Trump Syllabus 2.0 (19 books)

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"A course exploring Donald Trump’s rise as a product of the American lineage of racism, sexism, nativism, and imperialism."

Readings selected by by historians N. D. B. Connolly and Keisha N. Blain.

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1		Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis 4.44 avg rating — 35,679 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		The Autobiography of Donald Trump's Hair by Donald Trump's Hair 3.27 avg rating — 22 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
1		How the Right Lost Its Mind by Charles J. Sykes (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 898 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson 4.47 avg rating — 14,785 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Black Earth: The Holocaust as History and Warning by Timothy Snyder (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 4,392 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Trumpocalypse Not: A Political Diatribe by Kevin Salveson (Goodreads Author) 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Fake News, Propaganda, and Plain Old Lies: How to Find Trustworthy Information in the Digital Age by Donald A. Barclay (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4		Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House by April Ryan 3.66 avg rating — 436 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		The Meaning of the Fourth of July for the Negro by Frederick Douglass 4.69 avg rating — 904 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Exile and Pride: Disability, Queerness, and Liberation by Eli Clare (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 2,519 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9		Trump Troubadour No More: How I Lost Faith in Our President by Kraig Moss 2.50 avg rating — 4 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12		Black Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du Bois 4.52 avg rating — 3,310 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13		How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America: Problems in Race, Political Economy, and Society by Manning Marable 4.35 avg rating — 784 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14		The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin 4.55 avg rating — 121,160 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15		Decade of Betrayal: Mexican Repatriation in the 1930s by Francisco E. Balderrama 4.06 avg rating — 100 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16		From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century America by Vicki L. Ruiz 3.84 avg rating — 244 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17		Women, Race & Class by Angela Y. Davis 4.59 avg rating — 34,540 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18		The Possessive Investment in Whiteness: How White People Profit from Identity Politics, Revised and Expanded Edition by George Lipsitz 4.23 avg rating — 865 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19		Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism by Vladimir Lenin 4.27 avg rating — 10,584 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

19 books · 11 voters · list created July 29th, 2016 by deleted user.

Tags: donald-trump, politics, trump-101, united-states

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