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White Supremacy Is All Around: Notes from a Black Disabled Woman in a White World by Akilah Cadet 9780306831034
RRP: $42.88$28.10This is the story of how I became an unapologetic Black disabled woman in a white world. This book is for people who look and live structurally like me to be valued, seen, heard and perhaps some advice on how to navigate life amongst white supremacy... -
Deadly and Slick: Sexual Modernity and the Making of Race by Sita Balani
RRP: $29.14$24.19If race is increasingly understood to be socially constructed, why does it continue to seem like a physiological reality? The trickery of race, Sita Balani argues, comes down to how it is embedded in everyday life through the domain we take to be most... -
Multiculturalism and Its Discontents: Rethinking Diversity After 9/11 by Kenan Malik
RRP: $12.01$10.74Our contemporary celebration of difference, respect for pluralism, and avowal of identity politics have come to be regarded as the hallmarks of a progressive, modern democracy. Yet despite embracing many of its values, we have at the same time become... -
I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies by Yaron Matras
RRP: $18.85$13.33In I Met Lucky People, Yaron Matras, the world's leading authority on the Romani, explains why we need to reconsider how we view their cultureWho are the Romani people? As one of the last remaining societies in the Western hemisphere with a strictly oral... -
The Rhetoric of Racist Humour: US, UK and Global Race Joking by Simon Weaver
RRP: $75.46$65.94In today's multicultural and multireligious societies, humour and comedy often become the focus of controversy over alleged racist or offensive content, as shown, for instance, by the intense debate of Sacha Baron Cohen's characters Ali G and Borat, and... -
Raising Multiracial Children: Tools for Nurturing Identity in a Racialized World by Farzana Nayani
RRP: $29.14$19.79Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623174491Author Farzana NayaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint North Atlantic Books,U.S.Publisher North Atlantic Books,U.S. -
A Tolerant Nation?: Revisiting Ethnic Diversity in a Devolved Wales by Charlotte Williams 9781783161881
RRP: $51.44$33.53The population of Wales is the product of successive waves of immigration. During the industrial revolution many diverse groups were attracted into Wales by the economic opportunities it offered - notably Irish people, black and minority ethnic sailors... -
Working with Families of African Caribbean Origin: Understanding Issues Around Immigration and Attachment by Elaine Arnold
RRP: $41.15$38.44Many of those who emigrated from the Caribbean to the UK after World War II left behind partners and children, causing the break-up of families who were often not reunited for several years.In this book, Elaine Arnold examines the psychological impact... -
Happy Dreams of Liberty: An American Family in Slavery and Freedom by R. Isabela Morales
RRP: $45.44$38.41A poignant, multi-generational saga of a mixed-race family in the US West and South from the antebellum period through the rise of Jim Crow. When Samuel Townsend died at his home in Madison County, Alabama, in November 1856, the fifty-two-year-old... -
Twisted: The Tangled History of Black Hair Culture by Emma Dabiri
RRP: $32.57$19.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062966728Author Emma DabiriFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire: 20 Years After 9/11 by Deepa Kumar
RRP: $22.28$18.89In this incisive account, leading scholar of Islamophobia Deepa Kumar traces the history of anti-Muslim racism from the early modern era to the "War on Terror." Importantly, Kumar contends that Islamophobia is best understood as racism rather than as... -
Irish Manchester Revisited: Britain in Old Photographs by Alan Keegan 9780752488165
RRP: $25.71$19.35The Irish have always been proud of their contribution to Manchester. Alan Keegan and Danny Claffey's Irish Manchester: A Third Selection combines many previously unpublished photographs with well-researched captions to create a fascinating picture of... -
Fabulous: The Rise of the Beautiful Eccentric by madison moore
RRP: $34.29$25.21An exploration of what it means to be fabulous-and why eccentric style, fashion, and creativity are more political than ever Prince once told us not to hate him 'cause he's fabulous. But what does it mean to be fabulous? Is fabulous style only about... -
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World—and How You Can, Too by Ijeoma Oluo 9780063140189
RRP: $37.74$25.70NATIONAL BESTSELLERFrom the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism across America.In the #1 New York Times bestseller So You... -
White Lies Matter: Conversations about Racism and How to Effect Meaningful Change by Vanisha Parmar
RRP: $22.28$15.59Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915054746Author Vanisha ParmarFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint HeroPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
Black Grief/White Grievance: The Politics of Loss by Juliet Hooker 9780691243030
RRP: $48.03$36.64How race shapes expectations about whose losses matterIn democracies, citizens must accept loss; we can't always be on the winning side. But in the United States, the fundamental civic capacity of being able to lose is not distributed equally. Propped up... -
Motherhood So White: A Memoir of Race, Gender, and Parenting in America by Nefertiti Austin
RRP: $34.29$31.65Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781492679011Author Nefertiti AustinFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Sourcebooks, IncPublisher Sourcebooks, Inc -
Crip Negativity by J. Logan Smilges 9781517915582
RRP: $15.44$13.31Imagining anti-ableist liberation beyond the rubrics of access and inclusion In the thirty years since the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law, the lives of disabled people have not improved nearly as much as activists and politicians had... -
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson 9781632864123
RRP: $32.57$29.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781632864123Author Carol AndersonFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint Bloomsbury USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 523g -
Multiculturalism by Tariq Modood 9780745662879
RRP: $30.86$27.51At a time when many public commentators are turning against multiculturalism in response to fears about militant Islam, immigration or social cohesion, Tariq Modood, one of the world's leading authorities on multiculturalism, provides a distinctive... -
The Civil Rights Movement: A Very Short Introduction by Thomas C. Holt 9780190605421
