George Yancy

Backlash (eBook, ePUB)

What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

When George Yancy penned a New York Times op-ed entitled "Dear White America" asking white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism, he knew his article would be controversial. But he was unprepared for the flood of vitriol in response. The resulting blowback played out in the national media, with critics attacking Yancy in every form possible-including death threats-and supporters rallying to his side. Despite the rhetoric of a "post-race" America, Yancy quickly discovered that racism is still alive, crude, and vicious in its expression. In Backlash, Yancy expands upon the original article and chronicles the ensuing controversy as he seeks to understand what it was about the op-ed that created so much rage among so many white readers. He challenges white Americans to rise above the vitriol and to develop a new empathy for the African American experience.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781538104064
• Artikelnr.: 56819001

Autorenporträt

By George Yancy - Foreword by Cornel West

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: The End of White Innocence Acknowledgments Introduction: Talking
About Racism: When Honesty Feels Like Too much to Bear Chapter 1: The
Letter: Dear White America Chapter 2: Dear Nigger Professor Chapter 3:
Risking the White Self Chapter 4: Accepting the Gift Notes Index About the
Author