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LAYLA F. SAAD

Become A Good Ancestor.


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Layla Saad is an author, speaker & teacher on the topics of race, identity, leadership, personal transformation & social change.

Layla is the new york times and Sunday Times bestselling author of the ground-breaking book Me and White Supremacy (2020), the host of Good Ancestor Podcast, and the founder of the Good Ancestor Book Club.

As a widely read writer, a globally sought speaker, and a popular podcast host, Layla is passionate about creating Inspiration, Education & Activation for personal and collective change in the world. Layla’s work is driven by a powerful desire to become a good ancestor; to live and work in ways that leave a legacy of healing and liberation, especially for black girls and black women.

Layla is unapologetically confronting the oppressive systems of white supremacy and patriarchy, while offering important teachings and tools for transforming consciousness, cultivating personal anti-racism practice and taking responsibility for our individual and collective healing.


Me and White Supremacy

The Young Reader’s edition is now available to pre-order!

How do we give young people the tools they need to actively dismantle racism and create a better world for everyone?

From the author of the groundbreaking NEW YORK TIMES and SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, Me and White Supremacy, Layla Saad's young readers' edition is a timely, crucial, and empowering guide for today's youth on how to be antiracist change makers.

Me and White Supremacy has reached so many adults in their journeys to become better ancestors. This edition aims to teach readers how to explore and understand racism and white supremacy and how young readers can do their part to help change the world. Covering topics such as white privilege, white fragility, racist stereotypes, cultural appropriation, and more, Layla Saad has developed a brilliant introduction and deep dive that is sure to become a standard in antiracist education.

"To shape God
With wisdom and foresight,
To benefit your world,
Your people,
Your life,
Consider consequences,
Minimize harm
Ask questions,
Seek answers,
Learn,
Teach.

- octavia butler

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Good Ancestor Podcast

Conversations with change-makers & culture-shapers

"Being a black woman writer is not a shallow place but
a rich place to write from. It doesn't limit my imagination;
it expands it."

- Toni Morrison

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Letters From Layla

WEEKLY LETTERS FROM LAYLA ON RACE, IDENTITY, LEADERSHIP, PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION, SOCIAL CHANGE, HOPE, AND BEING A GOOD ANCESTOR