Why I No Longer Read Anti-Racism Books

No Ordinary Woman
ZORA
Published in
8 min readApr 14, 2023

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I spent three months reading anti-racism books, and here’s what I discovered.

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At the start of 2021, I started to seriously engage with anti-racism literature. Driven by the events of 2020 — particularly the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the Black Lives Matter protests that erupted in cities around the world, in reaction to the unabated killings of Black men and women in America, I was…

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No Ordinary Woman
ZORA

Writer || Wife || Mom || Lifelong Learner || I write on racism, culture, motherhood & sexism || Sometimes Unpopular || Always Authentic 💫