Comments on Books White People Need to Read - page 8

Fiction, 101-200:

There There
They Come in All Colors
Esperanza Rising
The Underground Railroad
On Beauty
Behold the Dreamers
To Kill a Mockingbird
Song of Solomon

Fiction 201-300:

A Girl In Traffick
The Toughest Indian in the World
Beloved
The Color Purple
1984
Black Chess
The Blue Bar
The Book of Negroes
Submission
Half of a Yellow Sun
The Girl with Ghost Eyes
Anne of Green Gables
Lovecraft Country
The Water Dancer
The Poisonwood Bible
The Help
How Long 'til Black Future Month?

Fiction 301-400:

Hidden Princess: The Rebirth of Making Mary
The Spook Who Sat by the Door
Gray Hawk of Terrapin
The Ballad of Black Tom
Chips in the Bag, Classy Mr Murray: A Heartwarming Love Story Blended with Elements of Deception, Love Lost, Suspense and Redemption.
One Day You Will
All American Boys
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Kindred
Purple Hibiscus
The Marrow Thieves
Incognegro

Fiction, 401-472: (The last have just 1 vote, so are all tied for 472)

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Another Brooklyn
The Last Buffalo Soldier
A Lesson Before Dying

More fiction on the list:

The Roll
Atlantic High: A Celebration (non fiction, but just a travel book)
Waterlily
The Empty Hammock
Memories of a Butterfly
How Fast Can You Run
Grey Zone
I'll Never Let You Go
Soft Rain
White Dancing Elephants
Billy
Flight of the Goose: a Story of the Far North
Rain of Gold
Odell's Fall
The Man in My Basement
Seeds of Deception
This Time Will Be Different
Black Cake
Promise

Need to add "When Race Trumps Merit by Heather MacDonald

The whole concept of this list is straight up racist. If it's not ok to be racist towards blacks, hispanics, asians, etc. Then it's not ok to be racist towards whites. The creators and supporters of this list need to look into the mirror.

no, this list is for racial ideologues, not white people...

Athens wrote: "It is a real disappointment that Goodreads does allow racist statements to be made, in this case against people who are "white"."

Here is a list of books you should read to educate yourself based on the colour of your SKIN. How is that not racist? Indeed, very disappointing.

Just imagine if there was a list, "books that black people need to read"

I'm white, I'm proud to be white. I will NOT apologize to anyone for being white. I will not read books because YOU say I SHOULD read them.

I'd like to point out that the existence of this list is racist.

Guy wrote: "I'd like to point out that the existence of this list is racist."

I commented on that awhile back. I contacted GR support in July 2023. This was their response.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We're reviewing the content you reported and will take appropriate action. Thank you for being a Goodreads member.

-- The Goodreads Team