26 Books like Biased

Blindspot

by Mahzarin R. Banaji • 2013

A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.

3.72

7k+

🧠 Cognitive Bias 🎭 Implicit Bias 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Behavioral Science ✊ Anti-Racism

Blindspot 98%

A reaction-time test can reveal biases your conscious mind rejects, and strategies to close the gap.

by Mahzarin R. Banaji 2013

3.72

7k+ ratings

🧠 Cognitive Bias 🎭 Implicit Bias 👥 Social Psychology 📊 Behavioral Science ✊ Anti-Racism

The Hidden Brain

by Shankar Vedantam • 2009

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

3.99

3k+

🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🧨 Radicalization

The Hidden Brain 96%

Your unconscious picks presidents, sentences criminals, and spawns terrorists without your consent.

by Shankar Vedantam 2009

3.99

3k+ ratings

🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤔 Cognitive Biases 👥 Social Psychology 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Group Dynamics 🧨 Radicalization

The Conversation

by Robert Livingston • 2021

Racism's biggest obstacle is not hatred but the widespread disbelief that it exists.

4.36

561

✊ Antiracism Practice 🧠 Implicit Bias 🧱 Structural Racism 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion 👥 Intergroup Dynamics

The Conversation 95%

Racism's biggest obstacle is not hatred but the widespread disbelief that it exists.

by Robert Livingston 2021

4.36

561 ratings

✊ Antiracism Practice 🧠 Implicit Bias 🧱 Structural Racism 🌈 Diversity And Inclusion 👥 Intergroup Dynamics

So You Want to Talk About Race

by Ijeoma Oluo • 2018

Why 'I don't see color' stops the conversation cold, and what to say instead.

4.48

108k+

✊ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🛑 Anti-Racism 🪞 Privilege Awareness 🎯 Intersectionality

So You Want to Talk About Race 95%

Why 'I don't see color' stops the conversation cold, and what to say instead.

by Ijeoma Oluo 2018

4.48

108k+ ratings

✊ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🛑 Anti-Racism 🪞 Privilege Awareness 🎯 Intersectionality

The Person You Mean to Be

by Dolly Chugh • 2018

From good intentions to real allyship: the science of hidden bias and how to undo it.

4.27

3k+

🔎 Bias Awareness 🏷️ Privilege Recognition 🌱 Growth Mindset 🤝 Inclusive Behaviors 🗣️ Difficult Conversations

The Person You Mean to Be 95%

From good intentions to real allyship: the science of hidden bias and how to undo it.

by Dolly Chugh 2018

4.27

3k+ ratings

🔎 Bias Awareness 🏷️ Privilege Recognition 🌱 Growth Mindset 🤝 Inclusive Behaviors 🗣️ Difficult Conversations

The Myth of Equality

by Ken Wytsma • 2017

Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.

4.32

892

⚖️ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🧠 Implicit Bias 👁️ White Privilege ⛪ White Evangelicals

The Myth of Equality 94%

Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.

by Ken Wytsma 2017

4.32

892 ratings

⚖️ Racial Justice 🔗 Systemic Racism 🧠 Implicit Bias 👁️ White Privilege ⛪ White Evangelicals

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man

by Emmanuel Acho • 2020

What to say when you want to help but fear saying the wrong thing about race.

4.38

29k+

✊ Antiracism 🏛️ Systemic Racism 🧠 Implicit Bias ⚪ White Privilege 🎭 Cultural Appropriation

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man Summary

Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man 94%

What to say when you want to help but fear saying the wrong thing about race.

by Emmanuel Acho 2020

4.38

29k+ ratings

✊ Antiracism 🏛️ Systemic Racism 🧠 Implicit Bias ⚪ White Privilege 🎭 Cultural Appropriation

America's Original Sin

by Jim Wallis • 2016

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

4.07

2k+

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

America's Original Sin 94%

The racial wound at America's founding never closed. A faith leader's plan for a multiracial future.

by Jim Wallis 2016

4.07

2k+ ratings

✊ Racial Justice ⚪ White Privilege ⛓️ Mass Incarceration ⛪ Church And Race ✝️ Christian Social Justice

Black Fatigue

by Mary-Frances Winters • 2020

The physiological and psychological toll of systemic racism, passed down through generations.

4.41

1k+

🧱 Systemic Racism 💔 Racial Trauma 🏥 Health Disparities 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma ✊ Anti-Racist Action

Black Fatigue 93%

The physiological and psychological toll of systemic racism, passed down through generations.

by Mary-Frances Winters 2020

4.41

1k+ ratings

🧱 Systemic Racism 💔 Racial Trauma 🏥 Health Disparities 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma ✊ Anti-Racist Action

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

by Beverly Daniel Tatum • 1997

The cafeteria self-sorting isn't a problem to fix. It's a mirror of how racial identity forms.

