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👁️ Racial Surveillance

Explores how communities of color are disproportionately watched, policed, and monitored — revealing the ways state and social scrutiny become instruments of racial control.
"I Have Nothing to Hide"
by Heidi Boghosian • 2021
Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.
3.64
191
🛰️ Mass Surveillance🔒 Digital Privacy🏢 Corporate Surveillance👮 Predictive Policing🔐 Encryption Politics
"I Have Nothing to Hide" Summary
"I Have Nothing to Hide" 90%
Mass surveillance survives on one belief: privacy is for wrongdoers. Twenty myths keep it expanding.
by Heidi Boghosian 2021
3.64
191 ratings
🛰️ Mass Surveillance🔒 Digital Privacy🏢 Corporate Surveillance👮 Predictive Policing🔐 Encryption Politics
Your Face Belongs to Us
by Kashmir Hill • 2023
A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.
4.11
2k+
👤 Facial Recognition🏢 Corporate Surveillance⚖️ Algorithmic Bias👁️ Surveillance Studies📜 Privacy Law
Your Face Belongs to Us Summary
Your Face Belongs to Us 90%
A startup scraped 3 billion faces, sold the tool to police, and public anonymity may never recover.
by Kashmir Hill 2023
4.11
2k+ ratings
👤 Facial Recognition🏢 Corporate Surveillance⚖️ Algorithmic Bias👁️ Surveillance Studies📜 Privacy Law
Race After Technology
by Ruha Benjamin • 2019
Facial recognition fails on dark skin. Hiring algorithms prefer white names. That's by design.
4.26
2k+
🤖 Algorithmic Bias📖 Critical Race Theory🛠️ Techno-Solutionism⚖️ Data Justice✊ Abolitionist Thought
Race After Technology Summary
Race After Technology 90%
Facial recognition fails on dark skin. Hiring algorithms prefer white names. That's by design.
by Ruha Benjamin 2019
4.26
2k+ ratings
🤖 Algorithmic Bias📖 Critical Race Theory🛠️ Techno-Solutionism⚖️ Data Justice✊ Abolitionist Thought
Algorithms of Oppression
by Safiya Umoja Noble • 2018
The search results you trust are shaped by profit, not truth, and they quietly reinforce racism.
3.89
4k+
🖥️ Algorithmic Bias📚 Critical Race Theory⚖️ Data Justice👁️ Surveillance Capitalism🏛️ Platform Accountability
Algorithms of Oppression Summary
Algorithms of Oppression 90%
The search results you trust are shaped by profit, not truth, and they quietly reinforce racism.
by Safiya Umoja Noble 2018
3.89
4k+ ratings
🖥️ Algorithmic Bias📚 Critical Race Theory⚖️ Data Justice👁️ Surveillance Capitalism🏛️ Platform Accountability
The Muslims Are Coming!
by Arun Kundnani • 2014
The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.
4.33
601
🛡️ Counterterrorism Policy⚖️ Muslim Civil Rights🔍 Islamophobia Studies👁️ State Surveillance🎯 Racial Profiling
The Muslims Are Coming! Summary
The Muslims Are Coming! 90%
The domestic war on terror manufactured the threats it claimed to fight and built a new racism.
by Arun Kundnani 2014
4.33
601 ratings
🛡️ Counterterrorism Policy⚖️ Muslim Civil Rights🔍 Islamophobia Studies👁️ State Surveillance🎯 Racial Profiling
Dragnet Nation
by Julia Angwin • 2014
A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.
3.68
659
🛡️ Digital Surveillance🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Mass Surveillance📰 Investigative Journalism🛠️ Digital Self-Defense
Dragnet Nation Summary
Dragnet Nation 90%
A journalist tried to opt out of digital surveillance for a year. The system refused.
by Julia Angwin 2014
3.68
659 ratings
🛡️ Digital Surveillance🔒 Data Privacy👁️ Mass Surveillance📰 Investigative Journalism🛠️ Digital Self-Defense
The Perfect Police State
by Geoffrey Cain • 2021
China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.
