Charis Books' Understanding and Dismantling Racism Booklist

1.
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness 4.52 avg rating — 115,044 ratings
2.
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America 4.53 avg rating — 37,882 ratings
3.
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? 4.34 avg rating — 26,842 ratings
4.
Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race
Waking Up White: And Finding Myself in the Story of Race 4.03 avg rating — 10,662 ratings
5.
Witnessing Whiteness: First Steps Toward an Antiracist Practice and Culture
Witnessing Whiteness: First Steps Toward an Antiracist Practice and Culture 3.90 avg rating — 465 ratings
5.
Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race
Race Talk and the Conspiracy of Silence: Understanding and Facilitating Difficult Dialogues on Race 4.24 avg rating — 502 ratings
7.
Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence
Charleston Syllabus: Readings on Race, Racism, and Racial Violence 4.33 avg rating — 76 ratings
8.
Killing Rage: Ending Racism
Killing Rage: Ending Racism 4.35 avg rating — 2,854 ratings
8.
Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy
Towards Collective Liberation: Anti-Racist Organizing, Feminist Praxis, and Movement Building Strategy 4.11 avg rating — 171 ratings
10.
White Trash: Race and Class in America
White Trash: Race and Class in America
by: Matt Wray
3.66 avg rating — 132 ratings
11.
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering
The Holocaust Industry: Reflections on the Exploitation of Jewish Suffering 4.12 avg rating — 3,679 ratings
12.
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice 3.87 avg rating — 750 ratings
13.
Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States
Racism without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States 4.26 avg rating — 3,612 ratings
14.
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son
by: Tim Wise
4.10 avg rating — 5,369 ratings
15.
So You Want to Talk About Race
So You Want to Talk About Race 4.49 avg rating — 107,278 ratings
16.
Towards the “Other America”: Anti-Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter
Towards the “Other America”: Anti-Racist Resources for White People Taking Action for Black Lives Matter 3.74 avg rating — 65 ratings
17.
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race 4.38 avg rating — 99,860 ratings
18.
Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race
Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships Across Race 3.95 avg rating — 153 ratings
19.
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America
America's Original Sin: Racism, White Privilege, and the Bridge to a New America 4.07 avg rating — 1,728 ratings
20.
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics 4.22 avg rating — 858 ratings
21.
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces
Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America's Police Forces 4.32 avg rating — 3,972 ratings
22.
What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy
What Does It Mean to Be White?: Developing White Racial Literacy 4.24 avg rating — 604 ratings
23.
Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories
Everyday White People Confront Racial and Social Injustice: 15 Stories 3.96 avg rating — 99 ratings
24.
Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America
Understanding and Dismantling Racism: The Twenty-First Century Challenge to White America 4.06 avg rating — 103 ratings
25.
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education
For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood... and the Rest of Y'all Too: Reality Pedagogy and Urban Education 4.07 avg rating — 4,817 ratings
26.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide 4.47 avg rating — 14,603 ratings
27.
Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times
Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times 4.32 avg rating — 370 ratings
28.
Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South
Subversive Southerner: Anne Braden and the Struggle for Racial Justice in the Cold War South 4.26 avg rating — 119 ratings
29.
A Promise and a Way Of Life: White Antiracist Activism
A Promise and a Way Of Life: White Antiracist Activism 3.84 avg rating — 57 ratings
30.
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community
Bowling Alone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community 3.85 avg rating — 8,655 ratings
31.
The Emperor Has No Clothes
The Emperor Has No Clothes
by: Tema Okun
3.89 avg rating — 56 ratings
32.
How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood
How I Shed My Skin: Unlearning the Racist Lessons of a Southern Childhood 3.54 avg rating — 391 ratings
32.
Living into God's Dream: Dismantling Racism in America
Living into God's Dream: Dismantling Racism in America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 148 ratings
34.
Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History
Beyond the Pale: White Women, Racism, and History
by: Vron Ware
3.73 avg rating — 129 ratings
35.
We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America
We Have Not Been Moved: Resisting Racism and Militarism in 21st Century America 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings
35.
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism 4.16 avg rating — 170,214 ratings
37.
Acting White?: Rethinking Race in "Post-Racial" America
Acting White?: Rethinking Race in "Post-Racial" America 3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings
38.
Race Traitor
Race Traitor 3.49 avg rating — 75 ratings
39.
Feeling White: Whiteness, Emotionality, and Education (Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Socio-environmental Justice & Education, 2)
Feeling White: Whiteness, Emotionality, and Education (Cultural Pluralism, Democracy, Socio-environmental Justice & Education, 2) 4.32 avg rating — 47 ratings
40.
Disrupting White Supremacy From Within: White People On What We Need To Do
Disrupting White Supremacy From Within: White People On What We Need To Do really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 41 ratings
41.
Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice
Benign Bigotry: The Psychology of Subtle Prejudice 3.97 avg rating — 38 ratings
42.
How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America
How Jews Became White Folks and What That Says About Race in America 3.66 avg rating — 277 ratings