After six years of public work and conversation, including a podcast launched in 2020, K.A. Gilmore releases Nobody Told Me I Am Black: Setting the Stage, the first book in a three part series that confronts racism directly and demands honesty.
What began as real time dialogue about race, responsibility, and everyday silence has evolved into a structured examination of how racism operates through comfort, proximity, and inaction. This work does not chase headlines or react to trends. It examines racism as a system sustained not only by overt acts, but by the decisions people make in ordinary moments.
Written in a direct, conversational voice, the book weaves story and data without separating the two. It challenges readers to consider where they stand, what they tolerate, and what participation actually requires.
Systems do not change on their own. People do. At some point, the face of change becomes yours.
Not sure where to begin your journey? Start here.
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Early Readers Have This to Say About Book One!
The Race Card
FEELS CONVERSATIONAL
I really like the choice to use a conversational tone and not make it ‘proper’ prose English. It feels natural and correct. Don’t let anyone sway you from this.
– Jessica S, Writer
The Race Card
SO MANY QUESTIONS
You’re making me think, damn you! It just raises questions in my mind as to how and why.
– Lin M, Ret. CFO Healthcare
The Race Card
RACIAL TEMPERATURE
I better appreciate the energy that is constantly expended on evaluating
the racial temperature of a room… Because of what you wrote! Thank you!
– Terri F, Witness to School Desegregation
Racism in the Ranks
U.S.A.F. PROMOTIONS FOR BLACKS
Even entering the Air Force in the late ’70s, it was another four years before I saw another Black Master Sargent (E-8), and other several years before he saw a Senior Master Sargent (E-9).
– Oliver N, Ret. Master Sargent, Air Force
All American City
WHITE CITY
Spokane is a white, white city. The stats you included back up much of what I was already aware of about Spokane.
Michael P, Long-Time Spokane Native
Happily Never After
INTERRACIAL DATING & MARRIAGE
I really like the stories you tell about yourself and then back it with statistics. The marriage and dating experiences you had resonate with all women is some way or another.
– MK H, Therapist, LICSW
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