Tim Wise

Dispatches from the Race War (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Essays on racial flashpoints, white denial, violence, and the manipulation of racial fears in America today.

Focusing on race in America from the Obama years to the current Trump era, the pieces in this collection of short essays speak to the ways in which racism and racial inequity have continued to embroil the nation despite hopes that America had become "post-racial" with the election of its first black president.

At a time of social, cultural, demographic transformation, and growing inequality, which pits white folks against people of color, it is more important than ever to offer a comprehensive examination of the nation's racial conflict. This essay collection speaks to recurring racial themes in US society, like white denial and fragility, inadequate historical memory, and the manipulation of racial fears by politicians, helping readers to better understand the challenges we face in years to come. And, by exploring some of the movement-building and educational strategies we can deploy to address the current crisis, readers will gain a sense of hope that perhaps there is still time to salvage multiracial democracy.

All the racial flashpoints of the past decade are covered here: the election of Barack Obama and the backlash to that election, the killing of Trayvon Martin and the uprising of the Black Lives Matter movement, Colin Kaepernick's bold move to kneel for the Pledge of Allegiance, the rise of Trumpism and anti-immigrant sentiment, and Charlottesville and the growth of white nationalist terrorism.

The book is divided into six sections. The first set of essays covers the period of Barack Obama's presidency, while the second set explores Trumpism and its corrosive effect on the racial climate in America. The third set of essays, which spans the entire frame covered by the book, looks at the theme of white denial and fragility and responds to common deflections used by white folks (on the right and left alike) to avoid discussing race and racism. The fourth set examines historical memory and the dangers of misremembered (or never learned) historical truths about race in America. The fifth set of essays responds directly to common right-wing arguments about race in America and serves as a "debunking" chapter. Finally, the sixth set of essays explores directions for progressive movements and educators: how should we be thinking about race, movement building, elections, schools and community, and what are the tactical decisions we need to make to preserve multiracial pluralism?

The book will feature an introduction framing 45 short previously published essays (some of them updated to reflect newer data or slightly stronger analysis) and at least one new essay in the final section.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: City Lights Publishers
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780872868373
• Artikelnr.: 59221631

Autorenporträt

Tim Wise, whom scholar and philosopher Cornel West calls, "A vanilla brother in the tradition of (abolitionist) John Brown," is among the nation's most prominent antiracist essayists and educators. He has spent the past 25 years speaking to audiences throughout North America, on over 1000 college and high school campuses, at hundreds of conferences, and to community groups across the nation about methods for dismantling racism.

Wise's antiracism work traces back to his days as a college activist in the 1980s, fighting for divestment from (and economic sanctions against) apartheid South Africa. After graduation, he threw himself into social justice efforts full-time, as a Youth Coordinator and Associate Director of the Louisiana Coalition Against Racism and Nazism: the largest of the many groups organized in the early 1990s to defeat the political candidacies of white supremacist and former Ku Klux Klan leader David Duke. From there, he became a community organizer in New Orleans' public housing, and a policy analyst for a children's advocacy group focused on combatting poverty and economic inequity. He has served as an adjunct professor at the Smith College School of Social Work, in Northampton, MA., and from 1999-2003 was an advisor to the Fisk University Race Relations Institute in Nashville, TN.

Wise is the author of seven previous books, including Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority, Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America and has been featured in several documentaries, including "The Great White Hoax: Donald Trump and the Politics of Race and Class in America," and "White Like Me: Race, Racism and White Privilege in America." Wise is one of five persons-including President Barack Obama-interviewed for a video exhibition on race relations in America, featured at the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC.

His media presence includes dozens of appearances on CNN, MSNBC and NPR, feature interviews on ABC's 20/20 and CBS's 48 Hours, as well as videos posted on YouTube, Facebook and other social media platforms that have received over 20 million views. His podcast, "Speak Out with Tim Wise," features bi-weekly interviews with activists, scholars and artists about movement building and strategies for social change.