4.23
1k+
🛡️ Surveillance States🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes🇨🇳 Chinese Politics🤖 Ai And Ethics👁️ Mass Surveillance
The Perfect Police State Summary
The Perfect Police State 89%
China's Xinjiang AI state predicts crimes before they happen, and exports the blueprint globally.
by Geoffrey Cain 2021
4.23
1k+ ratings
🛡️ Surveillance States🏛️ Authoritarian Regimes🇨🇳 Chinese Politics🤖 Ai And Ethics👁️ Mass Surveillance
Liquid Surveillance
by Zygmunt Bauman • 2012
Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.
3.80
490
👁️ Surveillance Studies🔒 Digital Privacy🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory📊 Social Sorting⚙️ Technological Determinism
Liquid Surveillance Summary
Liquid Surveillance 89%
Surveillance has gone from prison tower to loyalty card: fluid, seductive, and nearly invisible.
by Zygmunt Bauman 2012
3.80
490 ratings
👁️ Surveillance Studies🔒 Digital Privacy🏛️ Post-Panoptic Theory📊 Social Sorting⚙️ Technological Determinism
Nothing to Hide
by Daniel J. Solove • 2011
Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.
3.85
182
🔒 Digital Privacy👁️ Government Surveillance⚖️ Privacy Law📊 Data Mining📜 Fourth Amendment
Nothing to Hide Summary
Nothing to Hide 89%
Sacrificing privacy for security is a false bargain; the real cost is liberty itself.
by Daniel J. Solove 2011
3.85
182 ratings
🔒 Digital Privacy👁️ Government Surveillance⚖️ Privacy Law📊 Data Mining📜 Fourth Amendment
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor • 2016
Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.
4.47
2k+
🧱 Structural Racism⛓️ Mass Incarceration👮🏿 Police Violence🫥 Colorblind Ideology🏦 Capitalism And Racism
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation Summary
From #BlackLivesMatter to Black Liberation 89%
Police violence won't end with reform. The problem is the economic system behind the badge.
by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 2016
4.47
2k+ ratings
🧱 Structural Racism⛓️ Mass Incarceration👮🏿 Police Violence🫥 Colorblind Ideology🏦 Capitalism And Racism
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness
by George Lipsitz • 1998
Racial inequality is the return on a system that turned whiteness into a wealth-building asset.
4.22
867
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🤍 Whiteness Studies💰 Racial Wealth Gap🏛️ Systemic Racism🏠 Housing Discrimination
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness Summary
The Possessive Investment in Whiteness 89%
Racial inequality is the return on a system that turned whiteness into a wealth-building asset.
by George Lipsitz 1998
4.22
867 ratings
⚖️ Critical Race Theory🤍 Whiteness Studies💰 Racial Wealth Gap🏛️ Systemic Racism🏠 Housing Discrimination
Copaganda
by Alec Karakatsanis • 2025
The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.
4.49
582
🎥 Media Criticism⚖️ Criminal Justice🔒 Mass Incarceration🗞️ News Manipulation😨 Fear Politics
Copaganda Summary
Copaganda 89%
The hidden PR system that converts police spin into headlines and crime panic into tougher laws.
by Alec Karakatsanis 2025
4.49
582 ratings
🎥 Media Criticism⚖️ Criminal Justice🔒 Mass Incarceration🗞️ News Manipulation😨 Fear Politics
The Abolition of White Democracy
by Joel Olson • 2004
American democracy was built on whiteness. Civil rights only made that foundation harder to see.
4.38
117
🏛️ Critical Race Theory⛓️ White Supremacy✊🏿 Black Radical Tradition🔥 Abolitionism💰 Racial Capitalism
The Abolition of White Democracy Summary
The Abolition of White Democracy 89%
American democracy was built on whiteness. Civil rights only made that foundation harder to see.
by Joel Olson 2004
4.38
117 ratings
🏛️ Critical Race Theory⛓️ White Supremacy✊🏿 Black Radical Tradition🔥 Abolitionism💰 Racial Capitalism
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🚧 Structural Racism⛓️ Mass Incarceration
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🚧 Structural Racism⛓️ Mass Incarceration
Why Privacy Matters
by Neil Richards • 2021
Every argument that privacy is dead was made by someone who profits from its funeral.
4.06
177
🧑‍💻 Digital Privacy👁️ Surveillance Studies⚖️ Privacy Law🗽 Civil Liberties🛒 Consumer Surveillance
Why Privacy Matters Summary
Why Privacy Matters 88%
Every argument that privacy is dead was made by someone who profits from its funeral.
by Neil Richards 2021
4.06
177 ratings
🧑‍💻 Digital Privacy👁️ Surveillance Studies⚖️ Privacy Law🗽 Civil Liberties🛒 Consumer Surveillance
When Race Trumps Merit
by Heather Mac Donald • 2023
When racial equity demands lowering standards, medicine suffers, art crumbles, and crime surges.
4.36
552
🏛️ Affirmative Action📊 Racial Disparities⚖️ Diversity Debate🚔 Race And Policing🔥 Culture War
When Race Trumps Merit Summary
When Race Trumps Merit 88%
When racial equity demands lowering standards, medicine suffers, art crumbles, and crime surges.
by Heather Mac Donald 2023
4.36
552 ratings
🏛️ Affirmative Action📊 Racial Disparities⚖️ Diversity Debate🚔 Race And Policing🔥 Culture War
Caste
by Isabel Wilkerson • 2020
America's deepest divide isn't race but caste, a hidden hierarchy four hundred years old.
4.52
164k+
🏛️ Racial Hierarchy⛓️ Systemic Racism🚧 American Apartheid😶 Dehumanization🔺 Social Hierarchy
Caste Summary
Caste 88%
America's deepest divide isn't race but caste, a hidden hierarchy four hundred years old.
by Isabel Wilkerson 2020
4.52
164k+ ratings
🏛️ Racial Hierarchy⛓️ Systemic Racism🚧 American Apartheid😶 Dehumanization🔺 Social Hierarchy
We Are Not Yet Equal
by Carol Anderson • 2018
Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.
4.40
798
⚖ Systemic Racism📚 African American History🔄 Backlash Politics🗳 Voter Suppression🔗 Mass Incarceration
We Are Not Yet Equal Summary
We Are Not Yet Equal 88%
Every Black American victory was met with a legal counterattack designed to undo it.
by Carol Anderson 2018
4.40
798 ratings
⚖ Systemic Racism📚 African American History🔄 Backlash Politics🗳 Voter Suppression🔗 Mass Incarceration
Whitewashing Race
by Michael K. Brown • 2003
Race-neutral America is a myth. Policy, not prejudice alone, built a ten-to-one racial wealth gap.
4.14
160
🏛️ Systemic Racism💰 Racial Wealth Gap👁️ Color-Blind Ideology👤 White Privilege🏢 Institutional Racism
Whitewashing Race Summary
Whitewashing Race 88%
Race-neutral America is a myth. Policy, not prejudice alone, built a ten-to-one racial wealth gap.
by Michael K. Brown 2003
4.14
160 ratings
🏛️ Systemic Racism💰 Racial Wealth Gap👁️ Color-Blind Ideology👤 White Privilege🏢 Institutional Racism
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates • 2015
America's myth of innocence is built on Black bodies. A father writes his son.
