American whitelash, a changing nation and the cost of progress, Wesley Lowery
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American whitelash, a changing nation and the cost of progress, Wesley Lowery
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references
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no index present
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non fiction
Main title
American whitelash
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bibliographydictionaries
Oclc number
1387584723
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Wesley Lowery
Sub title
a changing nation and the cost of progress
Summary
"American Whitelash is indispensable. Really. It is." -- Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an AntiracistPulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery confronts the sickness at the heart of American society: the cyclical pattern of violence that has marred every moment of racial progress in this country, and whose bloodshed began anew following Obama's 2008 election.In 2008, Barack Obama's historic victory was heralded as a turning point for the country. And so it would be--just not in the way that most Americans hoped. The election of the nation's first Black president fanned long-burning embers of white supremacy, igniting a new and frightening phase in a historical American cycle of racial progress and white backlash.In American Whitelash, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and best-selling author Wesley Lowery charts the return of this blood-stained trend, showing how the forces of white power retaliated against Obama's victory--and both profited from, and helped to propel, the rise of Donald Trump. Interweaving deep historical analysis with gripping firsthand reporting on both victims and perpetrators of violence, Lowery uncovers how this vicious cycle is carrying us into ever more perilous territory, how the federal government has failed to intervene, and how we still might find a route of escape
Table Of Contents
Part I: White grievance -- Part II: In defense of American whiteness -- Part III: White radicalization -- Part IV: An American Nazi's final bark -- Part V: A movement rises
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- African Americans + Social conditions -- 21st century
- Racial bias
- Racism -- United States -- History
- Right-wing extremists -- United States -- 21st century
- Racial discrimination -- United States -- History
- Racial discrimination
- United States -- Race relations -- 21st century
- Racism
- BIPOC + Social conditions -- 21st century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- White supremacy movements -- United States
- Political violence -- United States -- 21st century
- Minority groups + Social conditions -- 21st century
- BIPOC
- Black people + Social conditions -- 21st century
- White people -- United States -- Attitudes
- Racial bias -- United States -- History
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- Subject17
- African Americans + Social conditions -- 21st century
- Racial bias
- Racism -- United States -- History
- Right-wing extremists -- United States -- 21st century
- Racial discrimination -- United States -- History
- Racial discrimination
- United States -- Race relations -- 21st century
- Racism
- BIPOC + Social conditions -- 21st century
- United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- White supremacy movements -- United States
- Political violence -- United States -- 21st century
- Minority groups + Social conditions -- 21st century
- BIPOC
- Black people + Social conditions -- 21st century
- White people -- United States -- Attitudes
- Racial bias -- United States -- History
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