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Race and Racism

Books

  • Becoming
  • The Truths We Hold: An American Journey
  • The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
  • Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents
  • The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration
  • Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
  • Notes of a Native Son
  • No Name in the Street
  • Tough Love: My Story of the Things Worth Fighting For
  • A Promised Land
  • The Invisible Orientation: An Introduction to Asexuality
  • Heart of Fire: An Immigrant Daughter’s Story
  • The Underground Railroad: Authentic Narratives and First-Hand Accounts
  • Hello World: Being Human in the Age of Algorithms
  • Ain’t I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism
  • The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake
  • My Life on the Road
  • How to Be an Antiracist
  • So You Want to Talk About Race
  • In the Country We Love: My Family Divided
  • Make Change: How to Fight Injustice, Dismantle Systemic Oppression, and Own Our Future
  • This Is My America
  • Why They Marched: Untold Stories of the Women Who Fought for the Right to Vote
  • The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
  • Emancipation of a Black Atheist
  • A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
  • Experts

  • Susan Rice
  • Michelle Obama
  • Trevor Noah
  • James Baldwin
  • Sarah Silverman
  • Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw
  • Isabel Wilkerson
  • Shalini Kantayya
  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg
  • Gloria Steinem
  • Barack Obama
  • Kamala Harris
  • Michelle Alexander
  • Shankar Vedantam
  • Ibram X. Kendi
  • Mandisa Thomas
  • Ijeoma Oluo
  • Diane Guerrero
  • Shaun King
  • Kim Johnson
  • Gene Demby
  • Shereen Marisol Meraji
  • bell hooks
  • Hannah Fry
  • William Still
  • Aminatou Sow
  • Ann Friedman
  • Mazie Hirono
  • Sabrina E. Dent, DMin
  • Jeremiah Camara
  • Emily Kwong
  • Ricky Gervais
  • Rebecca Sugar
  • Celeste Ng
  • Angie Thomas
  • Raychelle Burks
  • Diona Reasonover
  • Issa Rae
  • D.K. Evans
  • Hakeem Oluseyi
  • Kate Davis
  • Movies/Videos

  • I Am Not Your Negro
  • Becoming (2020 documentary film)
  • Coded Bias
  • Contradiction: A Question of Faith
  • Picture a Scientist
  • The Glorias
  • The Hate U Give
  • Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
  • Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism In America
  • Podcasts

  • Intersectionality Matters!
  • The Michelle Obama Podcast
  • The Sarah Silverman Podcast
  • Periodic Talks
  • The Happiness Lab
  • Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe
  • Code Switch
  • Series

  • Adam Ruins Everything
  • Atypical
  • Little Fires Everywhere
  • Steven Universe
  • The Office (U.K.)
  • Websites

  • Americans United for Separation of Church and State
  • Black Nonbelievers (BN)
  • Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism In America

    Contradiction: A Question of Faith and Holy Hierarchy: The Religious Roots of Racism In America

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    Expert: Jeremiah Camara

    Website: Link

    Release Date: 2018-01-01

    Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Other People Exist, Politics, Power, Pride & Shame, Race and Racism, Religious Thinking, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Kate Davis

    Kate Davis

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    Biography:

    Kate Davis is an American director, producer and editor. She is best known for Southern Comfort (2001), and Traffic Stop (2017) for which she received Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject nomination with husband David at the 90th Academy Awards. More recently she and her husband, David Heilbroner, directed Say Her Name, a documentary about the life and death of Sandra Bland.

    Main expertice: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Societies, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Website: Link

    Works of Kate Davis

    Books

    Movies/Videos
  • Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland
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    Series

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    Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

    Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland

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    Expert: Kate Davis

    Website: Link

    Release Date: 2018-11-09

    Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Empathy, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Gender Roles, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Power, Race and Racism, Rewards and Punishments, Social Skills, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Hakeem Oluseyi

    Hakeem Oluseyi

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    Biography:

    Hakeem Muata Oluseyi is an American astrophysicist, cosmologist, inventor, educator, science communicator, author, actor, veteran, and humanitarian.

    In 2021, he published an autobiography titled: A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars co-authored with Joshua Horwitz.