4.40
370k+
🧱 Systemic Racism🩸 Racial Violence🛑 Police Brutality👨🏾‍🦱 Black Fatherhood📚 Black Intellectual Tradition
Between the World and Me Summary
Between the World and Me 88%
America's myth of innocence is built on Black bodies. A father writes his son.
by Ta-Nehisi Coates 2015
4.40
370k+ ratings
🧱 Systemic Racism🩸 Racial Violence🛑 Police Brutality👨🏾‍🦱 Black Fatherhood📚 Black Intellectual Tradition
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💬 Cross-Racial Dialogue👶 Early Racial Awareness
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💬 Cross-Racial Dialogue👶 Early Racial Awareness
The Hate Next Door
by Matson Browning • 2023
An undercover cop infiltrates white supremacy. The scariest part: how ordinary it looks.
4.16
577
🕳️ White Supremacy🕵️ Undercover Investigation🧠 Radicalization⚖️ Law Enforcement Critique✊ Antiracist Activism
The Hate Next Door Summary
The Hate Next Door 88%
An undercover cop infiltrates white supremacy. The scariest part: how ordinary it looks.
by Matson Browning 2023
4.16
577 ratings
🕳️ White Supremacy🕵️ Undercover Investigation🧠 Radicalization⚖️ Law Enforcement Critique✊ Antiracist Activism
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⚖️ Zero Sum Thinking👴 Demographic Transition
The Great Demographic Illusion Summary
The Great Demographic Illusion 88%
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⚖️ Zero Sum Thinking👴 Demographic Transition
American Poison
by Eduardo Porter • 2020
White America starved the safety net to keep it from minorities. Then inequality came for everyone.
3.91
270
🧱 Us Race Relations🔍 Structural Racism🏛️ Welfare State⛓️ Mass Incarceration🗳️ Political Polarization
American Poison Summary
American Poison 88%
White America starved the safety net to keep it from minorities. Then inequality came for everyone.
by Eduardo Porter 2020
3.91
270 ratings
🧱 Us Race Relations🔍 Structural Racism🏛️ Welfare State⛓️ Mass Incarceration🗳️ Political Polarization
Biased
by Jennifer L. Eberhardt • 2019
Brains sort. Society stereotypes. Implicit bias shapes split-second decisions with deadly stakes.
4.31
9k+
🧠 Implicit Bias🧩 Cognitive Bias🚫 Racial Prejudice🏛️ Institutional Racism👮 Policing Bias
Biased Summary
Biased 88%
Brains sort. Society stereotypes. Implicit bias shapes split-second decisions with deadly stakes.
by Jennifer L. Eberhardt 2019
4.31
9k+ ratings
🧠 Implicit Bias🧩 Cognitive Bias🚫 Racial Prejudice🏛️ Institutional Racism👮 Policing Bias
The Skin We're In
by Desmond Cole • 2020
A year of Black resistance that forced Canada to face the racism its politeness hides.
4.44
10k+
🏛️ Systemic Racism🍁 Canadian Politics🇨🇦 Black Canadian Experience🚨 Police Violence✊🏾 Black Activism
The Skin We're In Summary
The Skin We're In 88%
A year of Black resistance that forced Canada to face the racism its politeness hides.
by Desmond Cole 2020
4.44
10k+ ratings
🏛️ Systemic Racism🍁 Canadian Politics🇨🇦 Black Canadian Experience🚨 Police Violence✊🏾 Black Activism
A Colony in a Nation
by Christopher L. Hayes • 2017
Slave patrols built American policing. It still treats poor neighborhoods as occupied territory.
4.18
6k+
⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform🔗 Mass Incarceration🧱 Structural Racism🏛️ Dual Justice System🚔 Order Policing
A Colony in a Nation Summary
A Colony in a Nation 88%
Slave patrols built American policing. It still treats poor neighborhoods as occupied territory.
by Christopher L. Hayes 2017
4.18
6k+ ratings
⚖️ Criminal Justice Reform🔗 Mass Incarceration🧱 Structural Racism🏛️ Dual Justice System🚔 Order Policing
The End of Race Politics
by Coleman Hughes • 2024
Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.
