On this episode of The People’s Mic, we sit down with Dr. Lydia Huerta from UNR’s Gender, Race, and Identity program to talk about how to take productive action in these polarizing times.

Reading List

How Race Is Made in America: Immigration, Citizenship, and the Historical Power of Racial Scripts by Natalia Molina 

Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America by Ibram X Kendi  

Our History Is the Future In Our History Is the Future, Nick Estes  

From #BlackLivesMatter to Black liberation / Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor 

All About Love: New Visions by Bell Hooks 

Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper 

Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements by Charlene Carruthers 

So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo  

White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo  

The Undocumented Americans  by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio