Past WuW Recommendations of the Month
So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
The author is a black woman who uses a straightforward honest approach to her book. It is centered on how to help “people understand race better” and be able to “navigate conversations on race”.
The chapters are constructed around a question such as “What if I talk about race wrong?”, “What is the model minority myth?”, or “Is police brutality really about race?” that might have puzzled readers and perhaps they wanted to ask a person of color. The chapters will help readers challenge their own views or help to be better prepared to enter into a conversation where their views have been challenged.
We recommend this easy-to-read book as a way to open the door to conversations about racism.
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The author is a black woman who uses a straightforward honest approach to her book. It is centered on how to help “people understand race better” and be able to “navigate conversations on race”.
The chapters are constructed around a question such as “What if I talk about race wrong?”, “What is the model minority myth?”, or “Is police brutality really about race?” that might have puzzled readers and perhaps they wanted to ask a person of color. The chapters will help readers challenge their own views or help to be better prepared to enter into a conversation where their views have been challenged.
We recommend this easy-to-read book as a way to open the door to conversations about racism.
Available At:
- La Crosse Public Library (and inter-loan)
- Pearl Street Books
- Viterbo University Todd Wehr Memorial Library
- UW-La Crosse Murphy Library
- Western Technical College Library
- Big Box Retailers (Barnes & Noble, Amazon)
The Guide for White Women Who Teach Black Boys by Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., Ali Michael, Ph.D., and Dr. Marguerite W. Penick-Parks
Empower black boys to dream, believe, achieve. Schools that routinely fail Black boys are not extraordinary. In fact, they are all-too ordinary. If we are to succeed in positively shifting outcomes for Black boys and young men, we must first change the way school is "done". That’s where the eight in 10 teachers who are White women fit in...and this urgently needed resource is written specifically for them as a way to help them understand, respect, and connect with all of their students.
With Eddie, Ali, and Marguerite as your mentors, you will learn how to:
Empower black boys to dream, believe, achieve. Schools that routinely fail Black boys are not extraordinary. In fact, they are all-too ordinary. If we are to succeed in positively shifting outcomes for Black boys and young men, we must first change the way school is "done". That’s where the eight in 10 teachers who are White women fit in...and this urgently needed resource is written specifically for them as a way to help them understand, respect, and connect with all of their students.
With Eddie, Ali, and Marguerite as your mentors, you will learn how to:
- Develop learning environments that help Black boys feel a sense of belonging, nurturance, challenge, and love at school
- Change school culture so that Black boys can show up in the wholeness of their selves
- Overcome your unconscious bias and forge authentic connections with your Black male students
- Pearl Street Books (1 week order time)
- UW-La Crosse Murphy Library via inter-library loan
- Big Box Retailers (Barnes & Noble, Audible, Amazon)
Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements by Octavia Butler
In the spirit of the visionary science fiction writer, Octavia Butler, author of Kindred and the Parable of the Sower, brings together 20 stories that explore the connection between radical speculative fiction and the movements for social change.
Where to Find It
In the spirit of the visionary science fiction writer, Octavia Butler, author of Kindred and the Parable of the Sower, brings together 20 stories that explore the connection between radical speculative fiction and the movements for social change.
Where to Find It
- Viterbo University
- UWL Library
- Big Box Stores (Amazon, Barnes & Noble)
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
Isabel Wilkerson’s well researched narrative and stories humanizes our history. Her words reframe the story of our world as it examines the caste system in India and compares this to a similar “hidden” system in the United States. She writes about the cruel logic that a caste system requires a bottom rung in social structures for those in the middle to measure themselves against. Caste systems are not about our feelings or morality but rather is about power-which groups have it and which do not.
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Isabel Wilkerson’s well researched narrative and stories humanizes our history. Her words reframe the story of our world as it examines the caste system in India and compares this to a similar “hidden” system in the United States. She writes about the cruel logic that a caste system requires a bottom rung in social structures for those in the middle to measure themselves against. Caste systems are not about our feelings or morality but rather is about power-which groups have it and which do not.
Available At:
- La Crosse Public Library (and inter-loan)
- Pearl Street Books
- Viterbo University Todd Wehr Memorial Library
- UW-La Crosse Murphy Library
- Western Technical College Library
- Big Box Retailers (Barnes & Noble, Amazon)
