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Antiracism as Daily Practice
- Refuse Shame, Change White Communities, and Help Create a Just World
- By: Jennifer Harvey
- Narrated by: Jennifer Harvey
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
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This book illustrates the many ways white Americans—those newly waking to the crisis of racism in 2020 and those already aware—can choose behaviors in our everyday lives to grow racial justice. Full of real life stories, this book shows how vital it is for white people to engage in and with our families, through our social networks, in our neighborhoods, and at our jobs to make antiracism a daily living commitment. We have real power in our relationships with other white people—and not enough of us have used it.
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A clarifying work for everyone interested in social change.
- By Chet Jackson on 09-12-24
- Antiracism as Daily Practice
- Refuse Shame, Change White Communities, and Help Create a Just World
- By: Jennifer Harvey
- Narrated by: Jennifer Harvey
A clarifying work for everyone interested in social change.
Reviewed: 09-12-24
I enjoyed the workbook style with real life applications. This a valuable document addressing America's age old bugaboo.
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Abolish the Family
- A Manifesto for Care and Liberation
- By: Sophie Lewis
- Narrated by: Sophie Lewis
- Length: 3 hrs and 41 mins
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What if family were not the only place you might hope to feel safe, loved, cared for, and accepted? What if we could do better than the family? We need to talk about the family. For those who are lucky, families can be filled with love and care, but for many they are sites of pain: from abandonment and neglect, to abuse and violence. Nobody is more likely to harm you than your family.
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Mind-blowing ideas
- By Daniel Benedict on 11-04-22
- Abolish the Family
- A Manifesto for Care and Liberation
- By: Sophie Lewis
- Narrated by: Sophie Lewis
Family system as oppression
Reviewed: 08-19-24
Powerful argument for remaking an institution so old as to be almost inconceivable. This sounds incredibly appealing and equally frightening.
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The Lemon Tree
- By: Sandy Tolan
- Narrated by: Sandy Tolan
- Length: 11 hrs and 19 mins
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In 1967, not long after the Six-Day War, three young Arab men ventured into the town of Ramle, in what is now Jewish Israel. They were cousins, on a pilgrimage to see their childhood homes; their families had been driven out of Palestine nearly 20 years earlier. One cousin had a door slammed in his face, and another found his old house had been converted into a school. But the third, Bashir Al-Khairi, was met at the door by a young woman called Dalia, who invited them in.
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Steeping The Lemon Tree
- By Faithfull Fan on 04-11-18
- The Lemon Tree
- By: Sandy Tolan
- Narrated by: Sandy Tolan
Colonial cousins: generations of hate.
Reviewed: 06-23-24
Remarkably relevant and timely almost two decades later. A relatable telling of colonialism still spilling blood every day at home and abroad.
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Caste
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
- Length: 15 hrs and 10 mins
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In this brilliant book, Isabel Wilkerson gives us a masterful portrait of an unseen phenomenon in America as she explores, through an immersive, deeply researched narrative and stories about real people, how America today and throughout its history has been shaped by a hidden caste system, a rigid hierarchy of human rankings. Beautifully written, original, and revealing, Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents is an eye-opening story of people and history, and a reexamination of what lies under the surface of ordinary lives and of American life today.
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Brilliant, articulate, highly listenable.
- By GM on 08-05-20
- Caste
- The Origins of Our Discontents
- By: Isabel Wilkerson
- Narrated by: Robin Miles
Caste - A history lesson for all time.
Reviewed: 04-06-24
Caste illustrates the malignancy we call capitalism. A primer for the so called heartland.
Can white people be trusted to see beyond their priviledge? Recent history says no!
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What My Bones Know
- A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
- By: Stephanie Foo
- Narrated by: Stephanie Foo
- Length: 10 hrs and 2 mins
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By age thirty, Stephanie Foo was successful on paper: She had her dream job as an award-winning radio producer at This American Life and a loving boyfriend. But behind her office door, she was having panic attacks and sobbing at her desk every morning. After years of questioning what was wrong with herself, she was diagnosed with complex PTSD—a condition that occurs when trauma happens continuously, over the course of years.
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Complex PTSD from a patient's point of view!
- By Howard_a on 05-24-22
- What My Bones Know
- A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
- By: Stephanie Foo
- Narrated by: Stephanie Foo
Childhood shouldn't hurt this much.