RRP: $15.42$11.06The Civil Rights Movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history. Not only did it decisively change the legal and political status of African... -
The Making of a Man (and why we're so afraid to talk about it) by Obioma Ugoala 9781398504813
RRP: $18.85$12.01A POWERFUL MEMOIR AND MANIFESTO CHALLENGING WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A BLACK MAN IN BRITAIN "A blisteringly honest take on contemporary Britishness that manages to be both nuanced and shocking. Highly recommended." Afua Hirsch, author of Brit(ish) You're a... -
Simply Institutional Ethnography: Creating a Sociology for People by Dorothy E. Smith
RRP: $34.29$31.18Institutional ethnography (IE) originated as a feminist alternative to sociologies defining people as the objects of study. Instead, IE explores the social relations that dominate the life of the particular subject in focus. Simply Institutional... -
Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt: Toward a Secular Theocracy by Paul E. Gottfried 9780826215208
RRP: $49.66$40.07Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt extends Paul Gottfried's examination of Western managerial government's growth in the last third of the twentieth century. Linking multiculturalism to a distinctive political and religious context, the book... -
Patriarchy Blues: Reflections on Manhood by Frederick Joseph
RRP: $30.86$18.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063138322Author JosephFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
I'm Chocolate, You're Vanilla: Raising Healthy Black and Biracial Children in a Race-Conscious World by Marguerite A. Wright
RRP: $29.16$19.79This superb, rational, and highly readable volume answers a deeplyfelt need. Parents and educators alike have long struggled tounderstand what meanings race might have for the very young, andfor ways to insure that every child grows up with a healthy... -
Head Above Water: Reflections on Illness by Shahd Alshammari 9781911107408
RRP: $18.85$13.10Head Above Water is a professor's moving account of being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis at just eighteen in a conservative Kuwaiti society, drawing from her diary entries and fading memories as the disease advances. "Shahd Alshammari's sensuous... -
What's Up With White Women?: Unpacking Sexism and White Privilege in Pursuit of Racial Justice by Ilsa Govan
RRP: $30.86$21.10As a white woman, ask yourself: are you upholding or fighting racism? What's Up with White Women? is a practical guide for white women who are interested in becoming more effective in their cross-cultural, anti-racist practices. Blending real-life... -
The Invention of the White Race: The Origins of an American Ordeal by Theodore W Allen
RRP: $34.31$23.57When the first Africans arrived in Virginia in 1619, there were no 'white' people there; nor, according to colonial records, would there be for another sixty years. Historical debate about the origin of racial slavery has focused on the status of the... -
As Black As Resistance: Finding the Conditions for Liberation by William C. Anderson
RRP: $22.30$14.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781849353168Author William C. AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint AK PressPublisher AK Press -
White Thinking: Behind the Mask of Racial Identity by Lilian Thuram
RRP: $17.14$12.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915054418Author Lilian ThuramFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint HeroPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
Race, Racism and Social Work: Contemporary issues and debates by Michael Lavalette 9781447307075
$52.66Without a doubt, structural and institutionalised racism is still present in Britain and Europe, a factor that social work education and training has been slow to acknowledge. In this timely new book, Lavalette and Penketh reveal that racism towards... -
The Strange Career of Jim Crow: A Commemorative Edition with a new afterword by William S. McFeely by C. Vann Woodward
RRP: $20.57$14.82Strange Career offers a clear and illuminating analysis of the history of Jim Crow laws and American race relations. This book presented evidence that segregation in the South dated only to the 1880s. It's publication in 1955, a year after the Supreme... -
Can't Stop, Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-hop Generation by Jeff Chang 9780312425791
RRP: $39.45$25.08A history of hip-hop cites its origins in the post-civil rights Bronx and Jamaica, drawing on interviews with performers, activists, gang members, DJs, and others to document how the movement has influenced politics and culture.Book InformationISBN... -
The Anatomy of Prejudices by Elisabeth Young-Bruehl 9780674031913
RRP: $47.94$37.91In this deeply thoughtful book, Elisabeth Young-Bruehl turns a critical lens on prejudice. Surveying the study of prejudice since World War II, Young-Bruehl suggests an approach that distinguishes between different types of prejudices, the people who... -
White Thinking: How Racial Bias Is Constructed and How to Move Beyond It by Lilian Thuram
RRP: $32.57$23.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781800313446Author Lilian ThuramFormat HardbackPage Count 224Imprint HeroPublisher Legend Press LtdWeight(grams) 500g -
The Emergence of Minorities in the Middle East: The Politics of Community in French Mandate Syria by Benjamin Thomas White
RRP: $49.73$40.10This book shows which historical developments led people to start describing themselves and others as 'minorities'. Why, in the years around 1920, did the concept of 'minority' suddenly become prominent in public affairs worldwide? Within a decade of... -
Where We Stand: Class Matters by Bell Hooks
RRP: $61.73$54.36Drawing on both her roots in Kentucky and her adventures with Manhattan Coop boards, Where We Stand is a successful black woman's reflection--personal, straight forward, and rigorously honest--on how our dilemmas of class and race are intertwined, and... -
Tacky's Revolt: The Story of an Atlantic Slave War by Vincent Brown 9780674260290
RRP: $30.79$22.90Winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book AwardWinner of the Frederick Douglass Book PrizeWinner of the Elsa Goveia Book PrizeWinner of the James A. Rawley Prize in the History of Race RelationsWinner of the P. Sterling Stuckey Book PrizeWinner of the Harriet... -
The Pashtun Tribes in Afghanistan: Wolves Among Men by Ben Acheson 9781399069205
RRP: $42.88$30.91The Pashtun Tribes of Afghanistan is a tour de force - combining erudite analysis, historical research, atmospheric story-telling, page-turning prose and above all, profound passion.' **- ****Sir Nicholas Kay, NATO Senior Civilian Representative in...