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🧬 Mixed-Race Experience

Illuminates the nuanced reality of living between racial categories—the code-switching, the questions, the beauty and burden of embodying more than one heritage.
Self-Portrait in Black and White
by Thomas Chatterton Williams • 2019
What if ending racism means giving up race itself? One Black thinker's case for walking away.
4.03
2k+
🧱 Social Construction Of Race✊ Racial Abolitionism👁️ Colorblindness Debate
Self-Portrait in Black and White Summary
Self-Portrait in Black and White 92%
What if ending racism means giving up race itself? One Black thinker's case for walking away.
by Thomas Chatterton Williams 2019
4.03
2k+ ratings
🧱 Social Construction Of Race✊ Racial Abolitionism👁️ Colorblindness Debate
Dreams from My Father
by Barack Obama • 2008
Across continents, a mixed-race man hunts an absent father and the shape of his own identity.
4.04
529
🧬 Mixed-Race Identity🏛️ Political Memoirs🤝 Community Organizing
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father 91%
Across continents, a mixed-race man hunts an absent father and the shape of his own identity.
by Barack Obama 2008
4.04
529 ratings
🧬 Mixed-Race Identity🏛️ Political Memoirs🤝 Community Organizing
American Like Me
by America Ferrera • 2018
Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.
4.32
6k+
🧩 Hyphenated Identity🌐 Diaspora👥 Double Consciousness
American Like Me Summary
American Like Me 91%
Actors and athletes on the day their Americanness was questioned, and the moment they claimed it.
by America Ferrera 2018
4.32
6k+ ratings
🧩 Hyphenated Identity🌐 Diaspora👥 Double Consciousness
Brown Enough
by Christopher Rivas • 2022
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
4.28
310
🤎 Mixed Race Identity🌎 Latinx Diaspora🎨 Colorism
Brown Enough Summary
Brown Enough 91%
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
by Christopher Rivas 2022
4.28
310 ratings
🤎 Mixed Race Identity🌎 Latinx Diaspora🎨 Colorism
The Great Demographic Illusion
by Richard Alba • 2020
One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.
4.03
38
🧬 Mixed Race Identity📊 Census Politics🔄 Assimilation Theory
The Great Demographic Illusion Summary
The Great Demographic Illusion 90%
One census rule invents a white minority. The reality: mixed-race America expands the mainstream.
by Richard Alba 2020
4.03
38 ratings
🧬 Mixed Race Identity📊 Census Politics🔄 Assimilation Theory
Dreams from My Father
by Barack Obama • 1995
From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.
3.94
232k+
🧬 Biracial Identity🏘️ Community Organizing👤 Absent Fathers
Dreams from My Father Summary
Dreams from My Father 90%
From Hawaii to Kenya, a fatherless son pieces together an inheritance he was never given.
by Barack Obama 1995
3.94
232k+ ratings
🧬 Biracial Identity🏘️ Community Organizing👤 Absent Fathers
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah • 2016
His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.
4.49
819k+
🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa🧬 Mixed Race Identity🗣️ Code Switching
Born a Crime Summary
Born a Crime 90%
His birth was a felony. His mother's parenting philosophy was even more illegal.
by Trevor Noah 2016
4.49
819k+ ratings
🇿🇦 Apartheid South Africa🧬 Mixed Race Identity🗣️ Code Switching
Black American Refugee
by Tiffanie Drayton • 2022
America showers Black immigrants with hope, then yanks it back. One woman's escape.
4.03
331
🧳 Black Immigrant Experience🌴 Caribbean Diaspora⛓️ Systemic Racism
Black American Refugee Summary
Black American Refugee 90%
America showers Black immigrants with hope, then yanks it back. One woman's escape.
by Tiffanie Drayton 2022
4.03
331 ratings
🧳 Black Immigrant Experience🌴 Caribbean Diaspora⛓️ Systemic Racism
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
by T Kira Madden • 2019
A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.
4.25
10k+
🧒 Fatherlessness🌐 Mixed-Race Identity🌈 Queer Coming Of Age
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls Summary
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls 90%
A fatherless girl in Boca Raton craves a fierce love and finds it in dangerous places.
by T Kira Madden 2019
4.25
10k+ ratings
🧒 Fatherlessness🌐 Mixed-Race Identity🌈 Queer Coming Of Age
The Next Big Story
by Soledad O'Brien • 2010
From Little Rock to Katrina to Haiti, a multiracial reporter keeps showing up where America breaks.
3.70
239
📺 Broadcast Journalism🧬 Multiracial Identity🗽 Race In America
The Next Big Story Summary
The Next Big Story 90%
From Little Rock to Katrina to Haiti, a multiracial reporter keeps showing up where America breaks.
by Soledad O'Brien 2010
3.70
239 ratings
📺 Broadcast Journalism🧬 Multiracial Identity🗽 Race In America
Decolonial Daughter
by Lesley-Ann Brown • 2018
Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.
4.13
86
📚 Postcolonial Theory📜 Colonial Legacy🩹 Generational Trauma
Decolonial Daughter Summary
Decolonial Daughter 89%
Letters from a Black mother to her European son about the colonial past they carry together.
by Lesley-Ann Brown 2018
4.13
86 ratings
📚 Postcolonial Theory📜 Colonial Legacy🩹 Generational Trauma
More Than Enough
by Elaine Welteroth • 2019
From mixed-race outsider to Teen Vogue editor: claiming space in rooms not built for you.
4.38
11k+
🧬 Mixed-Race Identity📰 Media Careers🎟️ Workplace Tokenism
More Than Enough Summary
More Than Enough 89%
From mixed-race outsider to Teen Vogue editor: claiming space in rooms not built for you.
by Elaine Welteroth 2019
4.38
11k+ ratings
🧬 Mixed-Race Identity📰 Media Careers🎟️ Workplace Tokenism
Nobody Knows My Name
by James Baldwin • 1961
Exile sharpened Baldwin's sight: what America made of him, and why simple stories fail the truth.
4.36
5k+
📝 Literary Essays🌍 Black Diaspora✊ Civil Rights Era
Nobody Knows My Name Summary
Nobody Knows My Name 89%
Exile sharpened Baldwin's sight: what America made of him, and why simple stories fail the truth.
by James Baldwin 1961
4.36
5k+ ratings
📝 Literary Essays🌍 Black Diaspora✊ Civil Rights Era
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me
by Rain Pryor • 2006
Richard Pryor's daughter on the chaos behind the comedy, and finding her own voice in between.
3.86
642
🧬 Biracial Identity🧒 Children Of Celebrities💊 Fame And Addiction
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me Summary
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me 89%
Richard Pryor's daughter on the chaos behind the comedy, and finding her own voice in between.
by Rain Pryor 2006
3.86
642 ratings
🧬 Biracial Identity🧒 Children Of Celebrities💊 Fame And Addiction
Blended
by Sharon M. Draper • 2018
Between her white mom and Black dad, Isabella searches for the melody that sounds like her.
4.16
20k+
🖤 Biracial Protagonist📅 Shared Custody🎹 Piano As Escape
Blended Summary
Blended 89%
Between her white mom and Black dad, Isabella searches for the melody that sounds like her.
by Sharon M. Draper 2018
4.16
20k+ ratings
🖤 Biracial Protagonist📅 Shared Custody🎹 Piano As Escape
Heart of a Stranger
by Angela Buchdahl • 2025
Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.
4.62
4k+
🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir🕊️ Interfaith Families🟤 Jews Of Color
Heart of a Stranger Summary
Heart of a Stranger 89%
Told she didn't look Jewish, a Korean-born rabbi turns being an outsider into her greatest strength.
by Angela Buchdahl 2025
4.62
4k+ ratings
🧬 Mixed-Race Memoir🕊️ Interfaith Families🟤 Jews Of Color
Le Triangle et l'Hexagone
by Maboula Soumahoro • 2020
Black and French was a contradiction. She crossed the Atlantic to make it a declaration.
4.38
154
🗺️ Postcolonial France🌊 Black Atlantic Studies✍️ Auto-Theory
Le Triangle et l'Hexagone Summary
Le Triangle et l'Hexagone 89%
Black and French was a contradiction. She crossed the Atlantic to make it a declaration.
by Maboula Soumahoro 2020
4.38
154 ratings
🗺️ Postcolonial France🌊 Black Atlantic Studies✍️ Auto-Theory
Navajos Wear Nikes
by Jim Kristofic • 2011
The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.
4.08
709
🏜️ Reservation Life🌐 Cultural Identity👁️ Outsider Perspective
Navajos Wear Nikes Summary
Navajos Wear Nikes 89%
The only white kid on the Rez: learning Navajo, herding sheep, earning what belonging costs.
by Jim Kristofic 2011
4.08
709 ratings
🏜️ Reservation Life🌐 Cultural Identity👁️ Outsider Perspective
The Beautiful Struggle
by Ta-Nehisi Coates • 2008
Between Black Panther discipline and Baltimore's street code, a boy fights to write his own story.
4.08
11k+
🏙️ Urban Memoir🖤 African American Memoir🌱 Coming Of Age Memoirs
The Beautiful Struggle Summary
The Beautiful Struggle 89%
Between Black Panther discipline and Baltimore's street code, a boy fights to write his own story.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2008
4.08
11k+ ratings
🏙️ Urban Memoir🖤 African American Memoir🌱 Coming Of Age Memoirs
Jesus Land
by Julia Scheeres • 2005
A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.
3.97
20k+
⛪ Religious Abuse🔒 Troubled Teen Industry🏠 Interracial Adoption
Jesus Land Summary
Jesus Land 89%
A Christian reform school in the tropics. A white girl, her Black brother, one escape plan.
by Julia Scheeres 2005
3.97
20k+ ratings
⛪ Religious Abuse🔒 Troubled Teen Industry🏠 Interracial Adoption
I'm Still Here
by Austin Channing Brown • 2018
Growing up Black in white America means learning to manage everyone else's feelings before your own.
4.37
74k+
🌐 Everyday Racism🧭 Navigating Whiteness🔥 Righteous Anger
I'm Still Here Summary
I'm Still Here 89%
Growing up Black in white America means learning to manage everyone else's feelings before your own.
by Austin Channing Brown 2018
4.37
74k+ ratings
🌐 Everyday Racism🧭 Navigating Whiteness🔥 Righteous Anger
Human(Kind)
by Ashlee Eiland • 2020
Kindness disarms hostility. Reclaim your worth and bridge the divides you thought permanent.
4.18
359
🕯️ Christian Living🤝 Racial Reconciliation🪞 Self-Acceptance
Human(Kind) Summary
Human(Kind) 89%
Kindness disarms hostility. Reclaim your worth and bridge the divides you thought permanent.
by Ashlee Eiland 2020
4.18
359 ratings
🕯️ Christian Living🤝 Racial Reconciliation🪞 Self-Acceptance
Black Magic
by Chad Sanders • 2021
Racism taught these Black leaders skills no business school could, and they're sharing the playbook.
4.34
491
👤 Black Leadership🏢 Corporate Diversity🔄 Code-Switching
Black Magic Summary
Black Magic 88%
Racism taught these Black leaders skills no business school could, and they're sharing the playbook.
by Chad Sanders 2021
4.34
491 ratings
👤 Black Leadership🏢 Corporate Diversity🔄 Code-Switching
Red Paint
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe • 2022
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
4.12
3k+
🪶 Indigenous Memoir🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🌿 Cultural Reclamation
Red Paint Summary
Red Paint 88%
Medicine failed her. She drove to the Skagit River and let ancestral waters do the healing.
by Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe 2022
4.12
3k+ ratings
🪶 Indigenous Memoir🧬 Intergenerational Trauma🌿 Cultural Reclamation
Racial Innocence
by Tanya Katerí Hernández • 2022
Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.
4.32
332
🖤 Anti-Blackness🎨 Colorism📚 Critical Race Theory
Racial Innocence Summary
Racial Innocence 88%
Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.
by Tanya Katerí Hernández 2022
4.32
332 ratings
🖤 Anti-Blackness🎨 Colorism📚 Critical Race Theory
We're Going to Need More Wine
by Gabrielle Union • 2017
Growing up Black in a white suburb, surviving assault, failed IVF: a Hollywood star chooses herself.
4.19
38k+
👤 Celebrity Memoir✊🏾 Black Feminism🗣️ Code Switching
We're Going to Need More Wine Summary
We're Going to Need More Wine 88%
Growing up Black in a white suburb, surviving assault, failed IVF: a Hollywood star chooses herself.
by Gabrielle Union 2017
4.19
38k+ ratings
👤 Celebrity Memoir✊🏾 Black Feminism🗣️ Code Switching
The Development Psychology of the Black Child
by Amos N. Wilson • 1978
Black infants outpace white infants on every measure. Then racism becomes neurological.
4.61
89
🧠 Black Psychology👶 Child Development🪞 Racial Identity
The Development Psychology of the Black Child Summary
The Development Psychology of the Black Child 88%
Black infants outpace white infants on every measure. Then racism becomes neurological.
by Amos N. Wilson 1978
4.61
89 ratings
🧠 Black Psychology👶 Child Development🪞 Racial Identity
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel
by Alexander Chee • 2018
A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.
4.38
13k+
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Autofiction🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel Summary
How to Write an Autobiographical Novel 88%
A novelist's confession: memoir cannot hold the truth of what happened to him. Only fiction can.
by Alexander Chee 2018
4.38
13k+ ratings
✍️ Writing Craft📖 Autofiction🏳️‍🌈 Queer Experience
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?
by Beverly Daniel Tatum • 1997
The cafeteria self-sorting isn't a problem to fix. It's a mirror of how racial identity forms.
4.34
27k+
🧬 Racial Identity📊 Systemic Racism👤 White Privilege
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? Summary
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? 88%
The cafeteria self-sorting isn't a problem to fix. It's a mirror of how racial identity forms.
by Beverly Daniel Tatum 1997
4.34
27k+ ratings
🧬 Racial Identity📊 Systemic Racism👤 White Privilege
A Chance in the World
by Steve Pemberton • 2012
Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.
4.27
6k+
🏚️ Foster Care System💔 Childhood Trauma🛡️ Survival Memoir
A Chance in the World Summary
A Chance in the World 88%
Beaten, starved, and denied his name: a foster child's search for the family that erased him.
by Steve Pemberton 2012
4.27
6k+ ratings
🏚️ Foster Care System💔 Childhood Trauma🛡️ Survival Memoir
All You Can Ever Know
by Nicole Chung • 2018
She found her birth parents. The truth she wanted was never a single story.
3.85
27k+
🧒 Transracial Adoption🤝 Adoption Reunion🪞 Adoptee Identity
All You Can Ever Know Summary
All You Can Ever Know 88%
She found her birth parents. The truth she wanted was never a single story.
by Nicole Chung 2018
3.85
27k+ ratings
🧒 Transracial Adoption🤝 Adoption Reunion🪞 Adoptee Identity
The Meaning of Mariah Carey
by Mariah Carey • 2020
To the world, a pop icon. To her music-mogul husband, a possession. Her story of escape.
4.09
25k+
🌟 Celebrity Memoir👑 Pop Stardom🌍 Biracial Identity
The Meaning of Mariah Carey Summary
The Meaning of Mariah Carey 88%
To the world, a pop icon. To her music-mogul husband, a possession. Her story of escape.
by Mariah Carey 2020
4.09
25k+ ratings
🌟 Celebrity Memoir👑 Pop Stardom🌍 Biracial Identity
Creating a New Racial Order
by Jennifer L. Hochschild • 2012
Genomics and a new generation erode racial boundaries. Poverty and prisons redraw them.
3.37
19
🏗️ Racial Formation🧩 Multiracial Identity🧬 Genomics And Race
Creating a New Racial Order Summary
Creating a New Racial Order 88%
Genomics and a new generation erode racial boundaries. Poverty and prisons redraw them.
by Jennifer L. Hochschild 2012
3.37
19 ratings
🏗️ Racial Formation🧩 Multiracial Identity🧬 Genomics And Race
Natives
by Akala • 2018
Britain's empire never ended. It just learned to call itself meritocracy.
4.53
23k+
🇬🇧 British Empire🏛️ Structural Racism👮 Police And Race
Natives Summary
Natives 88%
Britain's empire never ended. It just learned to call itself meritocracy.
by Akala 2018
4.53
23k+ ratings
🇬🇧 British Empire🏛️ Structural Racism👮 Police And Race
How to Be Less Stupid About Race
by Crystal Marie Fleming • 2018
Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.
4.27
3k+
🏛️ Critical Race Theory⚖️ Systemic Racism📖 Racial Literacy
How to Be Less Stupid About Race Summary
How to Be Less Stupid About Race 88%
Racial ignorance is not innocent. A crash course in the history and theory that dismantle it.
by Crystal Marie Fleming 2018
4.27
3k+ ratings
🏛️ Critical Race Theory⚖️ Systemic Racism📖 Racial Literacy
Colonize This!
by Bushra Rehman • 2002
Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.
4.20
3k+
🔀 Intersectional Feminism✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism📚 Feminist Anthologies
Colonize This! Summary
Colonize This! 88%
Mainstream feminism left out women of color. This generation explains how, and what comes next.
by Bushra Rehman 2002
4.20
3k+ ratings
🔀 Intersectional Feminism✊🏽 Women Of Color Feminism📚 Feminist Anthologies
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race
by Reni Eddo-Lodge • 2017
Britain's racism is structural, not personal. Why not seeing race protects the design.
4.37
101k+
🔗 Structural Racism🇬🇧 British Black Experience🪞 White Privilege
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race Summary
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race 88%
Britain's racism is structural, not personal. Why not seeing race protects the design.
by Reni Eddo-Lodge 2017
4.37
101k+ ratings
🔗 Structural Racism🇬🇧 British Black Experience🪞 White Privilege
The Good Immigrant
by Nikesh Shukla • 2019
Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.
4.24
2k+
🧳 Immigrant Experience🚧 Systemic Racism🚪 Conditional Belonging
The Good Immigrant Summary
The Good Immigrant 88%
Twenty-six writers on the price of conditional belonging in America.
by Nikesh Shukla 2019
4.24
2k+ ratings
🧳 Immigrant Experience🚧 Systemic Racism🚪 Conditional Belonging
The Heart of a Woman
by Maya Angelou • 2009
Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.
4.23
25k+
🪧 Civil Rights Memoir🎭 Art And Activism👩‍👦 Single Motherhood
The Heart of a Woman Summary
The Heart of a Woman 88%
Marrying a South African freedom fighter took her from Harlem to Cairo, where love met its limits.
by Maya Angelou 2009
4.23
25k+ ratings
🪧 Civil Rights Memoir🎭 Art And Activism👩‍👦 Single Motherhood
Aesthetics of Excess
by Jillian Hernandez • 2020
Too much style is how Black and Latina women expose the class politics neoliberalism hides.
4.26
42
🎨 Art Criticism✊🏿 Black Feminism👔 Respectability Politics
Aesthetics of Excess Summary
Aesthetics of Excess 88%
Too much style is how Black and Latina women expose the class politics neoliberalism hides.
by Jillian Hernandez 2020
4.26
42 ratings
🎨 Art Criticism✊🏿 Black Feminism👔 Respectability Politics
Never Far from Home
by Bruce Jackson • 2023
Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.
4.12
257
🪜 Upward Mobility🚧 Racial Barriers🎓 First-Gen Professionals
Never Far from Home Summary
Never Far from Home 88%
Amsterdam Houses to Microsoft: a Black lawyer's climb through music, race, and two worlds.
by Bruce Jackson 2023
4.12
257 ratings
🪜 Upward Mobility🚧 Racial Barriers🎓 First-Gen Professionals
Alex Haley
by Robert J. Norrell • 2015
Family porch tales became the Roots miniseries seen by 85% of Americans. Then came the lawsuits.
