24 Books like Original Sins

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy

by Sarah Diem • 2020

School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.

4.53

🏛️ Education Policy 🏫 Educational Leadership ✊ Anti-Racist Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 📚 Critical Race Theory

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy Summary

Anti-Racist Educational Leadership and Policy 96%

School choice, testing, and colorblind discipline don't fix inequity. They weren't designed to.

by Sarah Diem 2020

4.53

15 ratings

🏛️ Education Policy 🏫 Educational Leadership ✊ Anti-Racist Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 📚 Critical Race Theory

Young, Gifted, and Black

by Theresa Perry • 2003

Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.

4.04

322

📏 Achievement Gap 📚 Black Education 🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality 🌱 Asset-Based Pedagogy

Young, Gifted, and Black 95%

Forget the white-Black comparison. The real gap is between African American students and excellence.

by Theresa Perry 2003

4.04

322 ratings

📏 Achievement Gap 📚 Black Education 🏫 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy 👩‍🏫 Teacher Quality 🌱 Asset-Based Pedagogy

Lies My Teacher Told Me

by James W. Loewen • 1995

History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.

3.97

75k+

🏫 History Education 📖 Textbook Bias 🏛️ Historical Myths ⚖️ Race And History 📜 Indigenous Erasure

Lies My Teacher Told Me 95%

History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.

by James W. Loewen 1995

3.97

75k+ ratings

🏫 History Education 📖 Textbook Bias 🏛️ Historical Myths ⚖️ Race And History 📜 Indigenous Erasure

The Mis-Education of the Negro

by Carter G. Woodson • 1933

America's most effective tool of racial control was never the police. It was the classroom.

4.49

10k+

🏫 Black Education ✊ Racial Uplift ⛓️ Educational Oppression 🧠 Critical Consciousness 💰 Economic Self-Reliance

The Mis-Education of the Negro 95%

America's most effective tool of racial control was never the police. It was the classroom.

by Carter G. Woodson 1933

4.49

10k+ ratings

🏫 Black Education ✊ Racial Uplift ⛓️ Educational Oppression 🧠 Critical Consciousness 💰 Economic Self-Reliance

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 95%

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

Dead Wake

by Erik Larson • 2015

Policies came first, hatred second: 600 years of manufacturing racist ideas to justify exploitation.

4.13

163k+

🧠 Intellectual History 🔗 Systemic Racism ✊ Antiracism 💭 Racial Ideology ⚡ Race And Power

Dead Wake 95%

Policies came first, hatred second: 600 years of manufacturing racist ideas to justify exploitation.

by Erik Larson 2015

4.13

163k+ ratings

🧠 Intellectual History 🔗 Systemic Racism ✊ Antiracism 💭 Racial Ideology ⚡ Race And Power

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools

by Tyrone C. Howard • 2010

Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.

4.13

165

⚖️ Educational Equity 📉 Achievement Gap 🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching 🏛️ Critical Race Theory In Education ✊ Social Justice Education

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools Summary

Why Race and Culture Matter in Schools 95%

Race predicts who gets suspended, tracked, and left behind. The best schools don't ignore it.

by Tyrone C. Howard 2010

4.13

165 ratings

⚖️ Educational Equity 📉 Achievement Gap 🧑‍🏫 Culturally Responsive Teaching 🏛️ Critical Race Theory In Education ✊ Social Justice Education

White Rage

by Carol Anderson • 2016

Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.

4.46

15k+

🌍 African American History 🔥 Racial Backlash 🏗️ Reconstruction 🚫 Jim Crow 🗳️ Voter Suppression

White Rage 95%

Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.

by Carol Anderson 2016

4.46

15k+ ratings

🌍 African American History 🔥 Racial Backlash 🏗️ Reconstruction 🚫 Jim Crow 🗳️ Voter Suppression

Black Rednecks and White Liberals

by Thomas Sowell • 2005

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

4.37

10k+

⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

Black Rednecks and White Liberals Summary

Black Rednecks and White Liberals 95%

Liberals protect a dysfunctional culture that black communities learned from white Southerners.

by Thomas Sowell 2005

4.37

10k+ ratings

⚖️ Racial Inequality 🌍 Cultural Persistence 🗣️ Victimhood Culture 📚 Black Education ⛓️‍💥 Abolition History

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 94%

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

None of the Above

by Shani Robinson • 2019

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

3.94

190

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

None of the Above 94%

An Atlanta teacher indicted for cheating tells what the trial never let her say.

by Shani Robinson 2019

3.94

190 ratings

🏫 Public Education 📝 High-Stakes Testing ⛓️ School-To-Prison Pipeline 🔒 Mass Incarceration 💼 Corporate Education Reform

Black AF History

by Michael Harriot • 2023

Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.

