6 Books About Race to Read Instead of Asking a Person of Color to Explain It to You

6 Books About Race to Read Instead of Asking a Person of Color to Explain It to You If you’re unsure how to talk about race, turning to your friends of color may seem like the easiest way to learn more.

Rather than placing the burden on them, here are six books about race in America you can read to educate yourself.

'So You Want to Talk About Race' by Ijeoma Oluo 'Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower' by Brittney Cooper 'The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority' by Ellen D.

Wu 'This Muslim American Life: Dispatches from the War on Terror' by Moustafa Bayoumi 'An African American and Latinx History of the United States' by Paul Ortiz 'Waking Up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race' by Debby Irving