December is National Buy a Book by a Black Author and Give It to Somebody Not Black Month, according to Carleen Brice at WelcomeWhiteFolks.blogspot.com. “Your favorite African American authors really, really need your help,” she tells her readers. “You, who they know and trust, can explain to white friends, neighbors, coworkers, classmates that there are books without Ebonics, and that books by black authors are much like any other book.” She suggests books by Martha Southgate, Lori Tharps, Bonnie Glover, Kim Reid, and Pearl Cleage. However, she notes, “white people already know about Toni Morrison, so please choose something else besides A Mercy.”