9 Crucial Reads That Help to Educate Us on Racism in America
We asked poet Claudia Rankine to compile a reading list with the aim of making all of us more educated and enlightened citizens.
By Claudia Rankine
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The Literary Criticism You Might Not Have Read Since College
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This James Baldwin Essay
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On Talking About Racism
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This Groundbreaking Article
"The Case for Reparations" by Ta-Nehisi Coates (From The Atlantic’s June 2014 issue)
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On the Modern Protest Movement
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On Mass Incarceration
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander
Claudia Rankine is a poet, essayist and playwright. She is the author of Citizen and her next book, Just Us: An American Conversation is forthcoming with Graywolf Press. She teaches at Yale University.
Claudia Rankine is a poet, essayist and playwright. She is the author of Citizen and her next book, Just Us: An American Conversation is forthcoming with Graywolf Press. She teaches at Yale University.
Published 07/29/2020