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White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.55 — 12,847 ratings — published 2020
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 103,089 ratings — published 1970
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My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Mending of Our Bodies and Hearts (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.38 — 11,831 ratings — published 2017
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Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies Decolonizing Trauma Work: Indigenous Stories and Strategies (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.46 — 480 ratings — published 2014
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Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.52 — 163,031 ratings — published 2020
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Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.47 — 2,001 ratings — published 1999
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 2,969 ratings — published 1981
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Assata: An Autobiography Assata: An Autobiography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.60 — 31,831 ratings — published 1987
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The Wretched of the Earth The Wretched of the Earth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.35 — 32,911 ratings — published 1961
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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.13 — 809,407 ratings — published 2010
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The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance The Cost of Free Land: Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 1,073 ratings — published 2023
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Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 2,820 ratings — published 2022
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The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.27 — 61,537 ratings — published 2024
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Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 171,292 ratings — published 2019
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Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 19,426 ratings — published 1981
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Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.39 — 1,158 ratings — published
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There There There There (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.97 — 227,804 ratings — published 2018
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Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.51 — 176,202 ratings — published 2013
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The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty (Indigenous Americas) The White Possessive: Property, Power, and Indigenous Sovereignty (Indigenous Americas)
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avg rating 4.30 — 160 ratings — published 2015
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An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3) An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States (ReVisioning American History, #3)
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avg rating 4.37 — 20,778 ratings — published 2014
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The World We Used to Live In: Remembering the Power of the Medicine Man The World We Used to Live In: Remembering the Power of the Medicine Man (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 334 ratings — published 2006
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Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation Caliban and the Witch: Women, the Body and Primitive Accumulation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.56 — 14,157 ratings — published 2004
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Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work Playing the Whore: The Work of Sex Work (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.88 — 2,152 ratings — published 2014
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The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex The Revolution Will Not Be Funded: Beyond the Non-Profit Industrial Complex (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.44 — 151 ratings — published
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Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha Radical Acceptance: Embracing Your Life With the Heart of a Buddha (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 36,078 ratings — published 2000
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Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions Dear Ijeawele, or A Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 88,677 ratings — published 2017
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All Boys Aren’t Blue All Boys Aren’t Blue (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.18 — 47,668 ratings — published 2020
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x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender x + y: A Mathematician's Manifesto for Rethinking Gender (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.70 — 928 ratings — published 2020
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The Riot Grrrl Collection The Riot Grrrl Collection (ebook)
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avg rating 4.39 — 695 ratings — published 2013
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Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between Life Isn't Binary: On Being Both, Beyond, and In-Between (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.08 — 1,242 ratings — published 2019
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The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America The Deviant's War: The Homosexual vs. the United States of America (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.31 — 3,550 ratings — published 2020
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Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.05 — 12,584 ratings — published 2019
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Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life Come as You Are: The Surprising New Science that Will Transform Your Sex Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.28 — 87,266 ratings — published 2015
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Gender: A Graphic Guide Gender: A Graphic Guide (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.27 — 1,518 ratings — published 2019
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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.37 — 73,621 ratings — published 2018
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.35 — 63,923 ratings — published 2020
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The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.21 — 31,066 ratings — published 2018
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The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution The Death of Nature: Women, Ecology, and the Scientific Revolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.83 — 683 ratings — published 1980
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Orientalism Orientalism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.13 — 29,978 ratings — published 1978
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Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives Cobalt Red: How the Blood of the Congo Powers Our Lives (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.36 — 16,899 ratings — published 2023
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A Small Place A Small Place (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 18,853 ratings — published 1988
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Sharing the Light: Stories and Reflections Sharing the Light: Stories and Reflections (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.47 — 36 ratings — published
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You Exist Too Much You Exist Too Much (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 22,093 ratings — published 2020
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Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage Rooted in the Earth: Reclaiming the African American Environmental Heritage (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.53 — 95 ratings — published 2010
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The Yellow House The Yellow House (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.89 — 25,468 ratings — published 2019
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Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street Built from the Fire: The Epic Story of Tulsa's Greenwood District, America's Black Wall Street (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.34 — 827 ratings — published 2023
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An African American and Latinx History of the United States An African American and Latinx History of the United States (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.25 — 2,564 ratings — published 2018
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Dylan Rodríguez
“It's both a tremendous obligation and honor to undertake the unfulfilled work of the best of our abolitionist precursors--those who did not only want the abolition of white supremacist slavery and normalized anti-Black violence, but who also recognized that the greatest promise of abolitionism was a comprehensive transformation of a civilization in which the sanctity of white civil society was defined by its capacity to define 'community' and 'safety' through the effective of its ability to wage racial genocides. The present day work of (..) abolition has to proceed with organic recognition of its historical roots in liberation struggles against slavery, colonization, and conquest--and therefore struggle to constantly develop effective, creative, and politically educating forms of radical movement against the genocidal white supremacist state and the society to which it's tethered.”
Dylan Rodriguez

Abhijit Naskar
“Enlightenment and civilization did not originate in europe, they were born of the lands colonially categorized as uncivilized.”
Abhijit Naskar, Iftar-e Insaniyat: The First Supper

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