Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad
Me and White Supremacy, Layla F. Saad
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Me and White Supremacy
Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

Bestseller

Author: Layla F. Saad

Narrator: Layla F. Saad

Unabridged: 5 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/28/2020

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included

Synopsis

Based off the original workbook, Me and White Supremacy teaches listeners how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too.When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would spread as widely as it did. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it. Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 90,000 people downloaded the Me and White Supremacy Workbook.The updated and expanded Me and White Supremacy takes the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and and further resources.Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. The numbers show that people are ready to do this work—let’s give it to them.

About Layla F. Saad

Layla F. Saad is a writer, speaker, and podcast host on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation, and social change. As an East African, Arab, British, Black, Muslim woman who was born in and grew up in the UK and currently lives in Qatar, Layla has always sat at a unique intersection of identities from which she is able to draw rich and intriguing perspectives. Layla’s work is driven by her powerful desire to “become a good ancestor,” to live and work in ways that leave a legacy of healing and liberation for those who will come after she is gone. Layla’s work has been brought into communities, workplaces, institutions, and events around the world that are seeking to create personal and collective change. Find out more about Layla at LaylaFSaad.com.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Corrigan on April 25, 2020

I'm not necessarily the target audience of this book since I'm not white, but I wanted to check it out anyway. I'd seen friends doing the challenge on her Instagram, so I had a sense of what this was. I'd highly recommend this for the white liberal who's ready and willing to take a hard and uncomfor......more

Goodreads review by Mark on May 17, 2020

This book just doesn't do what it sets out to do, to me anyway. It's a 28-day workbook aimed at helping white people understand their role in white supremacy. If I were to parse each sentence, I’d probably be down with 99% of them — but I literally know of no one who this book would help to be less......more

Goodreads review by Thomas on January 10, 2022

Excellent primer on white supremacy and what folks, especially white folks, can do to fight it. About halfway through reading this book I thought to myself, hm, hopefully most people already know and practice this content?, then I remembered the white woman and the gay white man, both self-identifie......more

Goodreads review by Malia on September 23, 2020

As a whole, Me and the White Supremacy is a thought provoking book, and the questions it presents worthy of contemplation. I did have some issues with it for similar reasons I had problems with White Fragility, though Layla Saad writes from the perspective of a Woman of Color, and is thus entitled t......more

Goodreads review by Justin on July 01, 2020

For a book that so strongly and repeatedly rails against gaslighting, Me and White Supremacy sure does a lot of it. You may not think you do anything to harm and degrade people of color (POC), but you do. You may not think you consider yourself better than POC, but you do. It doesn't matter if every......more

Quotes

“Her work is personal, practical, reflective, applicable, difficult, effective, and imperative.” Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“America needed this book yesterday. In fact, America has always needed this book…Don’t put it off, and don’t look away. It’s time.” Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“An effective tool for…addressing larger systems of racism and oppression.” Shelf Awareness (starred review)

“Smoothly narrating twenty-eight days of journaling prompts, Saad includes specific examples and reasons why listeners need to examine them. Listeners must be ready to engage with each topic by pausing to write out responses, not just passively listening. Saad includes personal and historical anecdotes to provide context—which is all the more powerful to hear from the author herself.” AudioFile

“An important book about taking ownership of racist behavior and making changes that are not easy, convenient, or comfortable…This groundbreaking book should be required reading.” Library Journal (starred review)

“Must be considered mandatory reading for anyone having to deal with the social injustice arising from racism and bigotry that.” Midwest Book Review

“This book is not for the oppressed or the marginalized but rather for those whose privilege, when left unchecked, has harmful consequences.” Booklist (starred review)

“An expanded, in-depth adaptation of her original workbook, which the author sees as a stepping stone for people who want to fight racism.” Publishers Weekly

“A bracing, highly useful tool for any discussion of combating racism.” Kirkus Reviews

“A timely and thoughtful guide that transforms truth-telling into accessible and actionable change in hearts, minds, and communities worldwide.” Jamia Wilson, author and publisher of the Feminist Press

Awards

  • New York Times bestseller
  • BookRiot Pick
  • Booklist Pick
  • Indiebound Indie bestseller
  • A USA Today bestseller
  • Goop Pick
  • BuzzFeed Books Pick
  • New York Times Bestseller in Audio
  • Voice Arts Award
  • Libro.FM Pick
  • Shelf Awareness Best Books of the Year
  • Audible.com Best of the Year
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