Moore Jr. ’89 on top book list for learning to be a white ally
White Privilege Conference founder and Cornell College alumnus Eddie Moore Jr. ’89 co-authored one of the books on the ABC’s “Good Morning America” list of eight books on race and privilege to learn how to be a white ally.
“The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys,” by Moore, Ali Michael, and Marguerite Penick-Parks, was chosen because it “helps people understand both the broad diversity and multiplicity of black boys and men in our country, as well as the ways in which they are constantly placed in this black boy or black man box, and that their lives are constrained by that box.”
The list was chosen by three prominent authors on issues of racial injustice amid the George Floyd protests.
Moore was featured in the spring 2020 Cornell Report cover story, “Lives of Meaning.” He is a consultant with America & Moore, founder and program director of The White Privilege Conference and The Privilege Institute, cofounder of the journal Understanding and Dismantling Privilege, and cofounder of Recovery and Moore Podcast.
He founded the White Privilege Conference in 1999 while director of Intercultural Life at Cornell College.
“Remember, it’s a real privilege to be optimistic and not take action,” he told the Cornell Report.
The full list of books recommended by the ABC morning show:
- “White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son” by Tim Wise
- “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” by Carol Anderson
- “The Guide for White Women who Teach Black Boys” by Eddie Moore Jr., Ali Michael, and Marguerite Penick-Parks
- “What White Children Need to Know About Race,” by Ali Michael.
- “White By Law” by Ian Haney López
- “Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice” by Paul Kivel.
- “So You Want to Talk About Race” by Ijeoma Oluo
- “Between the World and Me” by Ta-Nehisi Coates
