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by: Joe R. Feagin, Hernán Vera, Pinar Batur
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 305.800973
EAN: 9780415924610
ISBN: 0415924618
Label: Routledge
Manufacturer: Routledge
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 304
Publication Date: November 17, 2000
Publisher: Routledge
Sales Rank: 643370
Studio: Routledge
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Product Description:
The continuing reality of racism in the United States is exposed in the revised second edition of White Racism. Taking issue with those who claim the significance of racism is declining, the authors focus on a series of notorious racial incidents, including the Rodney King beating, revealing this 'dirty little secret of American life' as a fundamental social practice embedded in cherished cultural and political institutions.
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Rating: - Compelling Narrative with a Loaded Dice
I came across this book from the perspective of an author doing research on smalltown racism for an upcoming novel. While I found the title promising, I found the actual content less promising...
There are really only three cases that are even close to being properly documented in this book--they actually document the background and the apparent causes of the incidents of racism. The bulk of this book consists of (rather subjective) analyses, most of which are incomplete. For example, ... Read More
Rating:  - Racist Garbage
If the Author wanted to speak out against racism, then why not speak about racism in GENERAL and overall look at racism from all races, instead of assuming that only whites have power in the entire world therefor only whites can be racist.... What about China, Japan, South Africa, South America, etc.. where whites hold NO power at all and are discriminated against ten times more than non-whites in the U.S.?
The fact remains that the Author of this book obviously holds anti-white beliefs in ... Read More
Rating:  - A compelling look at Racism within the country
After reading some of the reviews, and finishing this excellent study, it is apparent that the message of this book did not come across to some. Feagin is not picking on "white" (European Americans) people, he is merely pointing out the inequalities that exist within the United States. This book is thorough in proving the experiences of people of color and of European Americans are extremely different. Feagin found police brutality, for example, occurred increasingly more for people of color than for ... Read More
Rating:  - Right idea. Wrong approach.
The authors speak of real problems, but address them ineffectively. By peddling generalizations of the white race, they perpetuate the victim/victimizer dichotomy which divides instead of uniting. Further, the boundary between victim and victimizer is drawn rigidly along racial lines. They fail to recognize that any progress has been made in the decades since the civil war toward a more loving, color blind society. This truly dishonors the memory of those whose blood and tears watered the garden from ... Read More
Rating: - White Racism
I have read the book White Racism and it is an excellent book. Racism is viewed from a different perspective. This book give the real reasons whites don't like black people and the reasons for the coverup. White's should take a long look at imbedded racism and see all people as one. A part of the human race.
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