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1) Me and white supremacy: combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor

Author

Saad, Layla F

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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"When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it... Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 80,000 people downloaded the supporting work Me and White Supremacy. Updated and expanded from the original edition, Me and White Supremacy...

2) Stuff white people like: the definitive guide to the unique taste of millions

Author

Lander, Christian

Publisher

Random House Trade Paperbacks

Pub. Date

Language

English

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From the Publisher: They love nothing better than sipping free-trade gourmet coffee, leafing through the Sunday New York Times, and listening to David Sedaris on NPR (ideally all at the same time). Apple products, indie music, food co-ops, and vintage T-shirts make them weak in the knees. They believe they're unique, yet somehow they're all exactly the same, talking about how they "get" Sarah Silverman's "subversive" comedy and Wes Anderson's "droll"...

3) The eye of the leopard

Author

Mankell, Henning

Publisher

distributed by W.W. Norton

Pub. Date

2008

Language

English

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Arriving in newly independent Zambia in the hopes of fulfilling a friend's missionary dream, Hans Olofson endeavors to make Africa his home while struggling with such past demons as his father's alcoholism and a friend's accident.

4) Hillbilly Elegy: a memoir of a family and culture in crisis

Author

Vance, J. D

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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Vance, a former marine and Yale Law School graduate, provides an account of growing up in a poor Rust Belt town that offers a broader, probing look at the struggles of America's white working class. The decline of this group, a demographic of our country that has been slowly disintegrating over forty years, has been reported on with growing frequency and alarm. J.D. Vance tells the true story of what a social, regional, and class decline feels like...