Best book for minorities/acceptance subject matter (racism, homophobia etc.)?

Question

Name any that you can think of...

Two that come to mind are:
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
Tales of the City - Armistead Maupin

Answer 1

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee is a common one. Others I can think of are The God of Small Things by Arunduthi Roy, All She Wanted by Aphrodite Jones (This is what the movie Boys don't cry was based on), White Teeth by Zadie Smith and The Power of One by Bryce Courteney. These cover a variety of literary tastes from more popular fiction to deeply disturbing real life stories to classic fiction depending on what you prefer.

Answer 2

"The War Between the Classes" by Gloria D. Miklowitz.

What are Amy and Adam going to do about their love life? Neither Amy's traditionalist Japanese parents nor Adam's snobby, upper-class mother will accept their relationship. To make things worse, Amy and Adam are involved in the "color game" at school, an experiment that's designed to make students aware of class and racial prejudices.

Now the experiment threatens to alienate Amy from her friends and tear her apart from Adam. She knows it's time to rebel against the color game. But will the rest of the class follow her lead?

This is a very good read, both entertaining and educational.

Answer 3

And The Band Played On - Randy Shilts
The Invisible Man - Ralph Ellison
Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
Stone Butch Blues - Leslie Feinberg
The Man Who Would Be King - Rudyard Kipling

Answer 4

Try a little George Orwell, something like Animal Farm or 1984.