This book has been reviewed here several times, and I don't disagree with what others have said. Much of it is a beginner-level discussion of racism and privilege, though a notably clear and compassionate one with many striking analogies. (I particularly liked the image of racism as an airport moving sidewalk -- if you "do nothing", it carries you ( Read more... )

What is Whiteness? Who is White ( Read more... )

#21: House Divided by Raul Ramos y Sanchez

( House Divided )

#17: Ida: A Sword Among Lions: Ida B. Wells and the Campaign Against Lynching by Paula J. Giddings.

( Ida: A Sword Among Lions )

#5: Almanac of the Dead by Leslie Marmon Silko

( Almanac of the Dead )

( The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami )

So, I'm wildly behind on my 50books_poc reviews. Because I'm full of suck. But I'm supposed to be doing schoolwork, so that seems the perfect time to do a few reviews.

( The Twentieth Wife by Indu Sundaresan )

Democracy Matters: Winning the Fight Against Imperialism by Cornel West ( Read more... )

40. Reza Aslan, How to Win a Cosmic War: God, Globalization, and the End of the War on TerrorA non-fiction pop book dealing with a wide range of subjects, from the history of the state of Israel, to the difference between Islamist groups like Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood and Jihadist groups like al-Qa'ida (as well as the inaccuracy of referring ( Read more... )

39. Gretchen Holbrook Gerzina, Black London: Life Before Emancipation

This was a great book, but not quite as great as I wanted it to be. An academic work as readable as any pop non-fiction book, Black London deals with the historical presence of black people in London throughout history, although the focus is on the 1700s. The author says that ( Read more... )