Antiracist Reading List
Educate yourself and become a better ally.
Part of being an ally is acknowledging that you are not an expert on experiences you have never had. To become a better ally, you have to take the initiative to learn about the experiences and perspectives from marginalized groups that you don’t belong to. We’ve put together a reading list to help you begin or continue your antiracist learning. The links included are for the network of Madison Public Libraries, in addition to many of the public libraries across South Central Wisconsin.
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For Adults
FATAL INVENTION: How Science, Politics, and Big Business Re-create Race in the Twenty-First Century, by Dorothy Roberts
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook
THE CONDEMNATION OF BLACKNESS: Race, Crime, and the Making of Modern Urban America, by Khalil Gibran Muhammad
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook
STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America, by Ibram X. Kendi
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook
SO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RACE, by Ijeoma Oluo
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook
THE MASTER’S TOOLS WILL NEVER DISMANTLE THE MASTER’S HOUSE: The Selected Works of Audre Lorde, by Audre Lorde
MPL Links: Physical Copy
AMERICA FOR AMERICANS: A History of Xenophobia in the United States, by Erika Lee
MPL Links: Physical Copy
MINOR FEELINGS: An Asian American Reckoning, by Cathy Park Hong
MPL Links: Physical Copy｜eBook
BETWEEN THE WORLD AND ME, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook
FINDING LATINX: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity, by Paola Ramos
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook (en español)
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?, by Yamile Saied Méndez
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook [sound recording]
SULWE, by Lupita Nyong'o
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook
SEPARATE IS NEVER EQUAL: Sylvia Mendez and Her Family's Fight for Desegregation, by Duncan Tonatiuh
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook
WHO WILL YOU BE?, by Andrea Pippins
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook
INTERSECTION ALLIES: We Make Room for All, by Chelsea Johnson, LaToya Council, and Carolyn Choi
MPL Links: Physical Copy
AMERICAN BORN CHINESE, by Gene Luen Yang
MPL Links: Physical Copy
BORN A CRIME: Stories from a South African Childhood, by Trevor Noah
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook
A IS FOR ACTIVIST, by Innosanto Nagara
LET’S TALK ABOUT RACE, by Julius Lester
MPL Links: Physical Copy ｜eBook