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Whiteness books

Below are the best books we could find on Whiteness.

“Whiteness” is a socially constructed learned set of behaviors and expectations that has been created to enforce privileges and power for people who appear white-skinned. It is a shifting space with muddied borders that separates the privileged and entitled from those who are exploited for the very reason that they do not appear or behave in a manner deemed appropriately “white.” Whiteness is also often invisible to white people; they may not understand it or see it, as it is the default setting of almost all neutral or positive social representations and expectations in Western cultures, such as pale beige colors being described as “flesh” or “skin-tone.”

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Radical Dharma: Talking Race, Love, and Liberation

Igniting a long-overdue dialogue about how the legacy of racial injustice and white supremacy plays out in society at large and Buddhist communities in particular, this urgent call to action outlines a new dharma that takes into account the ways that racism and privilege prevent our collective...

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Benching Jim Crow: The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890–1980 (Sport and Society)

Chronicling the uneven rise and slow decline of segregation in American college athletics, Charles H.

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The Inner Work of Racial Justice: Healing Ourselves and Transforming Our Communities Through Mindfulness

In a society where unconscious bias, microaggressions, institutionalized racism, and systemic injustices are so deeply ingrained, healing is an ongoing process.

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Disciplined Hearts: History, Identity, and Depression in an American Indian Community

"This is a good place for your work. Depression is a big problem here. About 70-80% of our people are depressed.

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Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own

Begin Again is one of the great books on James Baldwin and a powerful reckoning with America’s ongoing failure to confront the lies it tells itself about race. Just as in Baldwin’s “after times,” argues Eddie S. Glaude Jr.

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Skill in Action: Radicalizing Your Yoga Practice to Create a Just World

Skill in Action asks you to explore the deeply transformational practice of yoga as a way to become an agent of social change and work toward a just world.

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A Course of Their Own: A History of African American Golfers

Bill Spiller was forty-seven when he was forced by desperate finances to caddie at the Hillcrest Country Club in Los Angeles. One day Spiller was caddying for a member who became outraged by Spiller’s stories of inequities and suffering during his golfing career.

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Inventing Latinos: A New Story of American Racism

Named One of the Best Books of the Year by NPR A timely and groundbreaking argument that all Americans must grapple with Latinos’ dynamic racial identity—because it impacts everything we think we know about race in America.

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Inside Transracial Adoption

Is transracial adoption a positive choice for kids? How can children gain their new families without losing their birth heritage? How can parents best support their children after placement? Transracial adoption is a lifelong journey, complex and challenging.

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Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations About Race

The classic, New York Times-bestselling book on the psychology of racism that shows us how to talk about race in America. Walk into any racially mixed high school and you will see Black, White, and Latino youth clustered in their own groups.

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