Ethnic Studies Books by BIPOC Authors
Ethnic Studies books that focus on race relations, ethnic identity, sexuality, or gender from an intersectional, humanistic, social-scientific, and social-justice lens.
- Ethnic Studies, History, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2023
From acclaimed columnist and political commentator Michael Harriot, a searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black...
- by Shimrit Lee
- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2022
Behold the sleazy logic of museums: plunder dressed up as charity, conservation, and care. The idealized Western museum, as typified by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the British Museum, and...
- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2022
A breakdown of the economic and social injustices facing Black people and other marginalized citizens inspired by political activist Kimberly Jones’ viral video, “How Can We Win.” “So if I...
- Culture and Heritage, Ethnic Studies, History, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2021
An accessible and educational illustrated book profiling 50 notable American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian people, from NBA star Kyrie Irving of the Standing Rock Lakota to Wilma Mankiller,...
- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction, Race and Ethnic Relations
- Publication Year: 2020
10 Year Anniversary Edition Named one of the most important nonfiction books of the 21st century by Entertainment Weekly‚ Slate‚ Chronicle of Higher Education‚ Literary Hub, Book Riot‚ and Zora...
- Ethnic Studies, History, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2019
In 1823, as the first American missionaries arrived in Hawai’i, the archipelago was experiencing a profound transformation in its rule, as oral law that had been maintained for hundreds of...
- by Ayaz Virji
- Ethnic Studies, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2019
A powerful true story about a Muslim doctor’s service to small-town America and the hope of overcoming our country’s climate of hostility and fear. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS...
- Activism and Social Justice, Ethnic Studies, Memoir, Memoir and Biography, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2018
Raised by a single mother in an impoverished neighborhood in Los Angeles, Patrisse Khan-Cullors experienced firsthand the prejudice and persecution Black Americans endure at the hands of law enforcement. For...
- by Ijeoma Oluo
- Discrimination and Racism, Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction, Race and Ethnic Relations
- Publication Year: 2018
In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America. Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world....
- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2017
The story of Christine Jorgensen, America’s first prominent transsexual, famously narrated trans embodiment in the postwar era. Her celebrity, however, has obscured other mid-century trans narratives—ones lived by African Americans...
- Ethnic Studies, Nonfiction
- Publication Year: 2009
An eye-opening look at how young Arab- and Muslim-Americans are forging lives for themselves in a country that often mistakes them for the enemy
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Hood Feminism: Notes from the Women That a Movement Forgot
Today’s feminist movement has a glaring blind spot, and paradoxically, it is women. Mainstream feminists rarely talk about meeting basic needs as a feminist issue, argues Mikki Kendall, but food...