Reader's Digest published this list of 15 Essential Books for Understanding Racism. How many of them have you read?
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Here is a quick list of quotes from important Magisterial teachings regarding racism.
Looking for a film to educate yourself on racial justice? Try Fruitvale Station.
Though he once spent time in San Quentin, 22-year-old black man Oscar Grant (Michael B. Jordan) is now trying hard to live a clean life and support his girlfriend (Melonie Diaz) and young daughter (Ariana Neal). Flashbacks reveal the last day in Oscar's life, in which he accompanied his family and friends to San Francisco to watch fireworks on New Year's Eve, and, on the way back home, became swept up in an altercation with police that ended in tragedy. Based on a true story. Fruitvale Station is now on Netflix.
Perhaps you were introduced to Toni Morrison in high school.
Toni Morrison died on August 5, 2019 at 88 years old. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize in Literature, Morrison wrote 11 novels, nine non-fiction works, five children's books, two short stories, and two plays throughout her 88 years of life. In every single work published, Morrison made a point to reveal the complexities of Black lives and of womanhood, whether captured through poetic period pieces, passionate love stories, or shocking dramas.
One of Morrison's most celebrated works—a blend of realism, fable, and fantasy—Song of Solomon earned the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1978. It follows the life of Macon Dead, Jr. (a.k.a. Milkman) and the many mysteries plus unforgettable characters that surround him through four generations. "Few Americans know, and can say, more than she has in this wise and spacious novel," the New York Times's Reynolds Price said of Morrison in a 1977 review.