Systemic Racism 101: A Visual History of the Impact of Racism in America

By Living Cities and Aminah Pilgrim

Book Overview

Discover how--and why--Black, Indigenous, and people of color in America experience societal, economic, and infrastructural inequality throughout history covering everything from Columbus's arrival in 1492 to the War on Drugs to the Black Lives Matter movement.

From reparations to the prison industrial complex and redlining, there are a lot of high-level concepts to systemic racism that are hard to digest. At a time where everyone is inundated with information on structural racism, it can be hard to know where to start or how to visualize the disenfranchisement of BIPOC Americans.

In Systemic Racism 101, you will find infographic spreads alongside explanatory text to help you visualize and truly understand societal, economic, and structural racism--along with what we can do to change it. Starting from the discovery of America in 1492, through the Civil Rights movement, all the way to the criminal justice reform today, this book has everything you need to know about the continued fight for equality.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1507216491
• ISBN13: 9781507216491
• Release Date: January 2022
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.9" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Best and Simplest Explanation

This has been one of my favorite books about racism and how it's interwoven with the US laws, government, founding, and continues to this day. And to top it off, it's low level difficulty to read with charts and infographs! Making this the perfect book for those who don't use traditional public or private schools to educate in middle-high school age kids. I also like how it went chronically with more intention than I noticed in other versions I've read (The New Jim Crow, Color of Law, etc). This is the low level introduction that everyone needs to read to even begin to understand the Black experience and existence in the US. It stresses how the systemic part is crucial to understanding what we commonly just referred to as "racism." Racist people and a racist system are different, and I like how this book communicates this fact very clearly. I know that there have been discriminations against me that I've experienced, and my family. But to try to imagine that on an even bigger scale... This book helped me to do that! I will 100% be adding the book to my physical library. 10/10 recommend