Racism 101
1st Quill ed.
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Word Count
50,750 words, Guess
Page Count
203 pages
Identifiers
- ISBN-100688142346
- ISBN-139780688142346
- LibraryThing925658
- Goodreads485256
- Library of Congress Control Number95152079
and 2 more
- Better World Books9780688142346
- Open LibraryOL867579M
Classifications
- DDC811/.54
- DDCB
- LCCPS3557.I55 Z47 1994b
and 1 more
- LCCPS3557.I55Z47 1994b
Description
In Racism 101, Nikki Giovanni indicts higher education for the inequities it perpetuates, contemplates the legacy of the 1960s, provides a survival guide for black students on predominantly white campuses (complete with razor-sharp comebacks to the dumb questions constantly asked of black students), and excoriates Spike Lee while offering her own ideas for a film about Malcolm X. And that is just for starters. She also writes about W.E.B. Du Bois, gardening, Toni Morrison, Star Trek, affirmative action, space exploration, President John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the role of griots, and the rape and neglect of urban schools. But to reduce Nikki Giovanni's essays to their subjects is to miss altogether their significance. As Virginia C. Fowler writes in her Foreword, "These pieces are artistic expressions of a particular way of looking at the world, featuring a performing voice capable of dizzying displays of virtuosity.". Profoundly personal and blisteringly political, angry and funny, lyrical and blunt, Racism 101 will add an important chapter to the debate on American national values.
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