4.38
2k+
🎯 Colorblindness Debate🏷️ Identity Politics📊 Racial Disparities✊ Civil Rights Tradition🧬 Social Construct Of Race
The End of Race Politics Summary
The End of Race Politics 88%
Colorblindness was once anti-racism's core demand. Today it is treated as the enemy.
by Coleman Hughes 2024
4.38
2k+ ratings
🎯 Colorblindness Debate🏷️ Identity Politics📊 Racial Disparities✊ Civil Rights Tradition🧬 Social Construct Of Race
The New Jim Crow
by Michelle Alexander • 2010
No racist laws required: a felony conviction now strips the rights Jim Crow took by name.
4.52
118k+
⛓️ Mass Incarceration🔓 Prison Reform🏛️ Structural Racism💊 Drug War Politics👁️ Colorblind Racism
The New Jim Crow Summary
The New Jim Crow 88%
No racist laws required: a felony conviction now strips the rights Jim Crow took by name.
by Michelle Alexander 2010
4.52
118k+ ratings
⛓️ Mass Incarceration🔓 Prison Reform🏛️ Structural Racism💊 Drug War Politics👁️ Colorblind Racism
Privacy is Power
by Carissa Véliz • 2020
Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.
4.02
1k+
🔒 Digital Privacy💰 Data Economy📹 Mass Surveillance🧠 Online Manipulation⚖️ Data Ethics
Privacy is Power Summary
Privacy is Power 88%
Your data is not the product; it's the toxic spill that's eroding your freedom.
by Carissa Véliz 2020
4.02
1k+ ratings
🔒 Digital Privacy💰 Data Economy📹 Mass Surveillance🧠 Online Manipulation⚖️ Data Ethics
The Second
by Carol Anderson • 2021
The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.
4.31
1k+
🎯 American Gun Politics📜 Constitutional History🖤 Anti-Blackness⚖️ Legal History💔 Racial Violence
The Second Summary
The Second 88%
The Second Amendment was built to control Black Americans, and two centuries later, it still does.
by Carol Anderson 2021
4.31
1k+ ratings
🎯 American Gun Politics📜 Constitutional History🖤 Anti-Blackness⚖️ Legal History💔 Racial Violence
Black Skin, White Masks
by Frantz Fanon • 1952
Colonized people learn humanity is white. Therapy cannot heal what the world has broken.
4.26
20k+
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory⚖️ Critical Race Studies🧠 Psychology Of Oppression🔗 Internalized Racism🗣️ Language And Power
Black Skin, White Masks Summary
Black Skin, White Masks 88%
Colonized people learn humanity is white. Therapy cannot heal what the world has broken.
by Frantz Fanon 1952
4.26
20k+ ratings
🏛️ Postcolonial Theory⚖️ Critical Race Studies🧠 Psychology Of Oppression🔗 Internalized Racism🗣️ Language And Power
Red Summer
by Cameron McWhirter • 2011
The bloodiest American racial violence did not break Black communities. It organized them.
4.20
581
🩸 Racial Violence✊ Black Activism🛡️ Self-Defense⚖️ Due Process📰 Media Narratives
Red Summer Summary
Red Summer 88%
The bloodiest American racial violence did not break Black communities. It organized them.
by Cameron McWhirter 2011
4.20
581 ratings
🩸 Racial Violence✊ Black Activism🛡️ Self-Defense⚖️ Due Process📰 Media Narratives
The Myth of Equality
by Ken Wytsma • 2017
Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.
4.32
892
⚖️ Racial Justice🔗 Systemic Racism🧠 Implicit Bias👁️ White Privilege⛪ White Evangelicals
The Myth of Equality Summary
The Myth of Equality 88%
Racism never left; it learned to hide in plain sight, and churches were complicit.
by Ken Wytsma 2017
4.32
892 ratings
⚖️ Racial Justice🔗 Systemic Racism🧠 Implicit Bias👁️ White Privilege⛪ White Evangelicals
Privacy in the Age of Big Data
by Theresa Payton • 2014
Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.
