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Where do I Start?
Brief Bibliography For Getting Started on
Study of Racial Justice, Antiracism and Multicultural issues
For Adults (listed in suggested order of preference):
Hitchcock, J. (2002) Lifting the White Veil: An Exploration of
White American Culture in a Multiracial Context
Can be ordered from the publisher, Crandall, Dostie & Douglass Books. 245
West 4th Avenue, Roselle, NJ 07203, 877-679-6119 or go to www.euroamerican.org.
This book was originally published under the title, Unraveling the White Cocoon;
though out of print, second-hand copies are sometime available from Amazon.com
& other second-hand sources.
“Many white people already feel battered and bruised, suffering from compassion fatigue brought on by the constant moral, psychological and, less often, economic wear and tear that race places upon us. We’ve been told untold times of our sins, alleged or true. Most of us wish only that it would go away, yet deep down we realize we have a lot of hard work to do to make our community, our nation, our world a better place for people of all colors.” …from the Preface.
Tatum, Beverly Daniel, Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting in the
Cafeteria Together?
Harper, rev. 1999, 270 pp., paperback $14.00
Not just about the cafeteria, this “thoughtfully enlightened book…shows great depth and sensitivity…about subtleties of racial interactions in America.” Alvin Poussaint, Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
Race identity is a positive developmental factor for young people of color, according to psychologist Beverly Daniel Tatum, Ph.D. A renowned authority on the psychology of racism, she asserts it is all right, even necessary, for Black adolescents to have a strong sense of belonging, even if it requires a period of segregation. Using real-life examples and a conversational tone, Tatum takes this issue to the grassroots level.
Mathias, Barbara and French, Mary Ann, 40 Ways to Raise a Nonracist
Child.
Harper Perennial, 1996.
“…our society is still imbued with the spirit of racism. Ultimately, the only way to end it will be raise our children differently than we were raised ourselves. [This book] is the first…to provide families with the tools they need to talk openly about racism and to respect and appreciate racial differences.” …from the back cover.
Dalton, Harlon L., Racial Healing: Confronting the Fear between
Blacks and Whites.
Anchor Books, 1996, paperback $12.95; available from FGC bookstore.
“Dalton's main goal here is honest engagement between Euro- and African Americans, and he spells out 'What White Folk Must Do' (recognize the privilege white skin gives, accept joint ownership of the race problem, give up Horatio Alger, and resist the temptation to divide and conquer) and 'What Black Folk Must Do' (retell their story in more complex, inclusive terms, restore community, take stock of African American culture, and build alliances with other people of color). Challenging as these prescriptions are, Dalton's book is lively and often funny, full of anecdotes that humanize issues too often viewed as abstractions.” - Booklist
Williams, Lena, foreword By Charlayne Hunter-Gault, It's the Little
Things: The Everyday Interactions that Get under the Skin of Blacks and Whites.
Harvest Books, 2002, 288 pp., paperback $13.00
“A clear, honest yet humorous picture of the little things that often interfere with communication and friendship between blacks and whites. . . . Reading It's the Little Things is a must for those of us who are working to improve relationships and under-standing across racial lines.” Poussaint