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Backlash

What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America

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Backlash

What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America

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Description

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.

Table of Contents

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

Product details

Published Apr 15 2018
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 168
ISBN 9781538104057
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Dimensions 9 x 6 inches
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

George Yancy

George Yancy is the Samuel Candler Dobbs professor…

Foreword

Cornel West

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