4.60

10k+

🇺🇸 American History ✊ Antiracism 🔄 Revisionist History ⛓️ Systemic Racism 💰 Racial Wealth Gap

Black AF History 94%

Stolen land, stolen labor, and Black genius: the history your textbook skipped.

by Michael Harriot 2023

4.60

10k+ ratings

🇺🇸 American History ✊ Antiracism 🔄 Revisionist History ⛓️ Systemic Racism 💰 Racial Wealth Gap

Troublemakers

by Carla Shalaby • 2017

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

4.23

3k+

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education 🧒 Early Childhood Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools

Troublemakers 94%

Disruptive kids are the classroom's alarm system. Silencing them only makes the air more toxic.

by Carla Shalaby 2017

4.23

3k+ ratings

🚸 Classroom Discipline 🌱 Progressive Education 🧒 Early Childhood Education ⛓️ School To Prison Pipeline 🕊️ Restorative Justice In Schools

Was the Cat in the Hat Black?

by Philip Nel • 2017

The Cat in the Hat draws on blackface minstrelsy. So does much of your childhood bookshelf.

4.09

433

📚 Children's Literature 🔍 Literary Criticism ⚖️ Structural Racism 🎨 Whitewashing 🌈 Diverse Books

Was the Cat in the Hat Black? 94%

The Cat in the Hat draws on blackface minstrelsy. So does much of your childhood bookshelf.

by Philip Nel 2017

4.09

433 ratings

📚 Children's Literature 🔍 Literary Criticism ⚖️ Structural Racism 🎨 Whitewashing 🌈 Diverse Books

Viral Justice

by Ruha Benjamin • 2022

The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.

4.43

1k+

🕸️ Systemic Racism 🏥 Medical Racism 🤝 Community Organizing 🤲 Mutual Aid 🕊️ Restorative Justice

Viral Justice 94%

The cure to systemic racism might be contagious: small everyday acts that replicate and spread.

by Ruha Benjamin 2022

4.43

1k+ ratings

🕸️ Systemic Racism 🏥 Medical Racism 🤝 Community Organizing 🤲 Mutual Aid 🕊️ Restorative Justice

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 94%

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

Street Data

by Shane Safir • 2021

Real equity starts with listening to the students who show up as gaps in your data.

4.21

876

⚖️ Educational Equity 🗣️ Student Voice 🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching ✊ Anti-Racist Education 🚀 Student Agency

Street Data 94%

Real equity starts with listening to the students who show up as gaps in your data.

by Shane Safir 2021

4.21

876 ratings

⚖️ Educational Equity 🗣️ Student Voice 🌍 Culturally Responsive Teaching ✊ Anti-Racist Education 🚀 Student Agency

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 94%

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

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 94%

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

Le contrat racial

by Charles W. Mills • 2023

The social contract hid a racial one: whites as full persons, everyone else denied full personhood.

4.59

🎓 Critical Race Theory 🧱 Structural Racism 👁️ Whiteness Studies 🏴 Colonialism 📜 Contract Theory

Le contrat racial 94%

The social contract hid a racial one: whites as full persons, everyone else denied full personhood.

by Charles W. Mills 2023

4.59

73 ratings

🎓 Critical Race Theory 🧱 Structural Racism 👁️ Whiteness Studies 🏴 Colonialism 📜 Contract Theory

Red Nation Rising

by Nick Estes • 2021

Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.

4.38

159

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ Native American Politics ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🚫 Police Abolition 🌱 Decolonization

Red Nation Rising 94%

Every American town is a bordertown, built on stolen land and guarded by scalp hunters' heirs.

by Nick Estes 2021

4.38

159 ratings

🏚️ Settler Colonialism 🗳️ Native American Politics ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🚫 Police Abolition 🌱 Decolonization

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? 94%

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

A People’s History of the United States

by Howard Zinn • 1980

The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.

4.09

268k+

📖 Revisionist History 🔍 History From Below 🦅 American Empire 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Class Struggle

A People’s History of the United States Summary

A People’s History of the United States 94%

The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.

by Howard Zinn 1980

4.09

268k+ ratings

📖 Revisionist History 🔍 History From Below 🦅 American Empire 🏚️ Settler Colonialism ✊ Class Struggle

Red Skin, White Masks

by Glen Sean Coulthard • 2014

State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.

4.46

941

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory 🌲 Land-Based Resistance 💰 Anti-Capitalism

Red Skin, White Masks 94%

State recognition is a colonial trap: real Indigenous freedom demands turning away from it entirely.

by Glen Sean Coulthard 2014

4.46

941 ratings

🌍 Settler Colonialism 🗳 Indigenous Politics 📖 Decolonial Theory 🌲 Land-Based Resistance 💰 Anti-Capitalism

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