{"product_id":"loving-sheryll-cashin-9780807058275","title":"Loving: Interracial Intimacy in America and the Threat to White Supremacy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe landmark story of how interracial love and marriage changed American history\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand continues to alter the landscape of American politics\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e When Mildred and Richard Loving wed in 1958, they were ripped from their shared bed and taken to court. Their crime: miscegenation, punished by exile from their home state of Virginia. The resulting landmark decision of \u003ci\u003eLoving v. Virginia\u003c\/i\u003e ended bans on interracial marriage and remains a signature case--the first to use the words \"white supremacy\" to describe such racism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Drawing from the earliest chapters in US history, legal scholar Sheryll Cashin reveals the enduring legacy of America's original sin, tracing how we transformed from a country without an entrenched construction of race to a nation where one drop of nonwhite blood merited exclusion from full citizenship. In vivid detail, she illustrates how the idea of whiteness was created by the planter class of yesterday and is reinforced by today's power-hungry dog-whistlers to divide struggling whites and people of color, ensuring plutocracy and undermining the common good. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Not just a hopeful treatise on the future of race relations in America, \u003ci\u003eLoving\u003c\/i\u003e challenges the notion that trickle-down progressive politics is our only hope for a more inclusive society. Accessible and sharp, Cashin reanimates the possibility of a future where interracial understanding serves as a catalyst of a social revolution ending not in artificial color blindness but in a culture where acceptance and difference are celebrated.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Sheryll Cashin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807058270\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807058275\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2017","brand":"Sheryll Cashin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926284337407,"sku":"9780807058275","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_b4892c10-6bc2-461c-99b9-8d1bc6a68fd0.jpg?v=1681082216","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/loving-sheryll-cashin-9780807058275","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}