Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
(Kindle Book, OverDrive Read)
Description
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
"Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice."—New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert
Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations.
Updated and expanded from the original workbook (downloaded by nearly 100,000 people), this critical text helps you take the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources, giving you the language to understand racism, and to dismantle your own biases, whether you are using the book on your own, with a book club, or looking to start family activism in your own home.
This book will walk you step-by-step through the work of examining:
Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. For readers of White Fragility, White Rage, So You Want To Talk About Race, The New Jim Crow, How to Be an Anti-Racist and more who are ready to closely examine their own beliefs and biases and do the work it will take to create social change.
"Layla Saad moves her readers from their heads into their hearts, and ultimately, into their practice. We won't end white supremacy through an intellectual understanding alone; we must put that understanding into action."—Robin DiAngelo, author of New York Times bestseller White Fragility
Formats
If you are having problem transferring a title to your device, please fill out this support form or visit the library so we can help you to use our eBooks and eAudio Books.
More Details
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
Layla F. Saad. (2020). Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. Sourcebooks.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Layla F. Saad. 2020. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. Sourcebooks.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Layla F. Saad, Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. Sourcebooks, 2020.
MLA Citation (style guide)Layla F. Saad. Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor. Sourcebooks, 2020.
Copy Details
Library | Owned | Available |
---|---|---|
Shared Digital Collection | 3 | 2 |
Wallingford Public Library | 0 | 0 |
Staff View
API Extraction Dates
OverDrive Product Record
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0174-1/{B03F1646-EC80-4AFC-8DD7-34740BD538CE}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0174-1/{B03F1646-EC80-4AFC-8DD7-34740BD538CE}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0174-1/{B03F1646-EC80-4AFC-8DD7-34740BD538CE}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0174-1/{B03F1646-EC80-4AFC-8DD7-34740BD538CE}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- formats
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781728209814
- name: Adobe EPUB eBook
- id: ebook-epub-adobe
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B07Y5PHNXB
- name: Kindle Book
- id: ebook-kindle
- identifiers:
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781728209814
- name: OverDrive Read
- id: ebook-overdrive
- identifiers:
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781728209807
- mediaType
- eBook
- primaryCreator
- role: Author
- name: Layla F. Saad
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Me and White Supremacy
- dateAdded
- 2020-06-04T20:48:00Z
- contentDetails
- href: https://link.overdrive.com?websiteID=242&titleID=5008327
- type: text/html
- account:
- name: LION: Libraries Online (CT)
- id: 1354
- sortTitle
- Me and White Supremacy Combat Racism Change the World and Become a Good Ancestor
- crossRefId
- 5008327
- subtitle
- Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
- id
- B03F1646-EC80-4AFC-8DD7-34740BD538CE
- starRating
- 3.1
OverDrive MetaData
- isPublicDomain
- False
- formats
- fileName: MeandWhiteSupremacy_5008327
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ASIN
- value: B07Y5PHNXB
- name: Kindle Book
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-kindle
- onSaleDate: 1/28/2020
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b03f1646-ec80-4afc-8dd7-34740bd538ce&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- fileName: MeandWhiteSupremacy_9781728209814_5008327
- partCount: 0
- fileSize: 0
- identifiers:
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781728209814
- name: OverDrive Read
- isReadAlong: False
- id: ebook-overdrive
- onSaleDate: 1/28/2020
- samples:
- source: From the book
- formatType: ebook-overdrive
- url: https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b03f1646-ec80-4afc-8dd7-34740bd538ce&.epub-sample.overdrive.com
- keywords
- value: Book
- value: racism
- value: activism
- value: Nonfiction
- value: prejudice
- value: self-help
- value: discrimination
- value: Social Justice
- value: Sociology
- value: white privilege
- value: anti-racism
- value: antiracist
- value: white rage
- value: books about race
- value: WHITE FRAGILITY
- value: race_relations
- creators
- role: Author
- fileAs: Saad, Layla F.
- name: Layla F. Saad
- role: Author of introduction, etc.
- fileAs: DiAngelo, Robin
- name: Robin J DiAngelo
- publishDate
- 2020-01-28T00:00:00Z
- isOwnedByCollections
- True
- title
- Me and White Supremacy
- fullDescription
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
"Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice."—New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert
Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations.
Updated and expanded from the original workbook (downloaded by nearly 100,000 people), this critical text helps you take the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and further resources, giving you the language to understand racism, and to dismantle your own biases, whether you are using the book on your own, with a book club, or looking to start family activism in your own home.
This book will walk you step-by-step through the work of examining:
- Examining your own white privilege
- What allyship really means
- Anti-blackness, racial stereotypes, and cultural appropriation
- Changing the way that you view and respond to race
- How to continue the work to create social change
Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. For readers of White Fragility, White Rage, So You Want To Talk About Race, The New Jim Crow, How to Be an Anti-Racist and more who are ready to closely examine their own beliefs and biases and do the work it will take to create social change.
"Layla Saad moves her readers from their heads into their hearts, and ultimately, into their practice. We won't end white supremacy through an intellectual understanding alone; we must put that understanding into action."—Robin DiAngelo, author of New York Times bestseller White Fragility
- popularity
- 2122
- links
- self:
- href: https://api.overdrive.com/v1/collections/v1L1BPQEAAA20/products/b03f1646-ec80-4afc-8dd7-34740bd538ce/metadata
- type: application/vnd.overdrive.api+json
- shareInLibby:
- href: https://link.overdrive.com/share?q=x2tMADHmp90
- type: text/HTML
- self:
- id
- b03f1646-ec80-4afc-8dd7-34740bd538ce
- starRating
- 3.1
- images
- cover:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-100/0174-1/{B03F1646-EC80-4AFC-8DD7-34740BD538CE}IMG100.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- thumbnail:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-200/0174-1/{B03F1646-EC80-4AFC-8DD7-34740BD538CE}IMG200.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover150Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-150/0174-1/{B03F1646-EC80-4AFC-8DD7-34740BD538CE}IMG150.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover300Wide:
- href: https://img1.od-cdn.com/ImageType-400/0174-1/{B03F1646-EC80-4AFC-8DD7-34740BD538CE}IMG400.JPG
- type: image/jpeg
- cover:
- isPublicPerformanceAllowed
- False
- languages
- code: en
- name: English
- subjects
- value: Family & Relationships
- value: Self-Improvement
- value: Sociology
- value: Nonfiction
- publishDateText
- 01/28/2020
- otherFormatIdentifiers
- type: ISBN
- value: 9781728209807
- mediaType
- eBook
- shortDescription
The New York Times and USA Today bestseller! This eye-opening book challenges you to do the essential work of unpacking your biases, and helps white people take action and dismantle the privilege within themselves so that you can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.
"Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice."—New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert
Based on the viral Instagram challenge that captivated participants worldwide, Me and White Supremacy takes readers on a 28-day journey, complete with journal prompts, to do the necessary and vital work that can ultimately lead to improving race relations.
Updated and expanded from the original workbook (downloaded by nearly 100,000 people), this critical text helps you take the work deeper by...
- sortTitle
- Me and White Supremacy Combat Racism Change the World and Become a Good Ancestor
- crossRefId
- 5008327
- subtitle
- Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
- publisher
- Sourcebooks
- bisacCodes
- code: FAM037000
- description: Family & Relationships / Prejudice
- code: SEL021000
- description: Self-Help / Motivational & Inspirational
- code: SOC031000
- description: Social Science / Discrimination