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Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

by Emmanuel Acho • 2024

The world's oldest conspiracy theory, dissected by a Black Christian and an Israeli Jew.

4.4

3k+

🕎 Jewish Identity 🔥 Modern Antisemitism 🗺️ Zionism Explained 🤝 Black-Jewish Relations ✊ Allyship Practices

Uncomfortable Conversations with a Jew

The world's oldest conspiracy theory, dissected by a Black Christian and an Israeli Jew.

by Emmanuel Acho 2024 320 pages

4.4

3k+ ratings

🕎 Jewish Identity 🔥 Modern Antisemitism 🗺️ Zionism Explained 🤝 Black-Jewish Relations ✊ Allyship Practices

The Wrongs of the Right

by Matthew W. Hughey • 2014

Obama's presidency didn't end racial bias; it forced it to learn a more deceptive language.

3.71

🗳️ Racial Backlash 🧠 Implicit Bias 🇺🇸 Party Realignment 🐕 Coded Language 📰 Media Echo Chambers

The Wrongs of the Right

Obama's presidency didn't end racial bias; it forced it to learn a more deceptive language.

by Matthew W. Hughey 2014 232 pages

3.71

7 ratings

🗳️ Racial Backlash 🧠 Implicit Bias 🇺🇸 Party Realignment 🐕 Coded Language 📰 Media Echo Chambers

Doing It All

by Ruby Russell • 2024

The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.

4.24

🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood 💰 Care Economy ☭ Marxist Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 🏠 Nuclear Family Critique

Doing It All

The nuclear family was built for capitalism, not kids. Single mothers are exposing a better way.

by Ruby Russell 2024 336 pages

4.24

17 ratings

🧑‍🧒 Single Motherhood 💰 Care Economy ☭ Marxist Feminism 🖤 Black Feminism 🏠 Nuclear Family Critique

Diversity, Oppression, & Change

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia • 2021

When social work claims neutrality, it erases culture and ignores power. This text brings them back.

3.60

🌐 Culturally Responsive Care ✊ Anti-Oppressive Practice 🕸️ Intersectionality 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🕰️ Historical Trauma

Diversity, Oppression, & Change

When social work claims neutrality, it erases culture and ignores power. This text brings them back.

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia 2021 413 pages

3.60

15 ratings

🌐 Culturally Responsive Care ✊ Anti-Oppressive Practice 🕸️ Intersectionality 🏘️ Social Determinants Of Health 🕰️ Historical Trauma

Confronting Black Jacobins

by Gerald Horne • 2015

Haunted by its slave revolt, the US fought a century-long war to destroy Haiti.

3.82

🌴 Caribbean History 🏛️ American Foreign Policy ⛓️‍💥 Haitian Revolution ✊🏿 Slave Rebellion 🌐 Black Internationalism

Confronting Black Jacobins

Haunted by its slave revolt, the US fought a century-long war to destroy Haiti.

by Gerald Horne 2015 416 pages

3.82

62 ratings

🌴 Caribbean History 🏛️ American Foreign Policy ⛓️‍💥 Haitian Revolution ✊🏿 Slave Rebellion 🌐 Black Internationalism

Our Town

by Cynthia Carr • 2006

A Klansman grandfather. A souvenir lynching photo. An Indiana town that never spoke of it.

3.90

202

🏛️ Jim Crow America 📸 Spectacle Lynching 🤫 Historical Amnesia 😨 Midwest Ku Klux Klan 🕊️ Racial Reconciliation

Our Town

A Klansman grandfather. A souvenir lynching photo. An Indiana town that never spoke of it.

by Cynthia Carr 2006 501 pages

3.90

202 ratings

🏛️ Jim Crow America 📸 Spectacle Lynching 🤫 Historical Amnesia 😨 Midwest Ku Klux Klan 🕊️ Racial Reconciliation

Hard Times

by Jeff Boyd • 2026

A Chicago cop buried a murder. Fifteen years later, two teenagers found the knife.

3.69

225

🚔 Police Corruption 🧬 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Systemic Injustice 📚 African American Literature 🏙️ Social Realism

Hard Times

A Chicago cop buried a murder. Fifteen years later, two teenagers found the knife.

by Jeff Boyd 2026 352 pages

3.69

225 ratings

🚔 Police Corruption 🧬 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Systemic Injustice 📚 African American Literature 🏙️ Social Realism

The White Man's Burden

by Winthrop D. Jordan • 1974

Before cotton, before ideology, cultural disgust and sexual fear set American slavery in motion.

3.89

186

🇺🇸 American Racism ⛓️ History Of Slavery 🔬 Scientific Racism 🏛️ White Supremacy ✝️ Race And Religion

The White Man's Burden

Before cotton, before ideology, cultural disgust and sexual fear set American slavery in motion.

by Winthrop D. Jordan 1974 229 pages

3.89

186 ratings

🇺🇸 American Racism ⛓️ History Of Slavery 🔬 Scientific Racism 🏛️ White Supremacy ✝️ Race And Religion

Make Your Way Home

by Carrie R. Moore • 2025

From Florida marshes to Appalachia, Black lives searching for a home that trauma can't touch.

