Emmy Award winner W. Kamau Bell and bestselling author Kate Schatz visit The Stacks to discuss their joint effort Do the Work!: An Antiracist Activity Book. They break down how the process of co-writing, how they decided to write for white audiences, and explain why we need an adult activity book for antiracism in the first place. We also ask, what do we do when we mess up; what makes a good apology?
The Stacks Book Club selection for August is How to Write an Autobiographical Novel by Alexander Chee. We will discuss the book on August 31st with Ingrid Rojas Contreras.
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Everything we talk about on today’s episode can be found below in the show notes. You can also find everything we talked about on Amazon.
- Do the Work by W. Kamau Bell and Kate Schatz
- United Shades of America (CNN)
- We Need to Talk About Cosby (Showtime)
- Rad Women Book Series by Kate Schatz
- “Unabridged: Bubbles with Tia Williams” (The Stacks)
- Highlights For Children
- The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
- Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
- Little Fires Everywhere (Hulu)
- Alicia Garza
- Professor Nikki Jones
- UC Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
- The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell by W. Kamau Bell
- N. K. Jemisin
- Hugo Award
- Solidarity Sundays
- “Ep. 219 Genre Redlining with Leila Mottley” (The Stacks)
- Nightcrawling by Leila Mottley
- Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA)
- “Ep. 211 A Radical Shift with Julie Otsuka” (The Stacks)
- Oakland School for the Arts (Oakland, CA)
- “Ep. 226 A Literal Relationship with the Past with Ingrid Rojas Contreras” (The Stacks)
- Trial of Derek Chauvin
- Kelly Rafferty
- Rebus Puzzle
- Dian Holton
- Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood (PBS Kids)
- “Happy Birthday! Have some racism from Elmwood Cafe!” (W. Kamau Bell)
- Martha Burk
- Powell’s Books (Portland, OR)
- Third Eye Books (Portland, OR)
- AARP
- Top Ramen
- Itani Ramen (Oakland, CA)
- John Coltrane
- Nina Simone
- Lofi Jazz Channels on Youtube
- Lofi Hiphop Channels on Youtube
- See’s Candies
- Sesame Street (PBS Kids)
- “The Short Stacks 23: Tressie McMillan Cottom//Thick” (The Stacks)
- “Ep. 132 Coffee & Books with Marc Lamont Hill” (The Stacks)
- Jelani Cobb
- Uphill by Jemele Hill
- Sir David Attenborough
- Barack Obama
- Lupita Nyong’o
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
- So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
- How to Read Now by Elaine Castillo
- America is Not the Heart by Elaine Castillo
- My Grandmother’s Hands by Resmaa Menakem
- The Quaking of America by Resmaa Menakem
- The Black Panther Party by David F. Walker
- Ericka Huggins
- Mississippi Goddamn Live by Nina Simone
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