Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, Ibram X. Kendi
Award-winning historian Ibram X. Kendi tells the definitive history of racist ideas in America. Kendi shows that racist ideas did not arise from ignorance or hatred and offers tools to expose racist thinking.
How to Be an Antiracist, Ibram X. Kendi
Historian Ibram X. Kendi weaves a combination of ethics, history, law, and science to examine antiracist ideas that will help readers see all forms of racism clearly, understand their poisonous consequences, and work to oppose them in our systems and in ourselves.
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor,
Layla F Saad
Saad’s workbook challenges the reader to do the essential work of examining white privilege, what allyship really means, anti-blackness, racial stereotypes, cultural appropriation, and how to change the way you view and respond to race.
The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it,
Alice Procter
Stemming from the development of her Uncomfortable Art Tours, Procter details the colonial history of our museums and the inability of the art world to recognize that it often unconsciously perpetuated the inequalities created by colonialism.
Whitewalling: Art, Race, & Protest in 3 Acts, Aruna D’Souza
D’Souza reflects on three incidents in the history of the American art scene and lays bare how the art world’s persistent struggle with race has influenced how museums, curators, and artists wrestle with the notion of free speech and the specter of censorship.
Mounting Frustrations: The Art Museum in the Age of Black Power, Susan E Cahan
Cahan examines three controversial exhibitions in New York’s elite art galleries that incorporated Black culture and art, uncovering the art world’s deeply complicated racial politics.
The Case for Reparations, Ta-Nehisi Coates
Coates examines the history of racism and slavery and makes a case for how our country can begin to make reparations.
The Fight to Decolonize the Museum, Adam Hochschild
Through a survey of the Royal Museum for Central Africa outside Brussels, Hochschild examines the haunting colonial history of museums and the slow path to decolonialization.