4.34

27k+

🧬 Racial Identity 📊 Systemic Racism 👤 White Privilege 💬 Cross-Racial Dialogue 👶 Early Racial Awareness

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Summary

Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? 93%

The cafeteria self-sorting isn't a problem to fix. It's a mirror of how racial identity forms.

by Beverly Daniel Tatum 1997

4.34

27k+ ratings

🧬 Racial Identity 📊 Systemic Racism 👤 White Privilege 💬 Cross-Racial Dialogue 👶 Early Racial Awareness

Nice Racism

by Robin DiAngelo • 2021

Progressive white people may be racial justice's biggest obstacle, and niceness is no defense.

3.96

3k+

🤝 White Allyship ✊ Antiracism 👁️ Colorblind Racism 🛡️ White Defensiveness 📖 Critical Race Theory

Nice Racism 93%

Progressive white people may be racial justice's biggest obstacle, and niceness is no defense.

by Robin DiAngelo 2021

3.96

3k+ ratings

🤝 White Allyship ✊ Antiracism 👁️ Colorblind Racism 🛡️ White Defensiveness 📖 Critical Race Theory

Unfair

by Adam Benforado • 2015

Justice assumes rational minds and perfect memories. Neuroscience shows we have neither.

4.05

2k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Implicit Bias ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🗣️ False Confessions

Unfair 93%

Justice assumes rational minds and perfect memories. Neuroscience shows we have neither.

by Adam Benforado 2015

4.05

2k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🧠 Cognitive Biases 🎭 Implicit Bias ⛓️ Wrongful Convictions 🗣️ False Confessions

Caste

by Isabel Wilkerson • 2020

America's deepest divide isn't race but caste, a hidden hierarchy four hundred years old.

4.52

164k+

🏛️ Racial Hierarchy ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🚧 American Apartheid 😶 Dehumanization 🔺 Social Hierarchy

Caste 93%

America's deepest divide isn't race but caste, a hidden hierarchy four hundred years old.

by Isabel Wilkerson 2020

4.52

164k+ ratings

🏛️ Racial Hierarchy ⛓️ Systemic Racism 🚧 American Apartheid 😶 Dehumanization 🔺 Social Hierarchy

What if I Say the Wrong Thing?

by Vernā Myers • 2014

25 habits that move you from good intentions to effective action across cultural differences.

4.19

581

🌍 Workplace Diversity 🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤝 Cultural Competence ✊ Antiracist Practice 🛑 Bystander Intervention

What if I Say the Wrong Thing? 93%

25 habits that move you from good intentions to effective action across cultural differences.

by Vernā Myers 2014

4.19

581 ratings

🌍 Workplace Diversity 🧠 Unconscious Bias 🤝 Cultural Competence ✊ Antiracist Practice 🛑 Bystander Intervention

Weathering

by Arline T. Geronimus • 2023

Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.

4.22

640

🏥 Health Equity 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Stress Physiology 🏛️ Structural Racism 🤰 Maternal Health

Weathering 93%

Oppression ages the body down to the cell, and high-effort coping accelerates the damage.

by Arline T. Geronimus 2023

4.22

640 ratings

🏥 Health Equity 🩺 Medical Racism 🧬 Stress Physiology 🏛️ Structural Racism 🤰 Maternal Health

How to Be Less Stupid About Race

by Crystal Marie Fleming • 2018

Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.

4.27

3k+

🏛️ Critical Race Theory ⚖️ Systemic Racism 📖 Racial Literacy ✊ Anti-Racism 🔀 Intersectionality

How to Be Less Stupid About Race Summary

How to Be Less Stupid About Race 93%

Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.

by Crystal Marie Fleming 2018

4.27

3k+ ratings

🏛️ Critical Race Theory ⚖️ Systemic Racism 📖 Racial Literacy ✊ Anti-Racism 🔀 Intersectionality

Tangled Up in Blue

by Rosa Brooks • 2021

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

4.06

2k+

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform ✋ Use Of Force

Tangled Up in Blue 93%

A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.

by Rosa Brooks 2021

4.06

2k+ ratings

🚔 Policing Reform ⚖️ Biased Policing 🎯 Police Training 🔗 Criminal Justice Reform ✋ Use Of Force

The Rage of a Privileged Class

by Ellis Cose • 1993

In the corner office, on the partner track, racism did not disappear. It just went subtle.

