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White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism
by Kevin M. Kruse
I feel like I could have highlighted this entire book. It was truly so infuriating to read, especially with Southern family. The way racism fed into all aspects of life really floored me, even though I knew it was going to be bad. In some chapters, especially the chapters about the tax revolt and school “choice,” felt like they were written about hte current state of society. So many of these arguments are still floating around and are the basis of even further afield issues like climate change or anti-vaxxers. And, though a lot of car culture is undeniably tied to auto companies’ successful lobbying, etc, I think there was widespread acceptance of cars also because it enabled these fleeing white people to escape integration and eschew public transit, which suddenly became the purview of poor, non-white “inner city” people.
There were passages that I think could have been written or said by people in my family, which doubly angers me. Like when a white woman said she wanted Black people to be given good treatment why are they forcing her to do it their way. This book definitely gave me some good information to bring up to my family when they say crazy shit, especially about tax stuff or how “ruined” the downtown inner city areas of their town are. I will definitely be returning to this book again and again.
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Removed from their obviously racial origins, segregationist phrase, such as “freedom of choice” or “neighborhood schools,” as well as segregationist identities, such as the angry taxpayer or concerned parent, could be easily shared by middle-class whites who had no connection to the segregationist past but who gladly took part in crafting the suburban future.
There were passages that I think could have been written or said by people in my family, which doubly angers me. Like when a white woman said she wanted Black people to be given good treatment why are they forcing her to do it their way. This book definitely gave me some good information to bring up to my family when they say crazy shit, especially about tax stuff or how “ruined” the downtown inner city areas of their town are. I will definitely be returning to this book again and again.
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Removed from their obviously racial origins, segregationist phrase, such as “freedom of choice” or “neighborhood schools,” as well as segregationist identities, such as the angry taxpayer or concerned parent, could be easily shared by middle-class whites who had no connection to the segregationist past but who gladly took part in crafting the suburban future.