3.56
112
🔒 Digital Privacy👁️ Data Surveillance📊 Personal Data🏢 Corporate Surveillance🕵️ Surveillance State
Privacy in the Age of Big Data Summary
Privacy in the Age of Big Data 88%
Your devices watch everything you do. Here is what they collect and how to stop it.
by Theresa Payton 2014
3.56
112 ratings
🔒 Digital Privacy👁️ Data Surveillance📊 Personal Data🏢 Corporate Surveillance🕵️ Surveillance State
White Storm
by Martin Gelin • 2025
An unhealed racial wound, centuries old, is finally devouring American democracy from the inside.
4.66
35
👥 Us Race Relations🏛️ American Democracy⛓️ Systemic Racism📜 Historical Revisionism⚠️ White Supremacy
White Storm Summary
White Storm 88%
An unhealed racial wound, centuries old, is finally devouring American democracy from the inside.
by Martin Gelin 2025
4.66
35 ratings
👥 Us Race Relations🏛️ American Democracy⛓️ Systemic Racism📜 Historical Revisionism⚠️ White Supremacy
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🪪 Latino Identity🪘 Afro-Latino Experience
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🪪 Latino Identity🪘 Afro-Latino Experience
Dog Whistle Politics
by Ian F. Haney-López • 2013
The hidden racial script that convinced white voters to destroy the middle class, and who cashed in.
4.20
1k+
🗣️ Coded Racial Appeals🇺🇸 American Political History🤝 Racial Politics💸 Economic Inequality🗳️ Southern Strategy
Dog Whistle Politics Summary
Dog Whistle Politics 88%
The hidden racial script that convinced white voters to destroy the middle class, and who cashed in.
by Ian F. Haney-López 2013
4.20
1k+ ratings
🗣️ Coded Racial Appeals🇺🇸 American Political History🤝 Racial Politics💸 Economic Inequality🗳️ Southern Strategy
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism
by Shoshana Zuboff • 2018
Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.
4.05
14k+
👁️ Corporate Surveillance📊 Data Economy🔍 Tech Industry Critique🛡️ Data Privacy⚙️ Algorithmic Control
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism Summary
The Age of Surveillance Capitalism 88%
Your private moments are now raw data, harvested without consent to predict and sell your future.
by Shoshana Zuboff 2018
4.05
14k+ ratings
👁️ Corporate Surveillance📊 Data Economy🔍 Tech Industry Critique🛡️ Data Privacy⚙️ Algorithmic Control
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🔀 Intersectionality📚 Cultural Studies
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🔀 Intersectionality📚 Cultural Studies
The White Man's Burden
by Winthrop D. Jordan • 1974
Before cotton, before ideology, cultural disgust and sexual fear set American slavery in motion.
3.89
186
🇺🇸 American Racism⛓️ History Of Slavery🔬 Scientific Racism🏛️ White Supremacy✝️ Race And Religion
The White Man's Burden Summary
The White Man's Burden 88%
Before cotton, before ideology, cultural disgust and sexual fear set American slavery in motion.
by Winthrop D. Jordan 1974
3.89
186 ratings
🇺🇸 American Racism⛓️ History Of Slavery🔬 Scientific Racism🏛️ White Supremacy✝️ Race And Religion
How to Be an Antiracist
by Ibram X. Kendi • 2019
Racist policies produce racist ideas, not ignorance. The only real options are complicity or action.
4.36
120k+
🏗️ Structural Racism📖 Modern Antiracism📚 Critical Race Theory🔀 Intersectionality⚖️ Systemic Inequity
How to Be an Antiracist Summary
How to Be an Antiracist 88%
Racist policies produce racist ideas, not ignorance. The only real options are complicity or action.
by Ibram X. Kendi 2019
4.36
120k+ ratings
🏗️ Structural Racism📖 Modern Antiracism📚 Critical Race Theory🔀 Intersectionality⚖️ Systemic Inequity
White Rage
by Carol Anderson • 2016
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
4.46
15k+
🌍 African American History🔥 Racial Backlash🏗️ Reconstruction🚫 Jim Crow🗳️ Voter Suppression
White Rage Summary
White Rage 88%
Every time Black Americans advance, a calculated policy backlash rolls it back.
by Carol Anderson 2016
4.46
15k+ ratings
🌍 African American History🔥 Racial Backlash🏗️ Reconstruction🚫 Jim Crow🗳️ Voter Suppression
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✊ Anti-Racism🔀 Intersectionality
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✊ Anti-Racism🔀 Intersectionality
Producers, Parasites, Patriots
by Daniel Martinez HoSang • 2019
Racial blame has been reassigned to struggling whites and rebranded by the right's non-white faces.
3.98
48
🗳️ Racial Politics🐘 Right-Wing Politics💸 Economic Precarity🎯 Racial Scapegoating🎨 Colorblind Racism
Producers, Parasites, Patriots Summary
Producers, Parasites, Patriots 88%
Racial blame has been reassigned to struggling whites and rebranded by the right's non-white faces.
by Daniel Martinez HoSang 2019
3.98
48 ratings
🗳️ Racial Politics🐘 Right-Wing Politics💸 Economic Precarity🎯 Racial Scapegoating🎨 Colorblind Racism
Nice Racism
by Robin DiAngelo • 2021
Progressive white people may be racial justice's biggest obstacle, and niceness is no defense.
3.96
3k+
🤝 White Allyship✊ Antiracism👁️ Colorblind Racism🛡️ White Defensiveness📖 Critical Race Theory
Nice Racism Summary
Nice Racism 88%
Progressive white people may be racial justice's biggest obstacle, and niceness is no defense.
by Robin DiAngelo 2021
3.96
3k+ ratings
🤝 White Allyship✊ Antiracism👁️ Colorblind Racism🛡️ White Defensiveness📖 Critical Race Theory
Tangled Up in Blue
by Rosa Brooks • 2021
A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.
4.06
2k+
🚔 Policing Reform⚖️ Biased Policing🎯 Police Training🔗 Criminal Justice Reform✋ Use Of Force
Tangled Up in Blue Summary
Tangled Up in Blue 88%
A law professor joined the police. The training is built to save officers, not the public.
by Rosa Brooks 2021
4.06
2k+ ratings
🚔 Policing Reform⚖️ Biased Policing🎯 Police Training🔗 Criminal Justice Reform✋ Use Of Force
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🤝 Interracial Identity🎨 Colorism
Self-Portrait in Black and White Summary
Self-Portrait in Black and White 88%
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🤝 Interracial Identity🎨 Colorism
Le contrat racial
by Charles W. Mills • 2023
The social contract hid a racial one: whites as full persons, everyone else denied full personhood.
4.59
73
🎓 Critical Race Theory🧱 Structural Racism👁️ Whiteness Studies🏴 Colonialism📜 Contract Theory
Le contrat racial Summary
Le contrat racial 88%
The social contract hid a racial one: whites as full persons, everyone else denied full personhood.
by Charles W. Mills 2023
4.59
73 ratings
🎓 Critical Race Theory🧱 Structural Racism👁️ Whiteness Studies🏴 Colonialism📜 Contract Theory
The Empire Strikes Back
by Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies • 1982
How Britain's 1970s slump was exploited to criminalize black youth and justify a police state.
4.30
10
🇬🇧 British History📚 Cultural Studies🌍 Postcolonial Britain🏛️ State Racism💰 Racial Capitalism
The Empire Strikes Back Summary
The Empire Strikes Back 88%
How Britain's 1970s slump was exploited to criminalize black youth and justify a police state.
by Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies 1982
4.30
10 ratings
🇬🇧 British History📚 Cultural Studies🌍 Postcolonial Britain🏛️ State Racism💰 Racial Capitalism
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