{"product_id":"dark-thoughts-charles-lemert-9780415934459","title":"Dark Thoughts: Race and the Eclipse of Society","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eDark Thoughts\u003c\/em\u003e, eminent sociologist Charles Lemert dares to say, and explain, what everyone already knows - that the modern world was built on the need of white people to pretend they are not as dark as the next person. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDelving poignantly into the history and literature of domination, Lemert retells key moments of the twentieth-century by profiling figures like W.E.B. DuBois, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Anna Julia Cooper, Nella Larson, Malcolm X, and Muhammad Ali. In a rare and unflinching look at his own complicated history, Lemert also explores his own racism, his struggle with the suicide of his oldest son, as well as growing up as the virtual son of a black mother and his life now as the real father of an African-American daughter. \u003cem\u003eDark\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eThoughts\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to the most urgent social issues at the beginning of the twenty-first century: race relations, multiculturalism, and social justice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Lemert\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415934451\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415934459\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/02\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 344\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.96h x 5.98w x 0.93d","brand":"Charles Lemert","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48136122695935,"sku":"9780415934459","price":67.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b7e10fd-825b-4599-a28d-755dd9c96fcb.jpg?v=1770160661","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/dark-thoughts-charles-lemert-9780415934459","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}