Título: Me and White Supremacy
Autor: Layla Saad
Sinopse: 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
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Me and White Supremacy”, de Layla Saad, publicado pela editora Sourcebooks, Inc., em 2020 e com 177 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Páginas: 177
Ano: 2020
Edição:
Linguagem: English
ISBN: 1728209811
ISBN13: 9781728209814
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Sourcebooks, Inc. costumam explorar narrativas que transitam entre o romance histórico cheio de diálogos afiados e o suspense contemporâneo com reviravoltas psicológicas. O catálogo revela uma predileção por personagens complexos, muitas vezes diante de dilemas pessoais intensos, como segredos familiares, crises de identidade e desafios emocionais, em cenários que vão do século XVIII até o mundo moderno. Há obras que apostam em um ritmo mais ágil e cheio de tensão, como thrillers envolvendo mistérios e investigações, enquanto outras investem em um tom mais leve e humorístico, especialmente em séries para leitores jovens que mesclam cotidiano e fantasia. A diversidade do catálogo da Sourcebooks, Inc. indica uma atenção especial a histórias que combinam conflitos íntimos com ambientações detalhadas, favorecendo tanto a imersão emocional quanto o entretenimento.
