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Summary: The New York Times best-selling book exploring the counterproductive reactions white people have when their assumptions about race are challenged, and how these reactions maintain racial inequality. In this “vital, necessary, and beautiful book” (Michael Eric Dyson), antiracist educator Robin DiAngelo deftly illuminates the phenomenon of white fragility and “allows us to understand racism as a practice not restricted to ‘bad people’ (Claudia Rankine). Referring to the defensive moves that white people make when challenged racially, white fragility is characterized by emotions such as anger, fear, and guilt, and by behaviors including argumentation and silence. These behaviors, in turn, function to reinstate white racial equilibrium and prevent any meaningful cross-racial dialogue. In this in-depth exploration, DiAngelo examines how white fragility develops, how it protects racial inequality, and what we can do to engage more constructively

En barndomsbeskrivelse om den afroamerikanske forfatter og borgerrettighedsaktivist Maya Angelous (1928-2014) ophold hos sin farmor i en lille sydstatsby gennem 5 år. Beskriver miljøet, farmorens store personlighed og raceproblemerne i USA's sydstater i 1930'erne

Summary: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • With richly layered characters and a gripping moral dilemma that will lead readers to question everything they know about privilege, power, and race, Small Great Things is the stunning new page-turner from Jodi Picoult. SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE “Picoult offers a thought-provoking examination of racism in America today, both overt and subtle. Her many readers will find much to discuss in the pages of this topical, moving book.”— Booklist (starred review) Ruth Jefferson is a labor and delivery nurse at a Connecticut hospital with more than twenty years’ experience. During her shift, Ruth begins a routine checkup on a newborn, only to be told a few minutes later that she’s been reassigned to another patient. The parents are white supremacists and don’t want Ruth, who is African American, to touch their child. The hospital complies with their request, but the next day, the baby goes into cardiac distress while Ruth is alone in the nursery. Does she obey orders or does she intervene? Ruth hesitates before performing CPR and, as a result, is charged with a serious crime. Kennedy McQuarrie, a white public defender, takes her case but gives unexpected advice: Kennedy insists that mentioning race in the courtroom is not a winning strategy. Conflicted by Kennedy’s counsel, Ruth tries to keep life as normal as possible for her family—especially her teenage son—as the case becomes a media sensation. As the trial moves forward, Ruth and Kennedy must gain each other’s trust, and come to see that what they’ve been taught their whole lives about others—and themselves—might be wrong. With incredible empathy, intelligence, and candor, Jodi Picoult tackles race, privilege, prejudice, justice, and compassion—and doesn’t offer easy answers. Small Great Things is a remarkable achievement from a writer at the top of her game. Praise for Small Great Things “ Small Great Things is the most important novel Jodi Picoult has ever written. . . . It will challenge her readers . . . and expand our cultural conversation about race and prejudice.” — The Washington Post “A novel that puts its finger on the very pulse of the nation that we live in today . . . a fantastic read from beginning to end, as can always be expected from Picoult, this novel maintains a steady, page-turning pace that makes it hard for readers to put down.” — San Francisco Book Review

Indføring i begrebet racisme, hvor det stammer fra og hvad det har foranlediget. Sætter fokus på nogle af de værste hændelser, hvor racisme har været argument for grusomme handlinger. Hvorfor skete disse hændelser og hvad var den racistiske årsag bag?

Om den afroamerikanske befolknings historie: slaveriet og dets ophævelse, raceadskillelsen, borgerrettighedsbevægelsen i 1950'erne og 1960'erne, Barack Obamas vej til præsidentembedet og raceurolighederne, som bryder ud igen og igen

Biografisk roman om mødet og forelskelsen imellem forfatterens kinesiske oldefar San Wung Sung og danske oldemor Ingeborg Danielsen

Den unge Elwood Curtis havner i 1960'ernes raceopdelte Florida på en opdragelsesanstalt på grund af en bagatel. De sorte drenge bliver mishandlet på alle tænkelige og utænkelige måder fra morgen til aften, og kan man slippe derfra med livet i behold?