I have a few issues w/ some of the books teaching white people how not to be racist:

A lot of them (though not all) assume that doing "the work" of dismantling white supremacy is about "listening to POC," "speaking out" and generally not thinking certain things...

not saying racist things, bringing POC to the table, not stereotyping, not fetishizing. Not bringing your hurt feelings to the fight, recognizing privilege, not culturally appropriating etc.

A lot of the books talk about the discomfort of dealing with white privilege, etc.

so far so fine, but...every white person could do all of this stuff and we would still have different credit systems, race-based home values, differences in school funding, employment disparities, etc. None of this stuff needs racism to be perpetuated.

Maybe doing the work of white supremacy is not buying a house in a wealthy white suburb. Or not sending your kid to a "good" (white) school or only voting for representatives that have a progressive tax plan or a reparations bill. I'm not saying that this is it,

but it seems to me like we'd get much further toward dismantling white supremacy if we had fewer seminars where we talked about feelings and privilege and more school board meetings and zoning fights and congressional hearings. Oh and breaking up the banks.

I am not saying that these books aren't helpful--it's important to do that personal work too, but the ones I've read (and I've read a substantial amount of them) seem to start and stop at personal comportment and thoughts or at organizational representation and that's not enough.