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A review by rea_scott
We Are Not Yet Equal: Understanding Our Racial Divide by Tonya Bolden, Carol Anderson
4.0
All the years of my schooling on American History went something like this: Slaves were freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, racism was over except for all those pesky Jim Crow Laws and segregation, Rosa Parks and MLK ended segregation in the 60's and now America is the best country is the world. Please not ask any thoughtful or probing questions. Racism is dead. Lincoln killed it.
The End
[I'm mostly kidding but also serious.]
I love Carol Anderson's walk through of history and explanation of the many ways our current situation is a product of centuries of intentional aggressions against Black ambition.
"Imagine if, instead of continually refighting the Civil War, we had actually moved on to rebuilding..."
The End
[I'm mostly kidding but also serious.]
I love Carol Anderson's walk through of history and explanation of the many ways our current situation is a product of centuries of intentional aggressions against Black ambition.
"Imagine if, instead of continually refighting the Civil War, we had actually moved on to rebuilding..."