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鈥溾榊ou cannot fix a problem you do not know you have.鈥 So begins Emmanuel Acho in his essential guide to the truths Americans need to know to address the systemic racism that has鈥
鈥淭en years ago, Samantha Allen was a suit-and-tie-wearing Mormon missionary who cited the Bible to denounce homosexuality. Now she鈥檚 a senior Daily Beast reporter happily married鈥
鈥淧op culture stereotypes, shopping frustrations, fat jokes, and misconceptions about health are all ways society systemically rejects large bodies. This is a collection of鈥
鈥淚n Happy Fat, comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgement and discrimination are鈥
鈥淎nti-fatness is everywhere. In What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat, Aubrey Gordon unearths the cultural attitudes and social systems that have led to people being鈥
鈥淥ne of the most influential disability rights activists in US history tells her personal story of fighting for the right to receive an education, have a job, and just be human. A鈥
鈥淚n these eight piercing explorations on beauty, media, money, and more, Tressie McMillan Cottom - award-winning professor and acclaimed author of Lower Ed - embraces her鈥
鈥溾楾he only way to undo racism is to consistently identify and describe it -- and then dismantle it.鈥 Ibram X. Kendi鈥檚 concept of antiracism reenergizes and reshapes the鈥
鈥淛eff Mann鈥檚 newest collection of personal essays speaks out against homophobia and the outdated ideas of masculinity demanded by life in Appalachia and the American South.鈥 --鈥
鈥淭he received idea of Native American history -- as promulgated by books like Dee Brown鈥檚 1970 mega-bestselling Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee -- has been that American Indian鈥