DAC Book Recommendations

1.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,790 ratings
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So You Want to Talk About Race
So You Want to Talk About Race 4.49 avg rating — 107,277 ratings
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Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism
Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism 3.89 avg rating — 3,799 ratings
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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
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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
5.
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do
Whistling Vivaldi: How Stereotypes Affect Us and What We Can Do 3.92 avg rating — 6,020 ratings
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Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing 4.49 avg rating — 2,243 ratings
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Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy
Weapons of Math Destruction: How Big Data Increases Inequality and Threatens Democracy 3.87 avg rating — 29,311 ratings
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Black Klansman: A Memoir
Black Klansman: A Memoir 3.62 avg rating — 21,426 ratings
10.
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen
Dear America: Notes of an Undocumented Citizen 4.31 avg rating — 14,889 ratings
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Where are all the Librarians of Color? The Experiences of People of Color in Academia
Where are all the Librarians of Color? The Experiences of People of Color in Academia 3.92 avg rating — 25 ratings
12.
Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need
Design Justice: Community-Led Practices to Build the Worlds We Need 4.18 avg rating — 515 ratings
13.
I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé
I Can't Date Jesus: Love, Sex, Family, Race, and Other Reasons I've Put My Faith in Beyoncé 3.77 avg rating — 4,311 ratings
14.
How We Fight For Our Lives
How We Fight For Our Lives 4.27 avg rating — 22,736 ratings
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My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive
My (Underground) American Dream: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive 4.04 avg rating — 1,057 ratings
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Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People
Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People 3.72 avg rating — 6,532 ratings
17.
In the Dream House
In the Dream House 4.40 avg rating — 153,036 ratings
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Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril
Willful Blindness: Why We Ignore the Obvious at Our Peril 4.05 avg rating — 1,720 ratings
19.
Beyond the Gender Binary
Beyond the Gender Binary 4.48 avg rating — 12,822 ratings
19.
Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation
Overcoming Our Racism: The Journey to Liberation 4.13 avg rating — 92 ratings
21.
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective 4.47 avg rating — 4,609 ratings
22.
The Racial Contract
The Racial Contract 4.39 avg rating — 1,811 ratings
23.
Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s
Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s 4.06 avg rating — 98 ratings
23.
Microaggressions and Marginality: Manifestation, Dynamics, and Impact
Microaggressions and Marginality: Manifestation, Dynamics, and Impact 4.39 avg rating — 49 ratings
25.
The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias
The Person You Mean to Be: How Good People Fight Bias 4.27 avg rating — 2,756 ratings
26.
Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives
Everyday Bias: Identifying and Navigating Unconscious Judgments in Our Daily Lives 3.85 avg rating — 441 ratings
27.
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl
As Nature Made Him: The Boy Who Was Raised as a Girl 4.04 avg rating — 7,894 ratings
28.
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color 4.52 avg rating — 9,683 ratings
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The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion 4.20 avg rating — 63,327 ratings
30.
All Boys Aren't Blue
All Boys Aren't Blue 4.19 avg rating — 44,456 ratings
31.
The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing (The Social Justice Handbook Series)
The Racial Healing Handbook: Practical Activities to Help You Challenge Privilege, Confront Systemic Racism, and Engage in Collective Healing (The Social Justice Handbook Series) 4.24 avg rating — 529 ratings
32.
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot 4.36 avg rating — 60,789 ratings
33.
American Apartheid: The Native American Struggle for Self-Determination and Inclusion
American Apartheid: The Native American Struggle for Self-Determination and Inclusion 4.12 avg rating — 64 ratings
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How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference
How to Argue With a Racist: What Our Genes Do (and Don't) Say About Human Difference 3.90 avg rating — 6,497 ratings
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For Hearing People Only: Answers to Some of the Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Deaf Community, Its Culture, and the "Deaf Reality"
For Hearing People Only: Answers to Some of the Most Commonly Asked Questions about the Deaf Community, Its Culture, and the "Deaf Reality" 3.86 avg rating — 401 ratings
36.
Inclusive AF: A Field Guide for Accidental Diversity Experts
Inclusive AF: A Field Guide for Accidental Diversity Experts 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings
37.
Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, And Trying Again
Allies: Real Talk About Showing Up, Screwing Up, And Trying Again 4.32 avg rating — 407 ratings
38.
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community
A Letter to My White Friends and Colleagues: What You Can Do Right Now to Help the Black Community 4.04 avg rating — 67 ratings
39.
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir 4.16 avg rating — 18,850 ratings
40.
When One Religion Isn't Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People
When One Religion Isn't Enough: The Lives of Spiritually Fluid People 3.64 avg rating — 170 ratings
41.
Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias
Diversity Beyond Lip Service: A Coaching Guide for Challenging Bias 3.99 avg rating — 139 ratings
42.
Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time
Tell Me More About That: Solving the Empathy Crisis One Conversation at a Time
by: Rob Volpe
3.85 avg rating — 101 ratings
43.
Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers
Conversations with People Who Hate Me: 12 Things I Learned from Talking to Internet Strangers 3.89 avg rating — 1,704 ratings
44.
My Life: Growing Up Asian in America
My Life: Growing Up Asian in America 4.23 avg rating — 439 ratings
45.
Asian American Histories of the United States
Asian American Histories of the United States 4.03 avg rating — 571 ratings
46.
Why So Many Gods?
Why So Many Gods?
by: Tim Baker
3.48 avg rating — 194 ratings
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Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America
Dignity: Seeking Respect in Back Row America 4.07 avg rating — 2,355 ratings