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We Were Eight Years in Power: An American Tragedy
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Another required reading from Mr. Coates. It taught me a lot about the history of racism in this country. If you want to learn what someone means when they say that racism is not just prejudice; it's prejudice plus power or when they talk about white supremacy and the structural inequality it created, this book would be a good place to start.
It is not an easy read, both because it's longish and, even more so, because the material is often heavy. But like I said about the James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro: heavy but necessary.
WWEYIP is a collection of eight of the essays he wrote during the Obama years (with Obama himself figuring into some of them, though not all), including Coates' most well-known: The Case for Reparations and My President Was Black. Each essay is introduced by reflections on his life at the time he wrote it.
It is not an easy read, both because it's longish and, even more so, because the material is often heavy. But like I said about the James Baldwin documentary I Am Not Your Negro: heavy but necessary.
WWEYIP is a collection of eight of the essays he wrote during the Obama years (with Obama himself figuring into some of them, though not all), including Coates' most well-known: The Case for Reparations and My President Was Black. Each essay is introduced by reflections on his life at the time he wrote it.