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• Black Grief/white Grievance

  the Politics of Loss

  Hooker, Juliet,

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  In democracies, citizens must accept loss; we can't always be on the winning side. But in the United States, the fundamental civic capacity of being able to lose is not distributed equally. Propped up by white supremacy, whites (as a…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• After Whiteness

  An Education in Belonging

  Jennings, Willie James, 1961-

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  A multimodal reflection on the way theological education can foster pluralistic community and resist Western ideals of individualism, masculinity, and whiteness.

• Unsettling Truths

  the Ongoing, Dehumanizing Legacy of the Doctrine of Discovery

  Charles, Mark, 1970-

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  You cannot discover lands already inhabited. In this prophetic blend of history, theology, and cultural commentary, Mark Charles and Soong-Chan Rah reveal the damaging effects of the "Doctrine of Discovery," which institutionalized…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Silencing White Noise

  Six Practices to Overcome Our Inaction on Race

  Francois, Willie Dwayne, 1986-

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  Racism is omnipresent in American life, both public and private. We are immersed in what prominent faith leader Willie Dwayne Francois III calls white noise--the racist speech, ideas, and policies that lull us into inaction on racial…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Too Long

  the Legacy of White Supremacy in American Christianity

  Jones, Robert P. (Robert Patrick)

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  Draws on history, statistics, and memoir to urge that white Christians reckon with the racism of the past and the amnesia of the present to restore a Christian identity free of the taint of white supremacy.

• White Awake

  An Honest Look at What It Means to Be White

  Hill, Daniel, 1973-

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  Daniel Hill will never forget the day he heard these words: 'Daniel, you may be white, but don't let that lull you into thinking you have no culture. White culture is very real. In fact, when white culture comes in contact with other…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Lies

  Nine Ways to Expose and Resist the Racial Systems That Divide Us

  Hill, Daniel, 1973-

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  White Christians are waking up to the pervasive bias for white culture that shapes every aspect of society. Many are eager to confront white supremacy--but what steps should be taken to make good, lasting change? Pastor Daniel Hill offers…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Antisocial

  Online Extremists, Techno-utopians, and the Hijacking of the American Conversation

  Marantz, Andrew,

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  For several years, Andrew Marantz, a New Yorker staff writer, has been embedded in two worlds. The first is the world of social-media entrepreneurs, who, acting out of naïvete and reckless ambition, upended all traditional means of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Kids

  Growing Up With Privilege in a Racially Divided America

  Hagerman, Margaret A.

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  Featuring the actual voices of young, affluent white kids and what they think about race, racism, inequality, and privilege, White Kids illuminates how white racial socialization is much more dynamic, complex, and varied than previously…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mediocre

  the Dangerous Legacy of White Male America

  Oluo, Ijeoma,

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  From the author of the New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race , a subversive history of white male American identity. What happens to a country that tells generation after generation of white men that they deserve power?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Sisters in Hate

  American Women on the Front Line of White Nationalism

  Darby, Seyward,

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  After the election of Donald J. Trump, journalist Seyward Darby went looking for the women of the so-called "alt-right" -- really just white nationalism with a new label. The mainstream media depicted the alt-right as a bastion of angry…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Raising Our Hands

  How White Women Can Stop Avoiding Hard Conversations, Start Accepting Responsibility, and Find Our Place on the New Frontlines

  Arnold, Jenna, 1981-

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  Jenna Arnold, director of strategic engagement for the historic 2017 Women's March, helps American white women (one of the most powerful demographics in the world-but too often passive) understand how their influence, power, and voice can…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Working Class Rage

  a Field Guide to White Anger and Pain

  Sample, Tex,

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  White working-class people are often identified as the voting bloc that gave the country its most divisive leader in a generation, yet they are not what they seem. Tex Sample reminds us that this group deserves a richer, more nuanced…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Rage

  the Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

  Anderson, Carol (Carol Elaine)

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  Since 1865 and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, every time African Americans have made advances towards full participation in our democracy, white reaction has fueled a deliberate and relentless rollback of their gains. The end of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• White Fragility

  Why It's So Hard to Talk to White People About Racism

  DiAngelo, Robin, 1956-

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  In this "vital, necessary, and beautiful book" (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and "allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to 'bad people?…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

  Eddo-Lodge, Reni,

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  In 2014, award-winning journalist Reni Eddo-Lodge wrote on her blog about her frustration with the way that discussions of race and racism in Britain were being led by those who weren't affected by it. Her words hit a nerve. The post went…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Flight of the WASP

  the Rise, Fall, and Future of America's Original Ruling Class

  Gross, Michael, 1952-

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  Fifteen families. Four hundred years. The complex saga of the White Anglo-Saxon Protestant elite in America's history. For decades, writers from Cleveland Amory to Joseph Alsop to the editors of Politico have proclaimed the diminishment of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear White America

  Letter to a New Minority

  Wise, Tim, 1968-

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  The old notion that "being white means never having to think about it" is being challenged on all fronts as whites are increasingly having to wrestle with what it means to be part of a fast-changing, culturally diverse nation. In Dear…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Dear White Women

  Let's Get (un)comfortable Talking About Racism

  Blanchard, Sara,

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  What do you do when you're at a dinner party and someone tells a racist joke? Do you nod so as not to 'ruin the vibe'? What if you overhear a microaggression at work? Do you realize much later what you wish you had said? Going deeper, do…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Nice White Ladies

  the Truth About White Supremacy, Our Role in It, and How We Can Help Dismantle It

  Daniels, Jessie, 1961-

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  In Nice White Ladies Jessie Daniels addresses white women's complicity in racial discrimination in the US but also in their unique potential to resist and dismantle the white nationalism that threatens us all. Daniels is a white woman…Read moreRead more of this annotation