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White Rage

the Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
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Dec 11, 2023Eratatosk rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Elegant, concise, readable, and infuriating survey of some of the ways white rage against Blacks has driven this nation since before we were a nation. Short enough to read in a few hours; dense enough to haunt me. I really wish all these…
Jan 06, 2023
For those who want to follow racism AND the money, I recommend the enlightening book "The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism" by Edward E. Baptist, available from CML.
Oct 19, 2020
(Actually listening to the audiobook. :))
Jun 04, 2020kmcdouall rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Anderson provides a crucial analysis of the pattern of African American progress being met by forces of reaction. This is a great source for those who need to learn about the ongoing history of repression and atrocity against Black people…
Jan 27, 2020
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Oct 08, 201950reader65 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Read, wake up and smell the continual racism!
Jul 17, 2019OPL_DavidD rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A good look at the history of racism in the United States, and how white resentment of black ambition and progress has been what has fueled a lot of it's development. It's fascinating to see the legal history of how many states self…
Jan 01, 2019kennethcalvin rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
White Rage should be mandatory reading for every American citizen in order for them to gain a comprehensive understanding of the most shameful and permanently devastating chapter of this country's history.
Jun 13, 2018PimaLib_MatthewL rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
White Rage traces white resistance to civil rights over the years since the 13th Amendment and the abolition of Slavery. From the terror of lynchings post-Reconstruction, to Black Codes and Jim Crow, to the fight against voting rights and…
Apr 01, 2018Eosos rated this title 2 out of 5 stars
This was a broad strokes look at racism in the government and legal system from the Civil War to the present. It mostly focuses on legal cases but very little on a continuing narrative, other than racism. It could possibly be a good choice…
Sep 23, 2017Persnickety77 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Very succinct, clear, and well-written account of how white Americans have dragged black Americans back 5 steps for every 1 step of progress they make in our society. Until America is teaching this history of oppression and hate to all our…
Sep 10, 2017lukasevansherman rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
I suppose the one upside of Hurricane Trump is that the illusion of racial harmony or a post-racial America has been destroyed. In its wake, there have been many books trying to make sense of the fractured, anti-fact era we're living in.…
Feb 18, 2017
Another well written, thought provoking book about white racism. Being Canadian, and a minority I see racism every day, practiced by people of many colours, races, religions, and social groups. More thought should be brought to bear on…
Dec 26, 2016taylj9 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Dr. Anderson makes some very strong arguments about the problem race has played in our nation's history starting with the Civil War and moving forward to present day. She does a wonderful job explaining how racism is a mechanism that…
Dec 16, 2016JohnHy rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
This book had a dramatic negative impact on my perception of the USA as a leader of social change in the world. I was almost nauseated by the way the laws were and still are being manipulated in favour of the ruling class and whites. The…
Oct 19, 2016WCLSNorthForkLibrary rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A concisely written, very digestible read for anyone interested in expanding their knowledge about race relations in the United States. Highly recommended. ~Alexa
Jul 17, 2016voisjoe1_0 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
I noticed that a slew of right-wingers have given the book a 1 star rating on the Amazon.com website in the hopes that they can bring the average rating down so people will not be encouraged to read it. Basically, the book describes…
Jun 17, 2016
Good coverage of the techniques at law and politics which White America has used to sabotage Black advancement. Lacks coverage of the emotional content of White resistance to Black equality -- where does this emotion come from? Just…
May 29, 2016
Reducing everything to that single category - - racism - - obscures far too much, as capitalism and racism are most decidedly interlocked and interlinked. Unfortunately, this is the common behavior, or pattern, with academics, and whether…