Asking for a Friend:
What to read when you've gone down a white supremacy rabbit hole

All the big ideas, simply explained - an innovative and accessible guide to the study of human nature The Psychology Book clearly explains more than 100 groundbreaking ideas in this fascinating field of science.

For readers who: like learning how people's brains work

In an era of misinformation, much of it spread by authority figures, apps and websites, it is difficult to know what is true. The author uses contemporary, ripped-from-the-headlines examples to clearly explain how to identify bad evidence and poor arguments, summarizes the rhetorical tricks people use to mislead, and offers advice about how to deal with people who intentionally misinform.

For readers who: think fake news is everywhere

Provides a guide for recognizing distortions, pseudo-facts, falsehoods, and misinformation, as well as how to distinguish faulty arguments using scientific methods, which are the foundation for critical thinking.

For readers who: think the internet is lying to them

For the past three years, Jon Ronson has been immersing himself in the world of modern-day public shaming--meeting famous shamees, shamers, and bystanders who have been impacted... [a] book about public shaming, and about shaming as a form of social control

For readers who: think cancel culture is the enemy

Contains an overview of the global political and economic change since the turn of the twenty-first century, discussing the rapid developments in technologies that has allowed India and China to become part of a growing supply chain of manufacturing impacting global markets.

For readers who: struggling with the U.S not being financially ahead

[The author's] exposé pulls back the curtain on modern racial and political extremism in America telling the . . . account of three women immersed in the white nationalist movement.

For readers who: identify as a woman but think feminism is a problem

An examination of the history of the author's family and its ties to white supremacist movements.

For readers who: have family members who have white-supremacist views

Looks at the change of the heart and mind of white supremacist, Derek Black whose father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet, and his godfather David Duke, a KKK Grand Wizard.

For readers who: need to see someone else come back from the edge

A collection of photographs, documents, and eyewitness testimonies of the Holocaust that are on display at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C.

For readers who: need to what devastation their 'joke' can turn into

At home and in government, contemporary America finds itself riven by a culture war in which aggression and defensiveness alike are on the rise. It is not alone. In such partisan conditions, how can humans best approach one another across our differences? Taking the study of whiteness and white supremacy as a guiding light, [the author] explores a series of real encounters with friends and strangers--each disrupting the false comfort of spaces where our public and private lives intersect, like the airport, the theatre, the dinner party and the voting booth--and urges us to enter into the conversations which could offer the only humane pathways through this moment of division.

For readers who: are ready to have a courageous conversation

A history of racist and antiracist ideas in America, from their roots in Europe until today, adapted from the National Book Award winner Stamped from the Beginning.

For readers who: are willing to do better