3.97

160

🏙️ Black Middle Class 💼 Workplace Discrimination 🗣️ Racial Microaggressions 🧠 Stereotype Threat 🔄 Code-Switching

The Rage of a Privileged Class 93%

In the corner office, on the partner track, racism did not disappear. It just went subtle.

by Ellis Cose 1993

3.97

160 ratings

🏙️ Black Middle Class 💼 Workplace Discrimination 🗣️ Racial Microaggressions 🧠 Stereotype Threat 🔄 Code-Switching

Race After Technology

by Ruha Benjamin • 2019

Facial recognition fails on dark skin. Hiring algorithms prefer white names. That's by design.

4.26

2k+

🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📖 Critical Race Theory 🛠️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Data Justice 👁️ Racial Surveillance

Race After Technology 93%

Facial recognition fails on dark skin. Hiring algorithms prefer white names. That's by design.

by Ruha Benjamin 2019

4.26

2k+ ratings

🤖 Algorithmic Bias 📖 Critical Race Theory 🛠️ Techno-Solutionism ⚖️ Data Justice 👁️ Racial Surveillance

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi • 2019

Racist policies produce racist ideas, not ignorance. The only real options are complicity or action.

4.36

120k+

🏗️ Structural Racism 📖 Modern Antiracism 📚 Critical Race Theory 🔀 Intersectionality ⚖️ Systemic Inequity

How to Be an Antiracist 93%

Racist policies produce racist ideas, not ignorance. The only real options are complicity or action.

by Ibram X. Kendi 2019

4.36

120k+ ratings

🏗️ Structural Racism 📖 Modern Antiracism 📚 Critical Race Theory 🔀 Intersectionality ⚖️ Systemic Inequity

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • 2016

Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.

4.47

2k+

🧱 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 👮🏿 Police Violence 🫥 Colorblind Ideology 🏦 Capitalism And Racism

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Summary

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation 93%

Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.

by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2016

4.47

2k+ ratings

🧱 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 👮🏿 Police Violence 🫥 Colorblind Ideology 🏦 Capitalism And Racism

A Colony in a Nation

by Christopher L. Hayes • 2017

Slave patrols built American policing. It still treats poor neighborhoods as occupied territory.

4.18

6k+

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🧱 Structural Racism 🏛️ Dual Justice System 🚔 Order Policing

A Colony in a Nation 92%

Slave patrols built American policing. It still treats poor neighborhoods as occupied territory.

by Christopher L. Hayes 2017

4.18

6k+ ratings

⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform 🔗 Mass Incarceration 🧱 Structural Racism 🏛️ Dual Justice System 🚔 Order Policing

We Are Not Yet Equal

by Carol Anderson • 2018

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

4.40

798

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

We Are Not Yet Equal 92%

Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.

by Carol Anderson 2018

4.40

798 ratings

⚖ Systemic Racism 📚 African American History 🔄 Backlash Politics 🗳 Voter Suppression 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The End of Race Politics

by Coleman Hughes • 2024

Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.

4.38

2k+

🎯 Colorblindness Debate 🏷️ Identity Politics 📊 Racial Disparities ✊ Civil Rights Tradition 🧬 Social Construct Of Race

The End of Race Politics 92%

Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.

by Coleman Hughes 2024

4.38

2k+ ratings

🎯 Colorblindness Debate 🏷️ Identity Politics 📊 Racial Disparities ✊ Civil Rights Tradition 🧬 Social Construct Of Race

Between Barack and a Hard Place

by Tim Wise • 2009

Obama's election didn't end racism; it adapted it to look like respect.

4.14

538

🧱 Structural Racism ⚪ White Privilege 💰 Racial Wealth Gap 👁️ Colorblind Ideology 🙈 White Denial

Between Barack and a Hard Place 92%

Obama's election didn't end racism; it adapted it to look like respect.

by Tim Wise 2009

4.14

538 ratings

🧱 Structural Racism ⚪ White Privilege 💰 Racial Wealth Gap 👁️ Colorblind Ideology 🙈 White Denial

Me and White Supremacy

by Layla F. Saad • 2020

A 28-day guided journal to excavate your own white supremacy and actually change something.

4.33

31k+

📖 Antiracism Workbooks 📝 Workbook Exercises 👤 White Privilege 🧠 Internalized Bias 🖤 Anti-Blackness

Me and White Supremacy 92%

A 28-day guided journal to excavate your own white supremacy and actually change something.

by Layla F. Saad 2020

4.33

31k+ ratings

📖 Antiracism Workbooks 📝 Workbook Exercises 👤 White Privilege 🧠 Internalized Bias 🖤 Anti-Blackness

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