{"product_id":"race-studs-terkel-9781595588104","title":"Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel about the American Obsession","description":"First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's \u003ci\u003eRace\u003c\/i\u003e was an immediate bestseller. Offering a rare and revealing look at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel's candid interviews depict a complexity of thoughts and emotions and uncover a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen, pioneering interracial couples, the nephew of the founder of apartheid, and Emmett Till's mother are among those whose voices appear in \u003ci\u003eRace\u003c\/i\u003e. In all, nearly one hundred Americans talk openly about what few are willing to admit in public: feelings about affirmative action, gentrification, secret prejudices, and dashed hopes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis reissue of \u003ci\u003eRace\u003c\/i\u003e comes at a particularly dynamic time in the history of American race relations. Our first black president, rapidly shifting immigration and population patterns, and the rising force of multiracialism all necessitate a narrative around race that is more nuanced than ever before. Yet many of the issues we have grappled with over the past few decades remain to be solved. Gary Younge, a longtime columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, provides a new introduction to \u003ci\u003eRace\u003c\/i\u003e that serves to contextualize it, rendering it relevant to these contemporary frameworks, while paying homage to a keystone piece of oral history on a uniquely American subject.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Studs Terkel\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1595588108\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781595588104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/13\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.91lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.54w x 0.92d","brand":"Studs Terkel","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996356575487,"sku":"9781595588104","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8eaa104f-25fc-4c6b-a20a-bb976143ac17.jpg?v=1683341222","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/race-studs-terkel-9781595588104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}