Backlash

By George Yancy

Subjects: Racism, Race awareness--united states, Whites, Race awareness, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Biography & autobiography / cultural, ethnic & regional / african american & black, African Americans, Attitudes, Anti-racism, African American & Black, Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, 305.800973, Whites--united states--attitudes, Race identity, Racism--united states, African americans--race identity, PHILOSOPHY, Minority Studies, African americans--race identity--united states, African americans, race identity, Attitude (Psychology), SOCIAL SCIENCE, Social science / discrimination & race relations, Philosophy / political, Whites--race identity--united states, E185.61 .y36 2018, Anti-racism--united states, Political, Whites--race identity, United states, race relations, Discrimination & Race Relations, African americans--attitudes, Race relations, Whites--attitudes

Description: "When George Yancy penned a New York Times op-ed entitled 'Dear White America' asking white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism, he knew his article would be controversial. But he was unprepared for the flood of vitriol in response. The resulting blowback played out in the national media, with critics attacking Yancy in every form possible--including death threats--and supporters rallying to his side. Despite the rhetoric of a 'post-race' America, Yancy quickly discovered that racism is still alive, crude, and vicious in its expression. In Backlash, Yancy expands upon the original article and chronicles the ensuing controversy as he seeks to understand what it was about the op-ed that created so much rage among so many white readers. He challenges white Americans to rise above the vitriol and to develop a new empathy for the African American experience."--Dust jacket.