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Interfaith Council for Peace & Justice � Blog Archive � Racial and Economic Justice- Suggested Reading:
Understanding racial and economic inequality within our country can amount to a seemingly daunting and exhaustive task. Racism permeates the individual attitudes and behavior of people, but even more seriously, it infiltrates public systems, institutions, and culture. The books listed below explore the issues of racial and economic inequality, while providing some solutions to aid in the fight for justice.

Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Social Justice by Paul Kivel

Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? by Beverly Daniel Tatum (also available in our library)

Inequality Matters: The Growing Economic Divide in America and its Poisonous Consequences by Tamara Draut et al.

Economic Apartheid in America: A Primer on Economic Inequality and Insecurity by Chuck Collins

Class Matters: Cross-Class Alliance Building for Middle-Class Activists by Betsy Leondar-Wright

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America by Barbara Ehrenreich
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