3.48
89
🔖 Literary Biography📜 African American History🗣️ Oral Tradition
Alex Haley Summary
Alex Haley 88%
Family porch tales became the Roots miniseries seen by 85% of Americans. Then came the lawsuits.
by Robert J. Norrell 2015
3.48
89 ratings
🔖 Literary Biography📜 African American History🗣️ Oral Tradition
How to Argue With a Racist
by Adam Rutherford • 2020
How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.
3.89
7k+
📊 Population Genetics🧬 Race And Genetics🌳 Genetic Ancestry
How to Argue With a Racist Summary
How to Argue With a Racist 88%
How to shut down racist pseudoscience with real genetics: ancestry, athletics, and intelligence.
by Adam Rutherford 2020
3.89
7k+ ratings
📊 Population Genetics🧬 Race And Genetics🌳 Genetic Ancestry
Mom & Me & Mom
by Maya Angelou • 2013
After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.
4.22
27k+
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation🌪️ Flawed Mothers🩹 Generational Healing
Mom & Me & Mom Summary
Mom & Me & Mom 88%
After a decade of abandonment, Maya Angelou must learn to love the mother who left her.
by Maya Angelou 2013
4.22
27k+ ratings
👩‍👧 Mother-Daughter Reconciliation🌪️ Flawed Mothers🩹 Generational Healing
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us
by Hanif Abdurraqib • 2017
A poet traces the pulse beneath Black America's grief and defiance, from punk shows to funerals.
4.55
19k+
🎵 Music Criticism📝 Personal Essays🖤 Black American Life
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us Summary
They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us 88%
A poet traces the pulse beneath Black America's grief and defiance, from punk shows to funerals.
by Hanif Abdurraqib 2017
4.55
19k+ ratings
🎵 Music Criticism📝 Personal Essays🖤 Black American Life
Mexican WhiteBoy
by Matt de la Peña • 2008
Half-Mexican, can't speak Spanish, he spends a summer in his father's barrio, looking for home.
3.85
6k+
🌗 Biracial Identity👤 Absent Father🤝 Unlikely Friendship
Mexican WhiteBoy Summary
Mexican WhiteBoy 88%
Half-Mexican, can't speak Spanish, he spends a summer in his father's barrio, looking for home.
by Matt de la Peña 2008
3.85
6k+ ratings
🌗 Biracial Identity👤 Absent Father🤝 Unlikely Friendship
The Rage of a Privileged Class
by Ellis Cose • 1993
In the corner office, on the partner track, racism did not disappear. It just went subtle.
3.97
160
🏙️ Black Middle Class💼 Workplace Discrimination🗣️ Racial Microaggressions
The Rage of a Privileged Class Summary
The Rage of a Privileged Class 88%
In the corner office, on the partner track, racism did not disappear. It just went subtle.
by Ellis Cose 1993
3.97
160 ratings
🏙️ Black Middle Class💼 Workplace Discrimination🗣️ Racial Microaggressions
Black Like Me
by John Howard Griffin • 2003
A white journalist crossed the color line in 1959. The South stripped him of innocence.
4.11
70k+
🎭 Racial Passing🏚️ Jim Crow South📝 Participatory Journalism
Black Like Me Summary
Black Like Me 88%
A white journalist crossed the color line in 1959. The South stripped him of innocence.
by John Howard Griffin 2003
4.11
70k+ ratings
🎭 Racial Passing🏚️ Jim Crow South📝 Participatory Journalism
My Broken Language
by Quiara Alegría Hudes • 2021
A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.
4.18
4k+
🧒 Coming Of Age Memoir🌍 Multicultural Memoir🔀 Code Switching
My Broken Language Summary
My Broken Language 88%
A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.
by Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021
4.18
4k+ ratings
🧒 Coming Of Age Memoir🌍 Multicultural Memoir🔀 Code Switching
Klan-destine Relationships
by Daryl Davis • 1997
Alone and unarmed, a Black pianist walks into a KKK motel room. The handshake changes everything.
4.20
168
🤝 Race Relations👻 White Supremacy🔍 Immersion Journalism
Klan-destine Relationships Summary
Klan-destine Relationships 88%
Alone and unarmed, a Black pianist walks into a KKK motel room. The handshake changes everything.
by Daryl Davis 1997
4.20
168 ratings
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