Here are a few non-fiction suggestions for reading on systemic racism, criminal justice, and understanding whiteness.
Behind the Mask of Chivalry: The Making of the Second Ku Klux Klan by 
Blood in Their Eyes: The Elaine Massacre of 1919 by 
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by 
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by 
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America by 
Cuestión de justicia: La lucha por los olvidados de la justicia en Estados Unidos by 
Distributed Blackness: African American Cybercultures by 
I Can't Breathe: A Killing on Bay Street by 
Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption by 
Locking up Our Own: Crime and Punishment in Black America by 
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor by 
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by 
On the Other Side of Freedom: The Case for Hope by 
Playing While White: Privilege and Power on and off the Field by 
The Second Coming of the KKK: The Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s and the American Political Tradition by 
Sister Outsider: Essays & Speeches by Audre Lorde by 
The Source of Self Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by 
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by 
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America by 
They Can't Kill Us All: Ferguson, Baltimore, and a New Era in America's Racial Justice Movement by 
What Truth Sounds Like: Robert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and Our Unfinished Conversation about Race in America by 
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by 
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by 
Women, Race, and Class by 
