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[–][deleted] 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (7 children)

It is moments of sanity like this appearing in prestigious publications that give me hope that our entire culture has not been lost to this superstitious madness

[–]SierraKiloBravo[S] 5 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

It’s a well written take-down. I’ve not read the book, but I’ve only heard bad stuff about it.

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

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[–]jet199 7 insightful - 3 fun7 insightful - 2 fun8 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

Just don't pay for it.

This woman charges $10k a day to go to people's workplaces and harrase them, she doesn't need anymore

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[–]quickbeam 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I read the book and thought there was a lot of good stuff in it at the time - but I also thought Ijeoma Oluo's "So You Want to Talk About Race?" and Ibram X Kendi's "How to Be An Anti-Racist" were both much better. And, you know, written by black people. I'd recommend Kendi's work the most out of all of these. The historical perspective he offers is really great. Though Oluo's book is really good in that it's written in a readable question and answer format. The great thing too, is that Oluo and Kendi disagree on some important things like whether anti-white racism is a thing - Oluo says "no"; Kendi says "yes." Reading one of these books, especially White Fragility and feeling like you now know it all is pretty typical of the American mindset I'd say, though.

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[–]quickbeam 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

If you want some fiction I'd also recommend Octavia Butler's Kindred. I also love her books Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents, but those aren't so much about race relations but just really awesome dystopian fiction. I also love The Fire Next Time and Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. (About 3-4 years ago I purposely started reading more books by black authors and it shored up a big hole in my education.)

[–]StillLessons 9 insightful - 2 fun9 insightful - 1 fun10 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

The depressing part is how many people don't recognize that the idea of all whites sharing the "original sin" of racism is the very definition of anti-white racist thought. I don't think all blacks share universal traits, and neither do I think so of whites. The answer to racism is most definitely not racism aimed the other way.

[–]King_Brutus 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (0 children)

Imagine making a sequel "Black Criminality" and seeing how well it's received.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

At least "original sin" was a choice. "Evolutionary sin" could never be helped.

[–]SierraKiloBravo[S] 6 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

"When writers who are this sure of their convictions turn out to make a compelling case, it is genuinely exciting. This is sadly not one of those times, even though white guilt and politesse have apparently distracted many readers from the book’s numerous obvious flaws."