On my bookshelf: Vicci Livingstone-Thompson

Vicci is Chief Executive Officer of Inclusion Gloucestershire. In this edition of Inclusivity Matters, Vicci shares her top five thought-provoking reads.

1 - Bloody Brilliant Women: The Pioneers, Revolutionaries and Geniuses Your History Teacher Forgot to Mention by Cathy Newman

“Shining a spotlight on women from across the centuries and cultures who have played a part in changing the world. Some are well known, others you may never have heard of.”

2 - The Spirit Level – Why Equality Is Better For Everyone by Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett.

“Uses real case studies and examples to look from an objective standpoint at why equality benefits all of society, not just those who are often marginalised.”

3 - My Little Black Book: A Blacktionary: The pocket guide to the language of race by Maggie Semple and Jane Oremosu.

“A quick language guide.”

4 - White Tears/brown Scars - How White Feminism Betrays Women of Colour By Ruby Hamad.

“About sexism and racism, including how white women can use their privilege whilst black women are at the intersection of race and gender.”

5 - Jews Don't Count - How Identity Politics Failed One Particular Identity by David Baddiel.

“About the racism that Jewish people experience and how this is compounded by it often being seen, including in anti-racism circles, as ‘not real racism’.”