White Rage is a meticulously-researched chronicle of the push-backs and barriers to progress that African Americans have faced on their journey from emancipation to present-day America. The contents of this book are powerful and eye-opening. It surprised me that there was so much history in this book that I didn't know and was never taught in school.
This book is well-written and easy to follow, though for me personally, it was very difficult to get through. It feels like every page contains yet another outrage that has been perpetrated against African Americans. It makes me frustrated and sick to my stomach to learn the injustices detailed in this book, and to see how even when progress was supposedly made against racism, what's really going on in the background was often steps back.
I urge everyone to read this book. It contains vitally important information that we all need to know, so that we may join together to have open dialogs about racism and figure out how to stop its insidious progress and reverse its harmful effects.
Readaroo Rating: 5 stars!
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