How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Fleming, Crystal M.

How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780807050774)

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How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Fleming, Crystal M.

How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide

$23.95
How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide by Fleming, Crystal M.

How to Be Less Stupid about Race: On Racism, White Supremacy, and the Racial Divide

$23.95
Format: Hardcover
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A unique and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our "national conversation about race"--and what to do about it

How to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the half-truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have thoroughly corrupted the way race is represented in the classroom, pop culture, media, and politics. Centuries after our nation was founded on genocide, settler colonialism, and slavery, many Americans are kinda-sorta-maybe waking up to the reality that our racial politics are (still) garbage. But in the midst of this reckoning, widespread denial and misunderstandings about race persist, even as white supremacy and racial injustice are more visible than ever before.

Combining no-holds-barred social critique, humorous personal anecdotes, and analysis of the latest interdisciplinary scholarship on systemic racism, sociologist Crystal M. Fleming provides a fresh, accessible, and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our "national conversation about race." Drawing upon critical race theory, as well as her own experiences as a queer black millennial college professor and researcher, Fleming unveils how systemic racism exposes us all to racial ignorance--and provides a road map for transforming our knowledge into concrete social change.

Searing, sobering, and urgently needed, How to Be Less Stupid About Race is a truth bomb for your racist relative, friend, or boss, and a call to action for everyone who wants to challenge white supremacy and intersectional oppression. If you like Issa Rae, Justin Simien, Angela Davis, and Morgan Jerkins, then this deeply relevant, bold, and incisive book is for you.

Author: Crystal M. Fleming
ISBN-10: 0807050776
ISBN-13: 9780807050774
Publisher: Beacon Press
Language: English
Published: 09/18/2018
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2018 pg. 65
Library Journal 09/01/2018 pg. 70
Publishers Weekly 08/27/2018
By Crystal M. Fleming
By Crystal M. Fleming
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Crystal M. Fleming, PhD, is a writer and sociologist who researches racism in the United States and abroad. She earned degrees from Wellesley College and Harvard University and is associate professor of sociology and Africana studies at Stony Brook University. Fleming writes about race, sexuality, and politics for publications including The Root, Black Agenda Report, Vox, and Everyday Feminism, and she has tens of thousands of followers on social media. She is the author of Resurrecting Slavery: Racial Legacies and White Supremacy in France.

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