Overview

Based off the original workbook, Me and White Supremacy teaches listeners how to dismantle the privilege within themselves so that they can stop (often unconsciously) inflicting damage on people of color, and in turn, help other white people do better, too. When Layla Saad began an Instagram challenge called #meandwhitesupremacy, she never predicted it would spread as widely as it did. She encouraged people to own up and share their racist behaviors, big and small. She was looking for truth, and she got it. Thousands of people participated in the challenge, and over 90,000 people downloaded the Me and White Supremacy Workbook. The updated and expanded Me and White Supremacy takes the work deeper by adding more historical and cultural contexts, sharing moving stories and anecdotes, and including expanded definitions, examples, and and further resources. Awareness leads to action, and action leads to change. The numbers show that people are ready to do this work--let's give it to them.

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A rallying call, for those humble enough to answer, to stop and examine how dominant systems shape how white people see themselves, see others, and how they move through the world...Me and White Supremacy summons forth a new type of leadership and accountability that this time so desperately calls for and is the pathway to a greater healing that generations of people and communities so desperately need. -- Latham Thomas, author of Own Your Glow A bracing, highly useful tool for any discussion of combating racism. -- Kirkus Reviews Layla not only engages readers effectively--she hands them the tools they need to change themselves so that they can better the lives of millions of people worldwide. -- Rachel Cargle, activist, writer, and lecturer A timely and thoughtful guide that transforms truth-telling into accessible and actionable change in hearts, minds, and communities worldwide. -- Jamia Wilson, author and publisher of the Feminist Press Layla Saad's Me and White Supremacy is an indispensable resource for white people who want to challenge white supremacy but don't know where to begin. -- Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility Her work is personal, practical, reflective, applicable, difficult, effective, and imperative. -- Glennon Doyle, New York Times bestselling author An expanded, in-depth adaptation of her original workbook, which the author sees as a stepping stone for people who want to fight racism. -- Publishers Weekly America needed this book yesterday. In fact, America has always needed this book. Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice...Buy this book for yourself, your family, your students. Don't put it off, and don't look away. It's time. -- Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling author An important book about taking ownership of racist behavior and making changes that are not easy, convenient, or comfortable...This groundbreaking book should be required reading for people ready to acknowledge their behaviors, whether intentional or not. It will make a strong addition to both public and university libraries where it will equip scholars, activists, and allies with real tools to promote systemic change. -- Library Journal (starred review)

Layla Saad moves her readers from their heads into their hearts, and ultimately, into their practice. We won't end white supremacy through an intellectual understanding alone; we must put that understanding into action. -- Robin DiAngelo, New York Times bestselling author America needed this book yesterday. In fact, America has always needed this book. Layla Saad is one of the most important and valuable teachers we have right now on the subject of white supremacy and racial injustice. With keen intelligence and tireless patience, she is working to remove our collective cultural blind spots and to help--at last--change minds and transform society. I have the deepest respect for her. Buy this book for yourself, your family, your students. Don't put it off, and don't look away. It's time. -- Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling author A rallying call, for those humble enough to answer, to stop and examine how dominant systems shape how white people see themselves, see others, and how they move through the world...Me and White Supremacy summons forth a new type of leadership and accountability that this time so desperately calls for and is the pathway to a greater healing that generations of people and communities so desperately need. -- Latham Thomas, author of Own Your Glow [Saad's] work is personal, practical, reflective, applicable, difficult, effective, and imperative. For the millions of us beginning to know where to begin--where to begin to counteract our ugly history, and where to stand during this historical moment of polarization and hate--Layla answers: Begin with me. Begin with you. -- Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author

""A rallying call, for those humble enough to answer, to stop and examine how dominant systems shape how white people see themselves, see others, and how they move through the world."" -- ""Latham Thomas, author of Own Your Glow"" ""America needed this book yesterday. In fact, America has always needed this book...Don't put it off, and don't look away. It's time."" -- ""Elizabeth Gilbert, #1 New York Times bestselling author"" ""An effective tool for...addressing larger systems of racism and oppression."" -- ""Shelf Awareness (starred review)"" ""An important book about taking ownership of racist behavior and making changes that are not easy, convenient, or comfortable...This groundbreaking book should be required reading."" -- ""Library Journal (starred review)"" ""Her work is personal, practical, reflective, applicable, difficult, effective, and imperative."" -- ""Glennon Doyle, #1 New York Times bestselling author"" ""Must be considered mandatory reading for anyone having to deal with the social injustice arising from racism and bigotry that."" -- ""Midwest Book Review"" ""Smoothly narrating twenty-eight days of journaling prompts...Saad includes personal and historical anecdotes to provide context--which is all the more powerful to hear from the author herself."" -- ""AudioFile"" ""This book is not for the oppressed or the marginalized but rather for those whose privilege, when left unchecked, has harmful consequences."" -- ""Booklist (starred review)"" ""An expanded, in-depth adaptation of her original workbook, which the author sees as a stepping stone for people who want to fight racism."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Layla Saad's Me and White Supremacy is an indispensable resource for white people who want to challenge white supremacy but don't know where to begin."" -- ""Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility"" ""A timely and thoughtful guide that transforms truth-telling into accessible and actionable change in hearts, minds, and communities worldwide."" -- ""Jamia Wilson, author and publisher of the Feminist Press"" ""Layla not only engages readers effectively--she hands them the tools they need to change themselves so that they can better the lives of millions of people worldwide."" -- ""Rachel Cargle, activist, writer, and lecturer"" ""A bracing, highly useful tool for any discussion of combating racism."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews""

Author Information

Layla F. Saad is a writer, speaker, and podcast host on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation, and social change. As an East African, Arab, British, Black, Muslim woman who was born in and grew up in the UK and currently lives in Qatar, Layla has always sat at a unique intersection of identities from which she is able to draw rich and intriguing perspectives. Layla's work is driven by her powerful desire to ""become a good ancestor,"" to live and work in ways that leave a legacy of healing and liberation for those who will come after she is gone. Layla's work has been brought into communities, workplaces, institutions, and events around the world that are seeking to create personal and collective change. Find out more about Layla at LaylaFSaad.com. Layla F. Saad is a writer, speaker, and podcast host on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation, and social change. As an East African, Arab, British, Black, Muslim woman who was born in and grew up in the UK and currently lives in Qatar, Layla has always sat at a unique intersection of identities from which she is able to draw rich and intriguing perspectives. Layla's work is driven by her powerful desire to ""become a good ancestor,"" to live and work in ways that leave a legacy of healing and liberation for those who will come after she is gone. Layla's work has been brought into communities, workplaces, institutions, and events around the world that are seeking to create personal and collective change. Find out more about Layla at LaylaFSaad.com.

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