    His best known scientific contributions are research on the transfer of mass and energy through the Sun’s atmosphere; the development of space-borne observatories for studying astrophysical plasmas and dark energy; and the development of transformative technologies in ultraviolet optics, detectors, computer chips, and ion propulsion.

    Main expertice: BEHAVIOR, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Fear of the Unknown, Freewill, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Numbers and Mathematics, Other People Exist, Planning, Race and Racism, Regrets, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Teachers and Mentors, The Scientific Method, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Website: Link

    Works of Hakeem Oluseyi

    Books
  • A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars
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    A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars

    A Quantum Life: My Unlikely Journey from the Street to the Stars

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    Book Decription:

    A NASA astrophysicist narrates his improbable journey from an impoverished childhood and an adolescence mired in drugs and crime to the nation’s top physics PhD program at Stanford in this inspiring coming-of-age memoir.

    Born into extreme poverty and emotional deprivation, James Edward Plummer was blessed with a genius I.Q. and a love of science. But in his community, a young bookworm quickly becomes a target for violence and abuse. As he struggles to survive his childhood in some of the toughest cities in the country, and his teenage years in the equally poor backwoods of Mississippi, James adopts the hybrid persona of a “gangsta nerd”–dealing weed in juke joints while winning state science fairs with computer programs that untangle the mysteries of Einstein’s relativity theory.

    Categories: Ambiguity, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Exclusionary Behavior, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Freewill, Friendships, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Numbers and Mathematics, Opinions, Other People Exist, Planning, Pride & Shame, Race and Racism, Regrets, Science, Social Skills, Societies, Teachers and Mentors, The Scientific Method, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Author: Hakeem Oluseyi

    Website: Link

    Publisher: Ballantine Books

    Publishing Date: 2021-06-15

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    D.K. Evans

    D.K. Evans

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    Biography:

    D. K. Evans, PhD, is a corporate trainer in Morrisville, NC. Aside from writing, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two kids.

    Main expertice: BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Complex Realities, Cultures, Fear of the Unknown, Hidden Motives, Ideologies, Information/Facts, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Race and Racism, Religious Thinking, Science, Societies, THINKING, and What Should Be

    Website: Link

    Works of D.K. Evans

    Books
  • Emancipation of a Black Atheist
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    Emancipation of a Black Atheist

    Emancipation of a Black Atheist

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    Book Decription:

    Great journeys often start with a single question. For D. K. Evans, a newly married professional in the Christian-dominated South, that question was, “Why Do I Believe in God?” That simple query led him on a years-long search to better understand the nature of religion and faith, particularly as it applies to the Black community. While many taking such a journey today might immerse themselves in the writing of Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris, and Christopher Hitchens, Evans took inspiration not only from John Henrik Clarke, Yosef-Ben Jochannan, Hubert Harrison, and John G. Jackson, champions of a rich Black tradition of challenging religious orthodoxy, but also from many others in his own community who had similarly come to question their core religious beliefs. While this journey eventually led him to discount the notion of God, he calls on all to ask their own questions, particularly those within the Black community who act on blind faith. While their own journey might not lead to his truth, he acknowledges, that is the only way they will ever emancipate themselves from the truths thrust on them by others and arrive at their most important truth—their own.

    Categories: Ambiguity, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Evolution, Exclusionary Behavior, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Friendships, Ideologies, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Lying, Other People Exist, Race and Racism, Relationships, Religious Thinking, Societies, The News Media, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Author: D.K. Evans

    Website: Link

    Publisher: Pitchstone Publishing

    Publishing Date: 2017-12-14

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    Issa Rae

    Issa Rae

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    Biography:

    Jo-Issa Rae Diop (born January 12, 1985), credited professionally as Issa Rae, is an American actress, writer, and producer. Rae first garnered attention for her work on the YouTube web series Awkward Black Girl. Since 2011, Rae has continued to develop her YouTube channel, which features various short films, web series, and other content created by black people.

    Rae has achieved wider recognition as the co-creator, co-writer, and star of the HBO television series Insecure (2016–2021), for which she has been nominated for multiple Golden Globes Awards and Primetime Emmy Awards. Her 2015 memoir, titled The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl, became a New York Times best-seller. In 2018, Rae was included in the annual Time 100 list of the most influential people in the world.

