Curated Mind
Books and thinkers that shaped my worldview
These books have fundamentally shaped my understanding of oppression, resistance, and liberation. They provide the intellectual foundation for my advocacy work and continue to inform my approach to justice.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Paulo Freire
Foundational text on critical pedagogy and liberation
The New Jim Crow
Michelle Alexander
Devastating analysis of mass incarceration as racial control
Caste
Isabel Wilkerson
Understanding oppression through the lens of caste systems
How to Be an Antiracist
Ibram X. Kendi
Practical framework for active anti-racism
The Wretched of the Earth
Frantz Fanon
Decolonization and the psychology of oppression
Stamped from the Beginning
Ibram X. Kendi
The definitive history of racist ideas in America
Man's Search for Meaning
Viktor Frankl
Finding purpose amid suffering
The Fire Next Time
James Baldwin
Baldwin's prophetic vision for racial justice
Guiding Quotes
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
"The function of freedom is to free someone else."
"Solidarity is not a matter of altruism. Solidarity comes from the inability to tolerate the affront to our own integrity."