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Books mentioned in this episode:
Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race - Reni Eddo-Lodge
The Vanishing Half - Brit Bennett 
The Mothers - Brit Bennett
The Source of Self-Regard - Toni Morrison
Red at the Bone - Jacqueline Woodson
The Fish Girl - Mirandi Riwoe
This Lovely City - Louise Hare
Small Island - Andrea Levy
Here Comes the Sun - Nicole Dennis-Benn
The Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
Washington Black - Esi Edugyan
How to be an Anti-racist - Ibram X. Kendi
From Scratch - Tembi Locke
Beloved - Toni Morrison

Links mentioned:Ibram Kendi TED talk - https://www.ted.com/talks/ibram_x_kendi_the_difference_between_being_not_racist_and_antiracist?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare
Literary Friction Reni Eddo-Lodge episode - https://soundcloud.com/literaryfriction/race-2020Toni Morrison's Beloved Book Club - https://www.facebook.com/groups/therereadingclub/
Christine's Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/storycraftnl/

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