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                             Welcome back to Meena’s Microaggression Reminders.

 

                                                        February’s Fix

 

How to educate yourself without placing the onus on a person of color to do it for you. Rather than asking a person of color, what you should do to learn or how to help, instead perhaps begin the process for yourself.

 

While two key steps in learning about other cultures and perspectives are to bring curiosity and develop empathy, it is also important not to tokenize person of color to curate your education. For February, which is Black History month because of the impressive work of Dr. Carter Woodson, I have provided some initial ideas for a reading list.

 

                                                        Nonfiction

                                 So You Want To Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo

                                    Stamped From the Beginning, Ibram X. Keni

                     White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide, Carol Anderson

 

                                                           Fiction

                                           The Other Americans, Laila Lalami

                                       The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd

                                            The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett

                                               Such a Fun Age, Kiley Reid

 

                            Questions or comments? Please email meenapatel88@yahoo.com.

 

         Meena Patel is a WLALA Board Member on the Equity, Belonging & Anti-Racism Committee.