Books like "Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race

"Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" and other conversations about race by Beverly Daniel Tatum reads as analytical, empathetic. These 12 books share its genome — matched by how they actually read, not just their shelf label.

When angels speak of love

bell hooks · 2007

Same nonfiction feel

62% genome match

Privilege, Power, and Difference

Allan G. Johnson · 2001

Both explore identity

68% genome match

Lives on the boundary

Mike Rose · 1989

Both explore education

66% genome match

In search of sisterhood

Paula J. Giddings · 1988

Both explore race

63% genome match

Down Girl

Kate Manne · 2018

Same nonfiction feel

60% genome match

I don't want to talk about it

Terrence Real · 1997

Same nonfiction feel

58% genome match

A mighty long way

Carlotta Walls LaNier · 2009

Both explore segregation & education

74% genome match

Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race

Reni Eddo-Lodge · 2017

Both explore race & racism

71% genome match

Mujeres, Raza Y Clase (Cuestiones De Antagonismo)

Angela Y. Davis · 1981

Both explore race

53% genome match

Afrikan woman, the original guardian angel

Ishakamusa Barashango · 1989

Both explore identity

57% genome match

The mis-education of the Negro

Carter Godwin Woodson · 1933

Both explore education & race

70% genome match

The Color of Law

Richard Rothstein · 2017

Both explore segregation & race

69% genome match