Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
By: Michael Bennett
4.22
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
Super Bowl Champion and three-time Pro Bowler Michael Bennett is an outspoken proponent for social …
Want to Read $ 12.25"At this point, I think if you’re being silent, you’re making a choice and taking a side."-Michael Bennett, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
"At this point, I think if you’re being silent, you’re making a choice and taking a side."-Michael Bennett, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
"At this point, I think if you’re being silent, you’re making a choice and taking a side."-Michael Bennett, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
"Don’t feel guilty. Do something to make it better. Help us heal by standing—or sitting—alongside us."-Michael Bennett, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
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3.62
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4.59
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
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6. Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
By: Ijeoma Oluo
4.41
Format: 278 pages, Hardcover
From the author of the New York Times bestseller So You Want to Talk About Race, a history of white… read more
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"It's the expectations that many white men have that they shouldn't have to climb, shouldn't have to struggle, as others do. It's the idea not only that they think they have less than others, but that…"-Ijeoma Oluo, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America
7. The Three Mothers: How the Mothers of Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X, and James Baldwin Shaped a Nation
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4.09
Format: 261 pages, Hardcover
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4.47
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"I respect you as so much bigger than my own understanding. And me too. I don't have to be available to be eligible for breath. I don't have to be measurable in a market of memes. I don't have to be v…"-Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Undrowned: Black Feminist Lessons from Marine Mammals (Emergent Strategy, 2)
9. Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
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4.10
Format: 341 pages, Hardcover
A physician reveals how right-wing backlash policies have mortal consequences—even for the white vo… read more
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4.49
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11. Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too
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12. Let This Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care
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4.64
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13. Justice for Some: Law and the Question of Palestine
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4.60
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20. Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
By: Michael Bennett
4.22
Format: 220 pages, Hardcover
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"At this point, I think if you’re being silent, you’re making a choice and taking a side."-Michael Bennett, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
"Don’t feel guilty. Do something to make it better. Help us heal by standing—or sitting—alongside us."-Michael Bennett, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
"Remember what John Carlos said: “There is no partial commitment to justice. You are either in or you’re out."-Michael Bennett, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
"In that moment I saw the part of the man that makes me feel pity: he has no ability to walk in other people’s shoes, to see the world from another perspective, from Puerto Rico to the NFL."-Michael Bennett, Things That Make White People Uncomfortable
21. This Is What America Looks Like: My Journey from Refugee to Congresswoman
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4.26
Format: 288 pages, ebook
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