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Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else) by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else)

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò

150 pages • 2022 • 11 editions

nonfiction race sociology challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 lcl_reads's review
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Between the World and Me

Ta-Nehisi Coates

3h 35m • 2015 • 43 editions

nonfiction memoir race emotional informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 lcl_reads's review
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

James Baldwin

2h 25m • 1963 • 77 editions

nonfiction classics essays memoir race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
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Happy Land by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Happy Land

Dolen Perkins-Valdez

10h 20m • 2025 • 6 editions

fiction historical literary emotional inspiring reflective medium-paced
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Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism by Eve L. Ewing

Original Sins: The (Mis)education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of American Racism

Eve L. Ewing

12h 14m • 2025 • 4 editions

nonfiction education history race challenging informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 lcl_reads's review
Navigate Your Stars by Jesmyn Ward

Navigate Your Stars

Jesmyn Ward

64 pages • 2020 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir self help hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced
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Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa by Dipo Faloyin

Africa Is Not A Country: Breaking Stereotypes of Modern Africa

Dipo Faloyin

9h 34m • 2022 • 32 editions

nonfiction history race informative reflective medium-paced
5.0 lcl_reads's review
Imagination: A Manifesto by Ruha Benjamin

Imagination: A Manifesto

Ruha Benjamin

4h 16m • 2024 • 5 editions

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nonfiction essays politics sociology informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
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Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want by Ruha Benjamin

Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want

Ruha Benjamin

13h 24m • 2022 • 5 editions

nonfiction memoir politics race hopeful informative inspiring medium-paced
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World by Robin Wall Kimmerer

The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World

Robin Wall Kimmerer

1h 56m • 2024 • 12 editions

nonfiction economics essays nature science hopeful informative inspiring fast-paced
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