There's a lot of learning left to do for us white folks. I've been trying to learn more about Black history in America, and the legacy of white supremacist culture and anti-Black racism. I go to workshops and webinars and I do a lot of reading. If you're looking to deepen your understanding of the Black experience in America, here are some titles that enlightened me*:
- Before the Streetlights Come On by Heather McTeer Toney
- Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- Caste: The Origins of Our Discomfort by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Cooking Gene: A Journey Through African American Culinary History in the Old South by Michael W. Twitty
- How to Be an Anti-Racist by Ibram X. Kendi
- Lifting as We Climb by Evette Dionne
- Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry by Imani Perry
- Rooted: The American Legacy of Land Theft and the Modern Movement for Black Land Ownership by Brea Baker
- Slaves in the Family by Edward Ball
- Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism and You by Ibram X. Kendi and Jason Reynolds
- The Yellow House: A Memoir by Sarah M. Broom
We've got work to do.
*I'm going to assume you've read the moving and informative The 1619 Project by now.