These last few weeks in America have revived a centuries old question: How do we end the legacy of racism and white supremacy in this country? As protesters march across the nation seeking justice for the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and countless other Black Americans before them at the hands of the police, a lot of people are wondering how they can best fight racial injustice and white privilege—how we can begin the work of becoming better allies. (Newly acquainted to allyship? Here are some basic tenets.)
While there are various actions non-BIPOC can take right now—like donating to bail funds, voting, protesting (as safely as possible), talking about our whiteness (or non-Blackness), and calling political representatives—reading is a great place to start. Black people have been writing, and writing about inequality, since before America was ‘a thing,’ and books offer direct paths to understanding the Black experience in this country. Reading Black voices isn’t in itself allyship or anti-racism, but it’s an important part.
It’s also an action that supports Black Americans by: a) buying books (from Black-owned bookstores, like those linked below); b) recognizing Black experiences; c) reflecting on our own privilege and racial biases and working to correct them.
During this moment of COVID-induced stillness spiked with protest-induced outrage, we spoke to various academics, authors, bookshop owners, and activists about the books that have powerfully impacted their own understanding of race and racism: DL Mullen, proprietress of Semicolon Bookstore & Gallery in Chicago; Maisy Card, author and public librarian; Bunnie Hilliard, owner of Brave + Kind Bookshop in Decatur, GA; Dr. Candice Bocala, Faculty Director of Reimagining Integration: Diverse and Equitable Schools, at Harvard’s Graduate School of Education; Jamia Wilson, author, speaker and the Executive Director of The Feminist Press; Elissa Bassist, editor of the “Funny Women” column at The Rumpus; Atom Atkinson, Director of Writing Programs at Catapult; author and writing teacher Megan Stielstra; Julia Fierro, author and founder of The Sackett Street Writers’ Workshop; and Rich Blint, Program Director of Race and Ethnicity at The New School.
This list is not designed to paint a perfect, chronological history of racial oppression in this country—nor is it complete. Rather, the idea is that by reading outside of our comfort zones, we’ll start to find answers to the initial question posed here. While some of these books are overtly designed to educate, others on this list are Black works of art, and should be read and appreciated as such.
So, from social critiques to memoirs and essays to fictional novels, the below list offers a step towards empathy, understanding, and some damn good writing.
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