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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Talking Volumes 2020 season guide “As we go about our daily lives, caste is the wordless usher in a darkened theater, flashlight cast down...
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The Yellow House by Sarah M. Broom
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Talking Volumes 2020 season guide In 1961, Sarah M. Broom’s mother Ivory Mae bought a shotgun house in the then-promising neighborhood of New Orleans...
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Vesper Flights by Helen Macdonald
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Just Us: An American Conversation by Claudia Rankine
BUY Amazon | Bookshop Featured on The Thread: Talking Volumes 2020 season guide As everyday white supremacy becomes increasingly vocalized with no clear answers at hand, how best might we approach one...
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