6 Books About Race to Read Instead of Asking a Person of Color to Explain It to You If you’re unsure how to talk about race, 
turning to your friends of color may seem 
like the easiest way to learn more. Rather than placing the burden on them, 
here are six books about race in America 
you can read to educate yourself. 'So You Want to Talk About Race' 
by Ijeoma Oluo 'Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist 
Discovers Her Superpower' 
by Brittney Cooper 'The Color of Success: Asian Americans 
and the Origins of the Model Minority' 
by Ellen D. Wu 'This Muslim American Life: 
Dispatches from the War on Terror' 
by Moustafa Bayoumi 'An African American and Latinx 
History of the United States' 
by Paul Ortiz 'Waking Up White, and Finding 
Myself in the Story of Race' 
by Debby Irving