
Titles in This Set
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood
Details
Condition: Brand New
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin, Frances Lincoln Children's Books, John Murray
Overview
This three-book paperback collection gathers three of the most talked-about voices in the modern conversation on race and identity. Robin DiAngelo's White Fragility unpacks why conversations about racism so often stall, while Tiffany Jewell's This Book Is Anti-Racist turns big ideas into twenty actionable lessons for readers ready to do the work. Trevor Noah's Born a Crime rounds out the set with a warm, funny, and unflinching memoir of growing up under apartheid. Together, these titles move from theory to lived experience, making this bundle a thoughtful pick for personal reading, book clubs, or classroom discussion.
About the Books
Each title in this collection approaches racial justice from a distinct angle. White Fragility examines the defensive reactions many white readers have when race comes up, arguing that leaning into discomfort is the first step toward real change, and it has become a touchstone text for workplace trainings, classrooms, and reading groups. This Book Is Anti-Racist takes a hands-on approach, offering twenty short, digestible lessons that blend history, identity, and action steps, illustrated throughout to keep readers engaged as they build a personal anti-racist practice at home or in the classroom. Born a Crime closes the set with narrative memoir rather than instruction: Trevor Noah recounts his childhood in South Africa as the mixed-race son of a Black mother and white father, at a time when his very existence was illegal under apartheid law, balancing laugh-out-loud stories with sobering reflections on race, poverty, and family. Read individually or as a trio, these three paperbacks trace a path from recognizing bias, to taking concrete anti-racist action, to understanding lived experience under a racist system firsthand. The set suits adult readers, book clubs, educators, and older teens exploring questions of privilege, history, and belonging, and each book stands strongly on its own if a reader wants to start with just one before working through the rest of the collection at their own pace.
Key Benefits
Book-by-Book Guide
White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism — Robin DiAngelo examines the defensiveness that often shuts down honest conversations about race and offers a framework for engaging with discomfort instead of avoiding it.
This Book Is Anti-Racist: 20 Lessons on How to Wake Up, Take Action, and Do the Work — Tiffany Jewell, with illustrations by Aurelia Durand, breaks anti-racist practice into twenty short, actionable lessons aimed at readers ready to move from awareness to action.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood — Trevor Noah recounts his childhood as a mixed-race boy in apartheid-era South Africa, blending comedy and hard truths into a widely praised memoir.
About the Authors
Robin DiAngelo is an academic and author known for her writing on whiteness and racial equity, drawing on years of work as a diversity trainer. Tiffany Jewell is a Black, mixed-race educator and writer whose work focuses on antibias and antiracist teaching, working alongside illustrator Aurelia Durand on this title. Trevor Noah is a South African comedian, writer, and former host of The Daily Show, whose memoir draws on his own upbringing in Johannesburg during and after apartheid.
Why You'll Love This Collection
Three powerful, brand-new paperbacks in one set—perfect for book clubs, classroom libraries, or a thoughtful gift for a graduation, birthday, or holiday season. Whether you read them together or one at a time, this collection offers analysis, action, and story in equal measure.
Please Note: This is the UK edition with the ISBN as listed; the cover may vary slightly from the image shown.
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