realized that unless you’re aware, a person will seek explanations based on every variable outside of racism. 2/n
Anyway, I wanted to start a thread to share (in one place) what I’ve been studying since Disaster 2016. Hopefully it can be a help to anyone seeking to steel young people against the WS gaslighting and insidious hate speech that’s been on the rise. 3/n
In order chronologically and topically:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25898216-stamped-from-the-beginning">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/440704.The_Racial_Contract">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/296662.Lies_My_Teacher_Told_Me">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2767.A_People_s_History_of_the_United_States">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/37564.A_Different_Mirror">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/14894629-the-half-has-never-been-told">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29780906-slavery-s-capitalism">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8753495-the-fiery-trial">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/132913.Reconstruction">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/34758210-the-color-of-money">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8456413-the-confederate-and-neo-confederate-reader">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43726565-the-second-founding">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9361295-inherently-unequal">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2319745.Slavery_by_Another_Name">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40909438-stony-the-road">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7093931-the-condemnation-of-blackness">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27209433-white-trash">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26073085-white-rage">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8171378-the-warmth-of-other-suns">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52444.Sundown_Towns">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/150094.The_Wages_of_Whiteness">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13812170-fear-itself">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/88367.When_Affirmative_Action_Was_White">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/32191706-the-color-of-law">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2751831-invisible-hands">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/138349.Before_the_Storm">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2393575.Nixonland">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20694952-the-invisible-bridge">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6792458-the-new-jim-crow">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/27833494-dark-money">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35099718-so-you-want-to-talk-about-race">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/40265832-how-to-be-an-antiracist">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/433281.Racism_without_Racists">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/54218.The_Mismeasure_of_Man">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/466460.Faces_at_the_Bottom_of_the_Well">https://www.goodreads.com/book/show...