George Yancy
Författare till Backlash: What Happens When We Talk Honestly about Racism in America
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George Yancy is professor of philosophy at Emory University, where he specializes in race, whiteness, and African American philosophy. He has authored, edited, and coedited more than eighteen books.
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Verk av George Yancy
White Self-Criticality beyond Anti-racism: How Does It Feel to Be a White Problem? (Philosophy of Race) (2014) 10 exemplar
Exploring Race in Predominantly White Classrooms: Scholars of Color Reflect (Critical Social Thought) (2014) 6 exemplar
Pursuing Trayvon Martin: Historical Contexts and Contemporary Manifestations of Racial Dynamics (2012) 6 exemplar
Reframing the Practice of Philosophy: Bodies of Color, Bodies of Knowledge (2012) — Redaktör — 3 exemplar
Dear White America 1 exemplar
One Body One Spirit 1 exemplar
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I should be more cautious. I am in every way, to use the antiracist language of the book, coded White. As such, silence would in this instance be the better part of valor. The book as much as says so on p. 33, where a question (a component, surely, of any real conversation), a question by a straw man (actually a woman philosopher), a question by a white interlocutor, a question that functions “to privilege whiteness even as it gives the appearance of something ‘progressive.’” She (the questioner) should see what is needed without having to ask the question. She cannot provide what is needed, so the question exhibits white arrogance. And her white power is instantiated precisely in posing the question. In other words, there is no room for conversation. Any effort to respond to such ignorant questions would rob the respondent of what breath they have left, which is better used to scream. That may well be so, given the sorry state of things. I am very well aware that the feelings of outrage and screams about injustice are well founded and fully justified. Racism and its violent effects are very much with us. Perhaps the most vivid, horrific, recent case in point is what happened to Eddie Parker and Michael Jenkins in 2023 (“Goon Squad Officer is Sentenced to 20 Years in Mississippi Torture Cases,” New York Times, March 19, 2024. “If What Happened to George Floyd Angered You, This Should Outrage You,” @JemarTisby on Substack). In such a context, outrage and screaming are more than justified, and the whirlwind we are reaping, especially as it is playing out in our national politics, will destroy white people.
…but outrage and screaming are not an invitation to conversation. So, it would be inappropriate for me to continue with a full review. It would be a waste of breath that can be better used by others. I cannot add to what has been said. Every additional word from me is, at this point, superfluous and an additional offense. Silence is what is required of me—except as I might wish to join in the screaming—and I’ve met the word count obligation incurred by the receipt of the free book, so I’ll quit now. I may finish the book in small doses, as I find screaming distressing. Which, come to think of it, is probably the point.
This book was received via LibraryThing Early Reviewers (LTER), a program by which publishers provide advance copies of books for review (or, as in this case, recently published copies—the book was released on September 23, 2023. I was notified that I had “won” it on January 26; I finally received and started reading it on March 1). Unfortunately, this book arrived as a .pdf with a large watermark in the center of each page. The watermark was a constant distraction (obscuring the words of 4-5 lines of text under it on each page) and the .pdf format made it impossible to change the font size on my e-reader, except by manually resizing each page, then reducing it to regular size to enable a page turn. I’ll not accept another e-book for review; it is not worth the hassle. LibraryThing does not dictate the content or tone of any reviews, so long as they abide by the Terms of Use publicly posted on the site. This review is my honest opinion.… (mer)