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Title: White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial DivideAuthor: Carol Anderson
Published: 2016
Language: English
Pages: 256
Rating: 4/5
Summary:
This takes a look at the time all the way from the Civil War up until our present day, exploring conversations about race and the powerful forces continually throughout history opposing the progress of black people in America.
Review:
This was a very interesting and educational read.
This book succinctly explains the advances the black population of America have made and the continuing and never ending opposition those advances sparked. You see very clearly in this the constant two step forwards, one step back history of black advancement and it makes for depressing but educational reading.
It's a painful book to read but I feel like it's important that it is that way, because that is what this history is, it's difficult to grasp and difficult to look at. It really shows you how ingrained racism is in American history and how deep it goes; it also shows you that it isn't over and a lot of the advancements that are hailed as great progress, often weren't because white people used all the forces in their arsenal to make sure they didn't really work the way they were supposed to.
Definitely a book to make you think and I'd highly recommend it, especially if you maybe feel like you don't have a grasp of the history of black people in America; the book isn't that long and it's pretty easy to read, so it can be a good one to start with.
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