![]() ![]() White Rage develops a pragmatic, yet hopeful look at specific efforts by white supremacists to roll back, mitigate, or otherwise nullify gains made during Reconstruction, the Civil Rights Movement, with a postscript on voting rights.Īnderson begins with a dressing down of Reconstruction: Lincoln’s lukewarm attitude toward African Americans, Johnson’s repeal of land grants and welcoming policy toward confederates are just some of the gems she includes. ![]() Rather than follow the standard line that “African Americans, angered by the police killing of an unarmed black teen, were taking out their frustration in unproductive and predictable ways-rampaging, burning, and looting,” she instead developed an argument that identifies white rage as a focal point for inquiry. ![]() For coursework, 2018… in a sentence: Anderson’s main argument is that paying attention only to the more overt and popularized forms of racism is troublesome making sure we look at more subtle forms is key.Ĭarol Anderson, White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Divide (New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2017).Īnderson’s book developed from an op-ed piece she wrote after Darren Wilson murdered Michael Brown in a hail of bullets in Ferguson, Missouri. ![]()
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