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Backlash : what happens when we talk honestly about racism in America /

"When George Yancy penned a New York Times article entitled "Dear White America," he knew that he was courting controversy. Here, Yancy chronicles the ensuing blowback as he seeks to understand what it was that created so much rage among so many white readers. He challenges white Amer...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yancy, George (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Subjects:
Racism > United States.
Race awareness > United States.
Whites > Race identity > United States.
African Americans > Race identity.
Anti-racism > United States.
African Americans > Attitudes.
Whites > United States > Attitudes.
United States > Race relations.
Anti-racism.
Attitude (Psychology)
Race awareness.
Race relations.
Racism.
Whites > Attitudes.
Whites > Race identity.
United States.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional / African American & Black.
PHILOSOPHY / Political.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination & Race Relations.
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Summary:"When George Yancy penned a New York Times article entitled "Dear White America," he knew that he was courting controversy. Here, Yancy chronicles the ensuing blowback as he seeks to understand what it was that created so much rage among so many white readers. He challenges white Americans to develop a new empathy for the African American experience."--Provided by publisher.
Physical Description:xiv, 147 pages ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-138) and index.
ISBN:9781538104057
1538104059