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Contemporary Issues "Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?" and Other Conversations about Race by Beverly Daniel Tatum, PhD. This thoughtful and provocative book promotes understanding of social dynamics, asserts that kids from Black and other cultural groups need to form and affirm their racial identity free from negative stereotypes, and shows how white people can confront issues of privilege and injustice. She stresses the need to talk about racism and helps her readers to be more confident and capable of discussing matters of race. Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice (2008) gives a history of the labor movement, especially including the role of people of color. Authors Bill Fletcher Jr. and Fernando Gapasin also shed light on the current economic situation and restructuring, the future of organized labor and what potential it has for workers today. Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice by Paul Kivel. As a white author, Kivel writes to support other white people in the work against racism. He shares stories, exercises, suggestions, and techniques to make this work possible and practical for individuals and our communities, workplaces and nation. None to Accompany Me. In her novel, Nadine Gordimer (Nobel Prize winner for literature) explores personal and political transformation as apartheid is ending in South Africa through the experiences and interactions of a black family and a white family. Witnessing Whiteness: First Steps toward an Antiracist Practice and Culture by Shelly Tochluk delves deep into the impact of whiteness on white people and their interactions so that from a place of race consciousness, they can more effectively build relationships and address racism. Tochluk takes readers inside long-term cross-race friendships and collaborations, and gives practical information on how white people can be allies in the work for racial justice. The introduction, discussion questions, and more can be found at www.witnessingwhiteness.com It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions That Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races (2002) Author Lena Williams gives her perspective as a black woman on interactions in all settings of American life – public, social, home, school, work and media. She fosters empathy and helps make it possible to break down interracial tension, one misunderstanding at a time. Poverty and Racism: Overlapping Threats to the Common Good (2007) is a brand new booklet published by Catholic Charities USA. This little gem clearly and succinctly shows how poverty and racism are intertwined, and that poverty cannot be eliminated without working against racial injustice and white privilege. It also gives public policy suggestions based on the broad experience of Catholic Charities, and shares what organizational and individual commitments to racial . It is available to download at www.catholiccharitiesusa.org/NetCommunity/Page.aspx?pid=874&srcid=500 101 Tools for Tolerance resource from www.tolerance.org. Hatred and intolerance can be overcome only when citizen activists stand up and make a difference. 101 Tools for Tolerance provides simple ideas for promoting equity and celebrating diversity. The booklet offers steps specifically designed for individuals, schools, businesses and communities. The Cost of Privilege by Chip Smith is an enlightening read for activists, trainers, and everyone who cares about justice. It has been praised for its “comprehensive look at racism and white supremacy and their effects on individuals and organizations.” This book keeps the reader’s interest as it provides an analysis of the past and ways to work against systemic racism in the 21st century. The Miner's Canary: Enlisting Race, Resisting Power, Transforming Democracy by Lani Guinier and Gerald Torres shows how injustices experienced by people of color are systemic problems that will harm everyone. Using personal experiences, data, analysis and wit, they delve into challenging topics such as racial profiling and racial identity. They share a compelling agenda "to use the experiences of people of color as the basis for fundamental social change that will benefit not only blacks and Hispanics but other disadvantaged social groups." The Wolf Shall Dwell With the Lamb: A Spirituality for Leadership in a Multicultural Community by Rev. Eric Law, Chalice Press (August 1993). In his book, Rev. Law gives practical suggestions and some helpful theoretical frameworks to assist those who are struggling with multi-culturalism issues or those working with those of different cultural mindsets. Cultural Diversity Sourcebook, edited by award-winners Dr. Bob Abramms and Dr. George F. Simons. This 505-page landmark anthology presents diversity issues with articles from the traditional business press, as well as poetry, pop music, cartoons and theater. Topics include class, spirit, applications, African Americans, gender, Affirmative Action, key dilemmas, best practices, alternate models, and more. Lifting The White Veil: An Exploration Of White American Culture In A Multiracial Context by Jeff Hitchcock is a book on the development and current characteristics of the white subculture in the United States. Hitchcock is white, married to a black woman, and worked many years in the field of diversity training and racial reconciliation. He gives white Americans the information they need to start to move beyond ingrained beliefs toward a clearer and more accurate understanding of our society and relations with other races. Dismantling Racism: The Continuing Challenge to White America by Joseph Barndt, 1991 - Racism has reemerged, dramatically and forcefully. All of us — people of color and white people alike — are damaged by its debilitating effects. In this book, the author addresses the “majority,” the white race in the United States. Racism permeates the individual attitudes and behavior of white people, but even more seriously, it permeates public systems, institutions, and culture. Free to Be Bound by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, NavPress, 2008. Through his experience living in a new monastic community in the South, Jonathan learns about the color lines that fragment the Church. His reflection calls Christians to become a people of a new culture – one that moves beyond the confines of race. American Indians of the Southwest by Bertha Pauline Dutton, University of New Mexico Press; Revised edition (March 1983). This book contains a well laid out introduction of history and contemporary tribal affairs. Along with the history and specifics on tribes, the book also has nice coverage of arts and crafts in the American Indian culture.