Race
how Blacks and whites think and feel about the American obsession
1st ed.
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Word Count
100,750 words, Guess
Page Count
403 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1571888M
- ISBN-101565840003
- OCLC Control Number25246020
- OCLC Control Numberracehowblackswhi0000terk
- Library of Congress Control Number91066864
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- Goodreads1139951
- LibraryThing132967
Classifications
- DDC305.8/00973
- LCCE184.A1 T46 1992
Description
First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. In a rare and revealing look at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel brings out the full complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, uncovering a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen, interracial couples, the nephew of the founder of apartheid, and Emmett Till's mother are among those whose voices appear in Race. In all, nearly one hundred Americans talk openly about attitudes that few are willing to admit in public: Feelings about affirmative action, gentrification, secret prejudices, and dashed hopes.
First Sentence
"My grandmother put all her energy in trying to expose me to all that was possible, both good and bad, in music, art, and literature."
Description
A provocative look at contemporary race relations. First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. In a rare and revealing look how at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel brings out the full complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, uncovering a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen, interracial couples, the nephew of the founder of apartheid, and Emmett Till's mother are among those whose voices appear in Race. In all, nearly one hundred Americans talk openly about attitudes that few are willing to admit in public: feelings about affirmative action, gentrification, secret prejudices, and dashed hopes.
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