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Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America | George Yancy
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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 possibleincluding death threatsand 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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Dre43
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A very good book and must read. a good book for every person, every college student, every high school student should read it and really think about what's being said in the book. It's a real eye-opener.

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Backlash spoke to me. I‘m a white ally, a “good liberal”, and not one of those white supremacist racists. However, I am racist because I carry white privilege with me and am complicit in the whole white institution. This book made me really think about our system, and be completely disgusted at the letters Yancy received after his “Dear White America” letter. This short book made me think of ways that I can do better.