At Uberflip we are committed to doing our part to stand up to racism, hate, and social injustices. The examples of racism against Black communities in recent weeks have demonstrated the need for change—which starts in our homes, our workplaces, and our communities. 

We encourage you to allocate some of your employee training and education budgets to purchase some of these books, add them to your company libraries, and start discussion groups around them to share what you’re learning and turn it into action within your organization. We’ll be doing the same. 

Must-Read Books:

• So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo

• How To Be An Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi

• White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo

• Biased by Dr. Jennifer Eberhardt

• Waking Up White by Debby Irving

• I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness by
  Austin Channing Brown

• Me and White Supremacy by Layla F. Saad

• The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson

• Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

• Brutal Imagination by Cornelius Eady

Must-Read Articles:

• The Death of George Floyd, In Context by Jelani Cobb of The New Yorker

• Black Male Writers For Our Time by Ayana Mathis in the New York Times

• How to Make This Moment the Turning Point for Real Change by Barack Obama in Medium

• For Our White Friends Desiring to Be Allies by Courney Ariel for Sojourners

• A Timeline of Events That Led to the 2020 ‘Fed Up’-rising by Michael Harriot for The Root

• White Fragility by The Conscious Kid

• My White Friend Asked Me to Explain White Privilege by Lori Lakin Hutcherson for Yes Magazine

• Who Gets to Be Afraid in America by Ibram X. Kendi for The Atlantic 

• The White Space by Elijah Anderson for the American Sociological Association

• How Not To Be An Ally by Dr. Kim Case in Psychology Today

We know this list just scratches the surface, but if you feel like there’s anything essential we’ve missed, please link your suggestions in the comments below.