Back due to popular demand!
Back by popular demand, these bold, brilliant titles will give you something to chew on and hopefully open up some conversations in your bubble.
Take your pick from these, draw some inspiration from our recommendations or order in another title of your choosing…
How To Argue With A Racist by Adam Rutherford
Race is real because we perceive it. Racism is real because we enact it. But the appeal to science to strengthen racist ideologies is on the rise – and increasingly part of the public discourse on politics, migration, education, sport and intelligence. Stereotypes and myths about race are expressed not just by overt racists, but also by well-intentioned people whose experience and cultural baggage steer them towards views that are not supported by the modern study of human genetics. Even some scientists are uncomfortable expressing opinions deriving from their research where it relates to race. Yet, if understood correctly, science and history can be powerful allies against racism, granting the clearest view of how people actually are, rather than how we judge them to be.
How To Argue With A Racist is a vital manifesto for a twenty-first century understanding of human evolution and variation, and a timely weapon against the misuse of science to justify bigotry.Brit(ish): On Race, Identity and Belonging by Afua Hirsch
You’re British. Your parents are British. Your partner, your children and most of your friends are British. So why do people keep asking where you’re from?
We are a nation in denial about our imperial past and the racism that plagues our present. Brit(ish) is Afua Hirsch’s personal and provocative exploration of how this came to be – and an urgent call for change. This Sunday Times bestseller that reveals the uncomfortable truth about race and identity in Britain today
We love these titles, and we’re so glad you do too. Place your order here if you’d like to buy a copy, or of anything else.
If you want to do more there are Some Good Ideas here that’ll set you on your way… including taking action and writing to your local MP (template letters included), educational resources, anti-racist charities and organisations that would love your help, and further anti-racism reading.