    Rae has also starred in feature films, with roles in the drama The Hate U Give (2018), the fantasy comedy Little (2019), the romance The Photograph (2020), and the romantic comedy The Lovebirds (2020). She will also voice Jessica Drew / Spider-Woman in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023). Rae provided the voice work for the short film Hair Love, which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2020.

    Main expertice: BEHAVIOR, Biases, Change, Cultures, Emotions, Exclusionary Behavior, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Freewill, Friendships, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Other People Exist, Race and Racism, Relationships, Social Skills, Societies, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Website: Link

    Works of Issa Rae

    Books
  • The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
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    Podcasts

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    The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

    The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl

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    Book Decription:

    In the bestselling tradition of Sloan Crosley’s I Was Told There’d Be Cake and Mindy Kaling’s Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous essays on what it’s like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits, and black as cool.

    My name is “J” and I’m awkward—and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start?

    Being an introvert in a world that glorifies cool isn’t easy. But when Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award–winning hit series “The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl,” is that introvert—whether she’s navigating love, work, friendships, or “rapping”—it sure is entertaining. Now, in this debut collection of essays written in her witty and self-deprecating voice, Rae covers everything from cybersexing in the early days of the Internet to deflecting unsolicited comments on weight gain, from navigating the perils of eating out alone and public displays of affection to learning to accept yourself—natural hair and all.

    A reflection on her own unique experiences as a cyber pioneer yet universally appealing, The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl is a book no one—awkward or cool, black, white, or other—will want to miss.

    Categories: All-or-Nothing Thinking, BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Cultures, Emotions, Exclusionary Behavior, Extreme Thinking, Family, Fear of the Unknown, Freewill, Friendships, Gender Roles, Happiness, HEALTH, Hidden Motives, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Insincerity, KNOWLEDGE, Learning from Failures, Logical Ethics, Mental Health, Negative Thinking, Opinions, Other People Exist, Race and Racism, Regrets, Relationships, Social Skills, Societies, THINKING, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Author: Issa Rae

    Website: Link

    Publisher: 37 Ink

    Publishing Date: 2015-02-10

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    The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

    The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe: How to Know What’s Really Real in a World Increasingly Full of Fake

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    Book Decription:

    It’s intimidating to realize that we live in a world overflowing with misinformation, bias, myths, deception, and flawed knowledge. There really are no ultimate authority figures-no one has the secret and there is no place to look up the definitive answers to our questions (not even Google). But, by thinking skeptically and logically, we can combat sloppy reasoning, bad arguments and superstitious thinking. It’s difficult, and takes a lot of vigilance, but it’s worth the effort.

    In this tie-in to their incredibly popular “The Skeptics Guide to the Universe” podcast, Steven Novella, MD along with “Skeptical Rogues” Bob Novella, Cara Santa Maria, Jay Novella, and Evan Bernstein will explain the tenets of skeptical thinking and debunk some of the biggest scientific myths, fallacies and conspiracy theories (Anti-vaccines, homeopathy, UFO sightings, etc.) They’ll help us try to make sense of what seems like an increasingly crazy world using powerful tools like science and philosophy. THE SKEPTICS’ GUIDE TO THE UNIVERSE is your guide through this maze of modern life. It covers essential critical thinking skills, as well as giving insight into how your brain works and how to avoid common pitfalls in thinking. They discuss the difference between science and pseudoscience, how to recognize common science news tropes, how to discuss conspiracy theories with that crazy coworker of yours, and how to apply all of this to everyday life.

    Categories: BEHAVIOR, Beliefs, Biases, Change, Complex Realities, Cultures, Disasters and Tragedies, Environmental Science, Evolution, Extreme Thinking, Fear of the Unknown, Ideologies, Independent Thinking, Individuality, Information/Facts, KNOWLEDGE, Leadership, Learning, Learning from Failures, Logic, Logical Ethics, Numbers and Mathematics, Other People Exist, Planning, Quantity vs Quality, Race and Racism, Religious Thinking, Science, Societies, Teachers and Mentors, The News Media, The Scientific Method, THINKING, This or That Thinking, Unhealthy Behavior, and What Should Be

    Author: Dr. Steven Novella

    Website: Link

    Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

    Publishing Date: 2018-10-02

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