{"product_id":"race-matters-25th-anniversary-cornel-west-9780807008836","title":"Race Matters, 25th Anniversary: With a New Introduction","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe twenty-fifth-anniversary edition of the groundbreaking classic, with a new introduction\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFirst published in 1993, on the one-year anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, \u003ci\u003eRace Matters\u003c\/i\u003e became a national best seller that has gone on to sell more than half a million copies. This classic treatise on race contains Dr. West's most incisive essays on the issues relevant to black Americans, including the crisis in leadership in the Black community, Black conservatism, Black-Jewish relations, myths about Black sexuality, and the legacy of Malcolm X. The insights Dr. West brings to these complex problems remain relevant, provocative, creative, and compassionate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn a new introduction for the twenty-fifth-anniversary edition, Dr. West argues that we are in the midst of a spiritual blackout characterized by imperial decline, racial animosity, and unchecked brutality and terror as seen in Baltimore, Ferguson, and Charlottesville. Calling for a moral and spiritual awakening, Dr. West finds hope in the collective and visionary resistance exemplified by the Movement for Black Lives, Standing Rock, and the Black freedom tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow more than ever, \u003ci\u003eRace Matters\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential book for all Americans, helping us to build a genuine multiracial democracy in the new millennium.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cornel West\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807008834\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807008836\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Beacon Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/05\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Cornel West","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44052417675519,"sku":"9780807008836","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_82efabd7-2103-4829-9d5d-1a6aab88940d.jpg?v=1685018676","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/race-matters-25th-anniversary-cornel-west-9780807008836","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}