Me and White Supremacy
"Me and White Supremacy" by Layla F. Saad is a powerful book that began as a month-long Instagram challenge in 2018 and quickly evolved into a global movement. The book, a New York Times, USA Today, and Amazon bestseller, is designed as a 28-day challenge that guides readers through self-reflection on their white privilege and the ways they may unknowingly perpetuate white supremacy. It provides readers, especially white people, with a structured approach to examine their biases, explore the cultural and historical contexts of racism, and engage in meaningful action toward dismantling these systems. By offering journal prompts, stories, and resources, Saad encourages personal accountability and transformation, urging readers to not only understand racism intellectually but to take tangible steps towards racial justice and become active participants in creating a more equitable world. This book serves as an essential resource for individuals, book clubs, and families seeking to deepen their understanding of race, improve race relations, and engage in activism. It is especially useful for those familiar with works like "White Fragility" and "How to Be an Anti-Racist," aiming to inspire lasting change through awareness and action.
Buy the Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Me-White-Supremacy-Combat-Ancestor/dp/1728209803
Me and White Supremacy - A Virtual Pilgrimage with Rev. John Borthwick
John share this personal journey with you. This is not intended to be performative but to bring attention to and encourage others who carry white privilege to "do the work"
About Layla Saad
Layla F. Saad is a New York Times and Sunday Times bestselling author, anti-racism educator, international speaker, and podcast host on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation and social change.
She is the author of the ground-breaking Me and White Supremacy (2020), an anti-racism education workbook that was initially offered for free in an Instagram challenge and in a self-published digital workbook in 2018 (downloaded by 100,000 people in the space of six months). Me and White Supremacy debuted on the New York Times and USA Today bestsellers lists. It is also an Amazon, Wall Street Journal, Indie, and Pacific Northwest bestseller.
Layla is an East African, Arab, British, Black, Muslim woman who was born and grew up in the West, and lives in Middle East. Layla has always sat at a unique intersection of identities from which she is able to draw rich and intriguing perspectives. Her 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 has been featured in ELLE, PAPER, BBC News, BBC Radio 4, PBS, Glamour UK, MarieClaire UK, Cosmopolitan UK, Refinery29 UK, The Irish Times, Stylist, goop, NowThis News, Jezebel, Psychology Today, Forbes and many more. Her work has been brought into homes, educational institutions and workplaces around the world that are seeking to create personal and collective change. Layla lives in Doha, Qatar with her husband, Sam, and two children, Maya and Mohamed.