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Caste

The Origins of Our Discontents

by Wilkerson, Isabel

Book - 2020

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns identifies the qualifying characteristics of historical caste systems to reveal how a rigid hierarchy of human rankings, enforced by religious views, heritage and stigma, impact us. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Warmth of Other Suns identifies the qualifying characteristics of historical caste systems to reveal how a rigid hierarchy of human rankings, enforced by religious views, heritage and stigma, impact us. Show less

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This Is Not A Test

A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education

by Vilson, José Luis

Book - 2014

Drawing from his own experiences as a math teacher, blogger and education activist José Luis Vilson voices issues of race and gentrification in the field and offers a hopeful vision for the future of the profession. Drawing from his own experiences as a math teacher, blogger and education activist José Luis Vilson voices issues of race and gentrification in the field and offers a hopeful vision for the future of the profession. Show less

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The Lines Between Us

Two Families and A Quest to Cross Baltimore's Racial Divide

by Lanahan, Lawrence

Book - 2019

This brilliant narrative that shows hot a city creates its black, white, rich, and poor spaces, chronicles how Baltimore became so deeply segregated and explains why these fault lines persist today. This brilliant narrative that shows hot a city creates its black, white, rich, and poor spaces, chronicles how Baltimore became so deeply segregated and explains why these fault lines persist today. Show less

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White Trash

The 400-year Untold History of Class in America

by Isenberg, Nancy

Book - 2016

A history of the class system in America illuminates the legacy of underprivileged demographics among white people, citing the pivotal contributions of lower-class white workers in war, social policy, and the rise of the Republican Party. A history of the class system in America illuminates the legacy of underprivileged demographics among white people, citing the pivotal contributions of lower-class white workers in war, social policy, and the rise of the Republican Party. Show less

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Evicted

Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Desmond, Matthew

Book - 2016

Follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and exploitation and explores the damaging effects of land scarcity, housing dilapidation and racial segregation. Follows eight families in Milwaukee as they struggle to keep a roof over their heads. Evicted transforms our understanding of poverty and exploitation and explores the damaging effects of land scarcity, housing dilapidation and racial segregation. Show less

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Slavery by Another Name

The Re-enslavement of Black People in America From the Civil War to World War II / Douglas A. Blackmon

by Blackmon, Douglas A.

Book - 2008

A sobering account of how, from the late 1870s through the mid-twentieth century, thousands of African-American men were arrested and forced to work off outrageous fines by serving as unpaid labor to businesses and provincial farmers. A sobering account of how, from the late 1870s through the mid-twentieth century, thousands of African-American men were arrested and forced to work off outrageous fines by serving as unpaid labor to businesses and provincial farmers. Show less

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Toxic Inequality

How America's Wealth Gap Destroys Mobility, Deepens the Racial Divide, & Threatens Our Future

by Shapiro, Thomas M

Book - 2017

Reveals the impact the Great Recession had on African American families and explains that it is the structure of neighborhoods, workplaces, and the tax code that determine who builds wealth and who struggles, not individual choices. Reveals the impact the Great Recession had on African American families and explains that it is the structure of neighborhoods, workplaces, and the tax code that determine who builds wealth and who struggles, not individual choices. Show less

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The Fence

A Police Cover-up Along Boston's Racial Divide

by Lehr, Dick

Book - 2009

Traces the parallel 1995 cases of Boston PD officers Michael Cox, who was beaten by fellow officers in a case of mistaken identity, and Kenny Conley, who was wrongly accused of witnessing the beating. Traces the parallel 1995 cases of Boston PD officers Michael Cox, who was beaten by fellow officers in a case of mistaken identity, and Kenny Conley, who was wrongly accused of witnessing the beating. Show less

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How to Be Less Stupid About Race

On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide

by Fleming, Crystal Marie

Book - 2018

A guide to breaking through the misconceptions that have corrupted the way race is represented in society, this book is a call to action for everyone who wants to challenge white supremacy, intersectional oppression, and America's racial divide. A guide to breaking through the misconceptions that have corrupted the way race is represented in society, this book is a call to action for everyone who wants to challenge white supremacy, intersectional oppression, and America's racial divide. Show less

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We Are Not Yet Equal

Understanding Our Racial Divide

by Anderson, Carol

Book - 2018

From the end of the Civil War to the tumultuous issues in America today, an acclaimed historian reframes the conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America. From the end of the Civil War to the tumultuous issues in America today, an acclaimed historian reframes the conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America. Show less

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