Race
Subtitle: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession
Publisher: New Press
Published: April 18, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 403
ISBN-13: 9781565849891
Subjects: Multicultural studies; Sociology; History; History: World; USA; Ethnic Studies - General; Minority Studies - Race Relations; General; Discrimination & Racism; Oral history; Race relations; United States
First sentence: "My grandmother put all her energy in trying to expose me to all that was possible, both good and bad, in music, art, and literature."
Description: First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. In a rare and revealing look at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel brings out the full complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, uncovering a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen, interracial couples, the nephew of the founder of apartheid, and Emmett Till's mother are among those whose voices appear in Race. In all, nearly one hundred Americans talk openly about attitudes that few are willing to admit in public: Feelings about affirmative action, gentrification, secret prejudices, and dashed hopes.