Reviewed: 03-02-23
Loved it. What a tour de force exploration of complex PTSD and so much more. There are few things as enjoyable and informative as an expertly crafted story well told. A gift for those of us wearing the shroud of early childhood trauma. A clarion call to all would be parents everywhere.
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The Mis-Education of the Negro
- By: Carter Goodwin Woodson
- Narrated by: Anthony Stewart
- Length: 3 hrs and 52 mins
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Here is an unapologetic look into the factors that have caused so many Blacks to think and act in the negative way they do towards themselves and others. This timely body of work is from a man well versed in the American educational system, as well as educational systems throughout the world.
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A Classic and Unexpected Delight
- By Theo Horesh on 02-28-13
- The Mis-Education of the Negro
- By: Carter Goodwin Woodson
- Narrated by: Anthony Stewart
An indictment and a marvel.
Reviewed: 09-28-22
Still as pertinent as ever. A Caution and a tribute to Black excellence. Brillant assessment.
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Nice Racism
- How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
- By: Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- Narrated by: Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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In White Fragility, Robin DiAngelo explained how racism is a system into which all White people are socialized and challenged the belief that racism is a simple matter of good people versus bad. DiAngelo also made a provocative claim: White progressives cause the most daily harm to people of color. In Nice Racism, her follow-up work, she explains how they do so. Drawing on her background as a sociologist and over 25 years working as an anti-racist educator, she picks up where White Fragility left off and moves the conversation forward.
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A follow up to White Fragility that's just as weak
- By matthew on 10-26-21
- Nice Racism
- How Progressive White People Perpetuate Racial Harm
- By: Dr. Robin DiAngelo
- Narrated by: Dr. Robin DiAngelo
Great listen.
Reviewed: 09-13-21
Insightful, loaded with food for thought. Challenge ignorance. White supremacy is a social problem.
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Surviving the White Gaze
- A Memoir
- By: Rebecca Carroll
- Narrated by: Rebecca Carroll
- Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
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Rebecca Carroll grew up the only Black person in her rural New Hampshire town. Adopted at birth by artistic parents who believed in peace, love, and zero population growth, her early childhood was loving and idyllic - and yet she couldn’t articulate the deep sense of isolation she increasingly felt as she grew older. Everything changed when she met her birth mother, a young White woman, who consistently undermined Carroll’s sense of her blackness and self-esteem.
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Outstanding
- By Steve Shirley on 02-08-21
- Surviving the White Gaze
- A Memoir
- By: Rebecca Carroll
- Narrated by: Rebecca Carroll
Excellent read.
Reviewed: 06-29-21
Great voice to listen to. Powerful story of love, trauma and reconciliation. Enjoyed every life shaping moment.
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What Happened to You?
- Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
- By: Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry
- Narrated by: Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey
- Length: 8 hrs and 27 mins
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Have you ever wondered "Why did I do that?" or "Why can't I just control my behavior?" Others may judge our reactions and think, "What's wrong with that person?" When questioning our emotions, it's easy to place the blame on ourselves; holding ourselves and those around us to an impossible standard. It's time we started asking a different question. Through deeply personal conversations, Oprah Winfrey and renowned brain and trauma expert Dr. Bruce Perry offer a groundbreaking and profound shift from asking “What’s wrong with you?” to “What happened to you?”
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I waited more than 30 years for this book.
- By Gary S. on 04-28-21
- What Happened to You?
- Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing
- By: Oprah Winfrey, Bruce D. Perry
- Narrated by: Bruce D. Perry, Oprah Winfrey
OBP a new force for healing
Reviewed: 05-17-21
Oprah's life work corroborated by Bruce Perry. Great news for every wounded soul. Loved it!
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Livewired
- The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
- By: David Eagleman
- Narrated by: David Eagleman
- Length: 9 hrs and 18 mins
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The answers to these questions are right behind our eyes. The greatest technology we have ever discovered on our planet is the three-pound organ carried in the vault of the skull. This book is not simply about what the brain is; it is about what it does. The magic of the brain is not found in the parts it’s made of but in the way those parts unceasingly reweave themselves in an electric, living fabric.
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Very interesting but the book shpold have had
- By Adi on 12-05-20
- Livewired
- The Inside Story of the Ever-Changing Brain
- By: David Eagleman
- Narrated by: David Eagleman
Live wired even the title sings.
Reviewed: 02-05-21
I loved it. Easily digestible concepts relayed with enthusiasm and joy. Eagleman is a teacher I wish I had.
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