3.94

274

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 👩🏿 Black Womanhood 🫀 Embodied Trauma 🏚️ American South ⚫ Racial Violence

Make Your Way Home

From Florida marshes to Appalachia, Black lives searching for a home that trauma can't touch.

by Carrie R. Moore 2025 336 pages

3.94

274 ratings

🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 👩🏿 Black Womanhood 🫀 Embodied Trauma 🏚️ American South ⚫ Racial Violence

The Empire Strikes Back

by Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies • 1982

How Britain's 1970s slump was exploited to criminalize black youth and justify a police state.

4.30

🇬🇧 British History 📚 Cultural Studies 🌍 Postcolonial Britain 🏛️ State Racism 💰 Racial Capitalism

The Empire Strikes Back

How Britain's 1970s slump was exploited to criminalize black youth and justify a police state.

by Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies 1982 324 pages

4.30

10 ratings

🇬🇧 British History 📚 Cultural Studies 🌍 Postcolonial Britain 🏛️ State Racism 💰 Racial Capitalism

Diversity, Oppression, and Change

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia • 2015

Culture-blind social work is Eurocentric. Real practice begins inside the client's culture.

3.83

✊ Anti-Oppressive Practice 🌍 Cultural Humility 🔀 Intersectionality 🏥 Health Equity 📖 Narrative Therapy

Diversity, Oppression, and Change

Culture-blind social work is Eurocentric. Real practice begins inside the client's culture.

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia 2015 448 pages

3.83

30 ratings

✊ Anti-Oppressive Practice 🌍 Cultural Humility 🔀 Intersectionality 🏥 Health Equity 📖 Narrative Therapy

The Gods of Indian Country

by Jennifer Graber • 2018

Christian reformers posed as friends to Native people; their friendship was a weapon.

4.13

🏜️ American West 🪶 Native American Religion ✝️ Christian Missions 📜 Assimilation Policy ✊ Indigenous Sovereignty

The Gods of Indian Country

Christian reformers posed as friends to Native people; their friendship was a weapon.

by Jennifer Graber 2018 312 pages

4.13

46 ratings

🏜️ American West 🪶 Native American Religion ✝️ Christian Missions 📜 Assimilation Policy ✊ Indigenous Sovereignty

Diversity, Oppression, and Change

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia • 2008

A social work approach that starts with the client's story and culture, not a checklist of deficits.

3.89

📋 Social Work Practice 🤝 Anti-Oppressive Practice 🔀 Intersectionality 📚 Critical Race Theory ⚕️ Health Equity

Diversity, Oppression, and Change

A social work approach that starts with the client's story and culture, not a checklist of deficits.

by Flavio Francisco Marsiglia 2008 306 pages

3.89

45 ratings

📋 Social Work Practice 🤝 Anti-Oppressive Practice 🔀 Intersectionality 📚 Critical Race Theory ⚕️ Health Equity

Joy Goddess

by A'Lelia Bundles • 2025

A'Lelia Walker spent her fortune on parties. Those parties gave the Harlem Renaissance its stage.

3.84

380

🎨 Harlem Renaissance 👩🏿‍🦱 Black Women's History 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 💄 Beauty Industry 📚 Literary Salons

Joy Goddess

A'Lelia Walker spent her fortune on parties. Those parties gave the Harlem Renaissance its stage.

by A'Lelia Bundles 2025 384 pages

3.84

380 ratings

🎨 Harlem Renaissance 👩🏿‍🦱 Black Women's History 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 💄 Beauty Industry 📚 Literary Salons

Such a Fun Age

by Kiley Reid • 2019

A Black babysitter's racial profiling makes her the project of two competing white saviors.

3.77

500k+

🎭 Social Satire 🛑 Racial Profiling 🏠 Nanny Employer Dynamics ⚠️ White Savior Critique 👁️ Dual Perspective

Such a Fun Age

A Black babysitter's racial profiling makes her the project of two competing white saviors.

by Kiley Reid 2019 310 pages

3.77

500k+ ratings

🎭 Social Satire 🛑 Racial Profiling 🏠 Nanny Employer Dynamics ⚠️ White Savior Critique 👁️ Dual Perspective

To Tell the Truth Freely

by Mia Bay • 2009

She proved lynching was about money, not rape. The NAACP she helped build then sidelined her.

4.09

274

⛓️ Reconstruction Era 🚂 Jim Crow Era ⚰️ Lynching In America 🔍 Muckraking ✊🏾 Black Radical Tradition

To Tell the Truth Freely

She proved lynching was about money, not rape. The NAACP she helped build then sidelined her.

by Mia Bay 2009 384 pages

4.09

274 ratings

⛓️ Reconstruction Era 🚂 Jim Crow Era ⚰️ Lynching In America 🔍 Muckraking ✊🏾 Black Radical Tradition

Dominion

by Addie E. Citchens • 2025

In Dominion, Mississippi, a preacher's family unravels as their youngest son's secrets turn deadly.

