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On September 1, 2016, the Portland Democrats held a panel discussion about race and racism. We asked our panelists for recommended readings. This is what they suggested. (It’s the best list of readings about race and racism that I’ve ever seen.)

• Ta-Nehisi Coates, “Between the World and Me” (Amazon) (chosen by Sean Alonzo Harris)
• Kate Knox, “Let’s start talking to each other – honestly – about our racial attitudes”
• bell hooks, Talking Back: Thinking Feminist, Thinking Black (Amazon) (chosen by Mayor Strimling)
• Debby Irving, Waking Up White (Amazon) (chosen by Kate Knox)
• Samuel James, “This is what Dealing with Racism is Really Like for a Person of Color in Maine”
• Malcolm X, The Autobiography of Malcolm X (Amazon) (chosen by Samuel James)
• Kate Knox, “Let’s start talking to each other – honestly – about our racial attitudes”
• Peggy McIntosh, “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack” (chosen by Rev. Lewis)
• Lavelle Porter, “Dear Sister Outsider” (chosen by Rachel Talbot Ross)
• Kevin Van Valkenberg, “Dear Fellow White People”
• Cornell West, Race Matters (Amazon) (chosen by Mayor Strimling)
• James Loewen, Lies my Teacher Told Me (Amazon) (chosen by Ekhlas Ahmed)