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Race in the United States reading list

CCC Library resources examining race and historical / present-day intersectional issues in the United States and Oregon.

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QR code for premade CCC Library catalog search on race and identity.Come by CCC Library to check out the following general resource books related to race and identity. Learn about each book and check its availability by selecting its title or cover art. Find them on the shelves using their call numbers. All you need is your CCC ID card and you can have them for six weeks.

Access eBooks (their call numbers say "eBook") by selecting their titles and signing in using your myClackamas credentials.

Scan the QR code or select the link below to access a premade search of CCC Library's resources related to race and identity.

Print and eBooks

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Raceless: In Search of Family, Identity, and the Truth about Where I Belong

by Georgina Lawton
Call Number: DA591.L39 A3 2021

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What Does It Mean to Be White? Developing White Racial Literacy

by Robin J. DiAngelo
Call Number: Teaching & Learning Collection ; HT1575 .D53 2016

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Thinning Blood: A Memoir of Family, Myth, and Identity

by Leah Myers
Call number: E99.C82 M94 2023

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Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity

by C. Riley Snorton
Call Number: HQ77.95.U6 S66 2017

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Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World

Call Number: E184.A75 K528 2023

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The Making of White American Identity

by Ron Eyerman
Call Number: online eBook

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You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation

by Julissa Arce
Call Number: HM843 .A73 2022

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Black, White, Other: Biracial Americans Talk About Race and Identity

by Lisa Funderburg
Call Number: HQ1032 .F86 2016

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Cultural Constructions of Identity: A Meta-ethnography and Theory

by Luis Urrieta and George W. Noblit (Eds.)
Call Number: online eBook

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Tell Me Who You Are: Sharing Our Stories of Race, Culture, and Identity

by Winona Guo and Priya Vulchi
Call Number: E184.A1 G945 2019

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I'm Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness

by Austin Channing Brown
Call Number: E185.615 .B7335 2018

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Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States

by Natalie Masuoka (Ed.)
Call Number: eBook online

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The Lies That Bind: Rethinking Identity, Creed, Country, Color, Class, Culture

by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Call Number: BD236 .A58 2018

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The Invention of the White Race

by Theodore W. Allen
Call Number: E185 .A44 2012

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Waking up White, and Finding Myself in the Story of Race

by Debby Irving
Call Number: E185.615 .I778 2014

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