3.80

13k+

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌳 Family Saga ⛪ Pastor's Family 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 💔 Tragic Romance

Dominion

In Dominion, Mississippi, a preacher's family unravels as their youngest son's secrets turn deadly.

by Addie E. Citchens 2025 240 pages

3.80

13k+ ratings

🏚️ Southern Gothic 🌳 Family Saga ⛪ Pastor's Family 👩‍👧 Mothers And Daughters 💔 Tragic Romance

The Mammoth Book of Native Americans

by Jon E. Lewis • 2003

A continent of 500 nations: the civilizations, plagues, and wars that remade Native America.

3.96

180

🪶 Native American History 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations 🥾 Forced Removal ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏚️ Cultural Genocide

The Mammoth Book of Native Americans

A continent of 500 nations: the civilizations, plagues, and wars that remade Native America.

by Jon E. Lewis 2003 571 pages

3.96

180 ratings

🪶 Native American History 🏛️ Pre-Columbian Civilizations 🥾 Forced Removal ✊ Indigenous Resistance 🏚️ Cultural Genocide

The Missionary Kids

by Holly Berkley Fletcher • 2025

Boarding school trauma, buried abuse, racial bypass: the dark story beneath American missions.

4.23

362

⛪ American Evangelicalism 🧳 Third Culture Kids ⛓️ Church Abuse 🤝 Race And Faith 🧸 Childhood Trauma

The Missionary Kids

Boarding school trauma, buried abuse, racial bypass: the dark story beneath American missions.

by Holly Berkley Fletcher 2025 291 pages

4.23

362 ratings

⛪ American Evangelicalism 🧳 Third Culture Kids ⛓️ Church Abuse 🤝 Race And Faith 🧸 Childhood Trauma

Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper

by Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez • 2021

MacArthur's Filipina mistress was no victim. She used performance and his letters to survive.

4.14

🇵🇭 Philippine History 🌎 American Imperialism 🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 🎬 Early Hollywood 🔍 Feminist Recovery

Empire's Mistress, Starring Isabel Rosario Cooper

MacArthur's Filipina mistress was no victim. She used performance and his letters to survive.

by Vernadette Vicuña Gonzalez 2021 232 pages

4.14

44 ratings

🇵🇭 Philippine History 🌎 American Imperialism 🧬 Mixed-Race Identity 🎬 Early Hollywood 🔍 Feminist Recovery

Cannibal Capitalism

by Nancy Fraser • 2022

The economy treats care work, nature, and democracy as free inputs. They are running out.

4.01

1k+

🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Democratic Socialism 👩‍👧 Social Reproduction 🩺 Care Crisis 🔗 Racial Capitalism

Cannibal Capitalism

The economy treats care work, nature, and democracy as free inputs. They are running out.

by Nancy Fraser 2022 209 pages

4.01

1k+ ratings

🏛️ Political Economy 🗳️ Democratic Socialism 👩‍👧 Social Reproduction 🩺 Care Crisis 🔗 Racial Capitalism

An Autobiography

by Angela Y. Davis • 1974

On trial for murder, a philosophy professor wins her freedom through global solidarity.

4.45

11k+

🚫 Prison Abolition 🖤 Black Feminism 📕 Marxist Theory ✍️ Political Memoir 🚔 Carceral State

An Autobiography

On trial for murder, a philosophy professor wins her freedom through global solidarity.

by Angela Y. Davis 1974 416 pages

4.45

11k+ ratings

🚫 Prison Abolition 🖤 Black Feminism 📕 Marxist Theory ✍️ Political Memoir 🚔 Carceral State

Reading While Black

by Esau McCaulley • 2020

Orthodoxy and social justice were never enemies. The Black church's Bible reading proves it.

4.42

6k+

✝️ Black Theology 📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚖️ Racial Justice Theology 😢 Lament And Hope 🗳️ Political Witness

Reading While Black

Orthodoxy and social justice were never enemies. The Black church's Bible reading proves it.

by Esau McCaulley 2020 200 pages

4.42

6k+ ratings

✝️ Black Theology 📖 Biblical Hermeneutics ⚖️ Racial Justice Theology 😢 Lament And Hope 🗳️ Political Witness

Unsettling Truths

by Mark Charles • 2019

A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.

4.35

1k+

🗺️ Settler Colonialism ⛪ Theological Racism 🏚️ Land Dispossession 🌱 Decolonization 🪶 Indigenous Theology

Unsettling Truths

A 15th-century papal ruling declared indigenous peoples less than human. It still governs U.S. law.

by Mark Charles 2019 224 pages

4.35

1k+ ratings

🗺️ Settler Colonialism ⛪ Theological Racism 🏚️ Land Dispossession 🌱 Decolonization 🪶 Indigenous Theology

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