Every year I get everyone in my family a book for Christmas! My partner’s step-dad is a racist, sexist, classist guy. Does anyone have any book suggestions that might help educate him without being like, overtly about race/feminism? Preferably fiction.
Thanks!
by Casserole5286
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One of the best-selling books of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I’m curious, do folks like that actually make empathic connections when they read?
Boys life
i’m having trouble thinking of a book subtle enough that will still make the desired impact. maybe pet by akwaeke emezi? long way down by jason reynolds? squire by nadia shammas and sara alfageeh? i wouldn’t say these books are particularly subtle, but i think their themes are at least not made super clear in the beginning, so hopefully your father would get invested in the story and continue reading despite the themes as they appear. these are all young adult, which is probably not ideal, but i think they would appeal to adults as well.
How I Learned to Hate in Ohio by David Stuart McLean is a pretty introductory level fiction book about a white boy confronting racism for the first time
White Fragility 🙃
What kind of books does he like in general?