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Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor

by Layla F. Saad

2020•EN
About the book

Layla F. Saad presents a twenty-eight-day guide designed to help readers identify how they personally uphold racial hierarchy. The book functions as a structured workbook, utilizing daily writing prompts to examine specific behaviors such as white fragility, tone policing, and anti-Blackness. Saad introduces the framework of "white supremacy" not as a fringe hate group ideology, but as a systemic social condition that individuals instinctively internalize. Readers analyze their own participation in white silence and spiritual bypassing, documenting their complicity through honest self-reflection and private journaling.

This manual targets people who hold white privilege and seek to move beyond performative allyship toward meaningful social change. It attracts readers who want a practical toolkit for dismantling internal biases rather than a theoretical history of systemic injustice. Upon finishing the month-long process, readers gain a clearer understanding of their personal accountability and the specific actions required to stop harming people of color. The ultimate goal is for the reader to provide a more equitable environment for future generations by becoming a responsible ancestor.

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Published
2020
Language
EN

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