Race & Ethnicity Resources
NOTE: This is not an all-inclusive list of resources available. The items listed have been recommended as worthwhile.
Titles are listed alphabetically; Items are available for check-out at the Counseling Center (CC), Polk Library (PL), and the Oshkosh Public Library (OPL). Items that are in blue have a link to a book summary – just press Ctrl & click on the title to read the summary.
Title / Author(s) / Pub. Year / Available to check-out at:“And don’t call me a racist!”: a treasury of quotes on the past, present, and future of the color line in America / Ella Mazel / 1998 / CC, PL
A Little Matter of Genocide: Holocaust and denial in the Americas, 1492 to present / Ward Churchill / 1997 / PL
Bamboo Among the Oaks: contemporary writing by Hmong Americans / Mai Neng Moua / 2002 / CC, PL, OPL
Beyond Silenced Voices: Class, race, and gender in United States schools / Lois Weis & Michelle Fine / 1993 / PL
Black Sexual Politics – African Americans, Gender, and the New Racism / Patricia Hill Collins / 2005 / CC, PL
Breaking the Chains of Psychological Slavery / Na’im Akbar / 1996 / CC
Culture of Intolerance: Chauvinism, class, and racism in the United States / Mark Cohen / 1998 / PL
Diverse Identities: Classic multicultural essays / James D. Lester / 1996 / CC
Diversity Articles & Facts / DiversityInc /
Earth Dance Drum: A celebration of life / Blackwolf & Gina Jones / 1996 / CC
Half & Half / Claudine Chiawei O’Hearn / 1998 / CC
How Race is Lived in America / New York Times / 2001 / CC, PL, OPL
Human Variation / UnderstandingRace.com /
I Begin my Life All Over: the Hmong and the American Immigrant Experience / Lilliam Faderman / 1999 / CC, PL, OPL
Inside Separate Worlds: Life stories of young Blacks, Jews, and Latinos / David Schoem / 1991 / CC, PL
Know Thyself / Na’im Akbar / 1999 / CC
Light from Ancient Africa / Na’im Akbar / 1994 / CC
Natural Psychology and Human Transformation / Na’im Akbar / 2002 / CC
Off White: Readings on Power, Privilege, and Resistance (2nd edition) / Fine, Weis, Powell, Burns / 2004 / CC
Overcoming our Racism: the journey to liberation / Derald Wing Sue / 2003 / CC, PL
Post-Traumatic Slave Syndrome / Joy Degruy-Leary / 2005 / CC
Privilege, Power, and Difference / Allan Johnson / 2001 & 2006 / PL, OPL
Race Resources for Families / Understanding Race.org /
Rethinking the Color Line: Readings in race and ethnicity / Charles Gallagher / 2007 / PL
Sacred Self, Sacred Relationships: Healing the world for seven generations / Blackwolf & Gina Jones / 2002 / CC
Speaking Treason Fluently: Anti-racist reflections from an angry white male / Tim Wise / 2008 / OPL
Speak Up! Responding to Everyday Bigotry
(4 issues) / Teaching Tolerance Journal / 2005 / CC, PL
Sports Quiz: White Men Can’t Jump & other assumptions about sports & race / UnderstandingRace.com /
The Absolute True Diary of a Part-time Indian / Sherman Alexie / 2007 / CC, PL, OPL
The Anti-Racist Cookbook: A Recipe Guide for conversations about race that goes beyond covered dishes and “Kum-Bah-Ya” / Robin Parker & Pamela Smith Chambers / 2005 / CC
The Game of Life Experience / UnderstandingRace.com /
The Heart of Whiteness: Confronting race, racism, and white privilege / Robert Jensen / 2005 / CC, PL
The Many Costs of Racism / Joe Feagin & Karyn MckInney / 2003 / PL
The Price of the Ticket: collected non-fiction / James Baldwin / 1985 / PL
The Psychology of Prejudice, Stereotyping, and Discrimination: An Overview / Scott Plous / 2003 /
Understanding Inequality: The intersection of race/ethnicity, class, and gender / Barbara Arrighi / 2007 / PL
UnderstandingRace.org /
Understanding Whiteness/Unraveling racism / Lippin Helfand / 2002 / CC
Visions for Black Men / Na’im Akbar / 2003 / CC
What are You? Voices of mixed race young people / Pearl Fuyo Gaskins / 1999 / CC
White Privilege: Essential readings on the other side of racism / Various Authors / 2005 / OPL
Why are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And other conversations about race / Beverly Daniel Tatum / 2003 / CC, PL, OPL
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