Books about racism
These books are not listed in a particular order, nor is this an exhaustive list of books on the subject of racism. It is a starting point as we grow in living together as God’s people, loving one another, and working for justice and peace in all the world, starting right in our own neighborhoods.
Talking to white kids about what whiteness means
The books are suggested by “The Christian Century” to help start the conversation.
- White Fragility: Why it’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism, by Robin J. DiAngelo and Michael Eric Dyson. 2018
- Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, by Ibram X. Kendi. 2017
- Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You: A Remix of the National Book Award-winning Stamped from the Beginning, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram Kendi. 2020
- So You Want to Talk About Race, by Ijeoma Oluo. 2019
- How to Be an Antiracist, by Ibram Kendi. 2019
- Waking Up White: and Finding Myself in the Story of Race, 2014.
- Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do, by Jennifer Eberhardt. 2019
- Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption, by Bryan Stevenson. 2015
- Raising White Kids, by Jennifer Harvey. 2019
- Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, by Matthew Desmond. 2017
- The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America, by Richard Rothstein. 2018
- Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates. 2015
- Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the US, by Lenny Duncan. 2019
- Be the Bridge: Pursuing God’s Heart for Racial Reconciliation, by Latasha Morrison. 2019
- Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum. 2017
- America’s Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America, by Jim Wallis. 2016
- Race Matters, by Cornell West. 2017
Talking to white kids about what whiteness means
The books are suggested by “The Christian Century” to help start the conversation.
- Something Happened in Our Town: A Child’s Story about Racial Injustice by Marianne Celano, Marietta Collins, and Ann Hazzard.
- Not My Idea: A Book About Whiteness by Anastasia Higginbotham
- New Kid by Jerry Craft
