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A selection of adult books on the topics of racism, anti-racism, discrimination, and black history. CBRL also offers the pinterest board Black Canadians: Books about Black Canadians, particularly those pertaining to Nova Scotia. A mix of fiction and non-fiction, for both children and adults. PLEASE NOTE: if the catalogue address for the book does not include "samepagecbrl.bibliocommons.com", go to cbrl.ca and search for the item by title or author.

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Books You Should Read

How To Be A (Young) Antiracist

How to be a (Young) Antiracist empowers teen readers to help create a more just society. Antiracism is a journey--and now young adults will have a map to carve their own path. Kendi and Stone have revised this work to provide anecdotes and data that speaks directly to the experiences and concerns of younger readers, encouraging them to think critically and build a more equitable world in doing so.

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Female Judge

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University Of British Columbia

Reckoning With Racism

In 1994, a white police officer arrested a Black teen, placed him in a choke-hold, and charged him with assault and obstructing arrest. In acquitting the teen, Judge Corrine Sparks, Canada's first Black female judge, remarked that police sometimes overreacted when dealing with non-white youth. The acquittal was appealed and ultimately upheld. Reckoning with Racism considers the RDS case, in which the Supreme Court of Canada fumbled over its first complaint of judicial racial bias.

The incredible memoir of a wrongfully imprisoned man's epic journey to free himself and others like him. Isaac Wright Jr. was wrongly accused of drug charges and sentenced to life in prison in 1991. He was arrested, tried, and convicted under a draconian "kingpin" statute even though he never dealt drugs a day in his life. He used the prison library to educate himself in the law and helped overturn the wrongful convictions of fellow inmates before representing himself, proving his own innocence The Abc, Independent Music, Epic Journey, In Prison, He Is Able, Book Of Life, Memoirs, True Stories

Marked For Life

The incredible memoir of a wrongfully imprisoned man's epic journey to free himself and others like him. Isaac Wright Jr. was wrongly accused of drug charges and sentenced to life in prison in 1991. He was arrested, tried, and convicted under a draconian "kingpin" statute even though he never dealt drugs a day in his life. He used the prison library to educate himself in the law and helped overturn the wrongful convictions of fellow inmates before representing himself, proving his own innocence

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Discover the courageous stories of elite Black athletes who battled prejudice and exclusion to become heroes and champions in their sport.

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Disorientation

Ian Williams brings fresh eyes and new insights to today's conversation on race and racism in illuminating essays that grow out of his own experience. With that one eloquent word, "disorientation," Ian Williams captures the impact of racial encounters on racialized people--the whiplash of race that occurs while minding one's own business. He realized he could offer a perspective distinct from the almost exclusively America-centric books as one who who lived in Trinidad, Canada and also the US .

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me and white supremacy

When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would become a cultural movement. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it... Me and White Supremacy teaches readers how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.

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Student Teacher

Teenage Years

Sure, I'll Be Your Black Friend

Ben Philippe's memoir chronicles a lifetime of being the Black friend in predominantly white spaces. In an era in which "I have black friends" is often a medal of Wokeness, Ben hilariously chronicles the experience of being on the receiving end of those fist bumps. He takes us through his immigrant childhood, from wanting friends to sit with at lunch, to his awkward teenage years, to college in the age of Obama, and adulthood in the Trump administration--2 sides of the same American coin.

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Powerful Poems

Truth About Life

Chicken Soup For The Soul

I'm Speaking Now

Chicken Soup for the Soul: I'm speaking now. Now more than ever, the strong, independent, courageous voices of Black women are being heard loud and clear. They share their truth about life, love, family, faith and hope in these 101 personal stories and 12 powerful poems. The world is listening.

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Availability: They said this would be fun : race, campus life, and growing up / Eternity Martis.

Eternity Martis thought going away to university would help her discover who she really is--to escape her abusive boyfriend, her nerdy reputation, her coddled life with her doting Pakistani grandparents and rebellious mother, and her complicated feelings towards her absent Jamaican father. When she heads out to the predominantly white college town of London, Ontario, Eternity discovers an entitled culture of racism and sexism. What follows is a memoir of struggle as a young woman of colour.

Availability: Black cop : my 36 years in police work, and my career-ending experiences with official racism / Calvin Lawrence with Miles Howe.

An often-shocking first-person account of the racism embedded in police organizations in Canada. Calvin Lawrence became a cop at age twenty. He was recruited by the Halifax police department at a time of heightened racial tension. Eventually, he left Halifax to join the RCMP. He shares his experiences about basic training in Regina, followed by a stint as Newfoundland's only black Mountie. Throughout his career, Calvin experiences hostility and racism within the force.

University Of Michigan

The Resistance

The Fire This Time : A New Generation Speaks about Race

These groundbreaking essays and poems about race—collected by National Book Award-winner Jesmyn Ward and written by the most important voices of her generation—are "thoughtful, searing, and at times, hopeful. The Fire This Time is vivid proof that words are important, because of their power to both cleanse and to clarify"

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

When They Call You a Terrorist A Black Lives Matter Memoir

A poetic and powerful memoir about what it means to be a Black woman in America—and the co-founding of a movement that demands justice for all in the land of the free.

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Biased Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do

How do we talk about bias? How do we address racial disparities and inequities? What role do our institutions play in creating, maintaining, and magnifying those inequities? Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt offers us the language and courage we need to face one of the biggest and most troubling issues of our time. She exposes racial bias at all levels of society—in our neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, and criminal justice system. Yet she also offers us tools to address it.