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submitted 7 months ago by temp_acc@hexbear.net to c/askchapo@hexbear.net

Hi! I am a member of a race education group in my school (11 to 18) and we are creating a reading list for the library. Our library isn't very diverse right now (most books are written by white people about the West) and we need books on race education (privilege, discrimination, etc.) and on the history (precolonial, colonial and postcolonial, could be on neocolonialism too) and culture of underrepresented people.

Please keep in mind that these books should be acceptable by the school and approachable by students who would be unlikely to accept or read very progressive material, so themes that strongly (just strongly) contradict Western narratives should be avoided.

For example, a book on the colonisation of Palestine that exposes the oppressive nature of Zionism is mostly fine, but a book presenting Hamas as a liberation group would not be accepted (and actually illegal in my country).

You can reply with books or other reading lists that we could then review and add. I'll finish this post with some examples of books on the reading list (keep in mind that it was for Black History Month, so all of the examples are on black people):

African Empires by Lyndon, Dan
Black Power: The Politics of Liberation In America by Carmichael, Stokely; Hamilton, Charles V
I Heard What You Said by Boakye, Jeffrey
The Assassination of Lumumba by Witte, Ludo de.
White privilege: the myth of a post-racial society by Bhopal, Kalwant

Thanks in advance!

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[-] temp_acc@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago

Thanks! Just added these books; the prevalence of indigenous people in the education system is criminally little.

[-] carpoftruth@hexbear.net 4 points 7 months ago

Right on, and totally agreed.

Not about indigenous people, but consider also blackshirts and reds by parenti. It is a strident polemic, very fiery and fun to read. It is not directly about race or visible minorities, colonialism so it doesn't fit the exact description you laid out. Nevertheless, socialist is a political minority in the US and its a very easy read that covers a lot of ground.

[-] temp_acc@hexbear.net 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Okay, the book itself is very interesting and one that I will add to my personal reading list, although I'm not sure how suited it would be for the group's reading list. I'll add it on anyways and see what the rest of the group thinks about it.

Thanks again for the suggestion! I have a general idea of the overlaps of capitalism with fascism but not much idea on what fascism is.

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