Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Author, speaker and podcast host Layla F. Saad channels her work exploring the topics of race, identity and social change in Me and White Supremacy. "The primary force that drives my work is a passionate desire to become a good ancestor," she writes, and she invites readers to do the same.

Her book is designed as a 28-day course, but Saad explains that it is a map for a lifelong practice in antiracism and anti-oppression. She acknowledges that deconstructing white supremacy is hard work, and encourages readers to go at their own pace and use the book in a supportive setting, while also stressing the need for personal accountability in antiracist practices. The book is broken into four sections, or weeks, in which Saad explores various components of white supremacy such as white fragility, privilege, silence and exceptionalism, and tone policing; then moves to topics such as color blindness, anti-Blackness and cultural appropriation. She highlights how to become an effective ally and make personal changes before moving forward to structural ones. --Michelle Anya Anjirbag, freelance reviewer

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