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Feb. 28 SDARJ Book Group to discuss ‘White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide’

February 5, 2017

The Southern Delaware Alliance for Racial Justice's Book Group will meet Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m., at the Lewes Public Library. February's selection is the New York Times bestseller, “White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide” by Carol Anderson.

In “White Rage,” Anderson cites racial hostility as the reason behind years of white Americans' ongoing efforts to keep African-Americans from making real progress in being treated equally in society. For many whites, the election of an African-American president unleashed unprecedented resentment and support of today's attempts to keep blacks down through disproportionately criminalizing them and suppressing their voting rights. This followed years of subjecting African-Americans to the horror of slavery and the extraordinary attempts to stop freedmen from fleeing repression during the Great Migration. Then came the Jim Crow laws in the South, and discriminatory laws and customs around the country that kept African-Americans in check for many generations.

Washington Post book reviewer Pamela Newkirk, says, "While short on solutions, ‘White Rage’ is a sobering primer on the myriad ways African-American resilience and triumph over enslavement, Jim Crow and intolerance have been relentlessly defied by the very institutions entrusted to uphold our democracy."

SDARJ's Book Group usually meets on the third Tuesday of each month at the Lewes Public Library. Visit sdarj.org for more information and future selections. SDARJ is a charitable, nonpartisan, secular organization that educates, informs and advocates for racial justice, equality, and fair opportunity.

 

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