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Bezig met laden... Memoir of a Race Traitor (1994)door Mab Segrest
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.   ) LilyRoseShadowlyn | Apr 15, 2022 |  What a great book! Segrest is a clear and perceptive thinker and an eloquent writer, and her story is definitely worth telling and remembering. Most of the book tells us about Segrest’s work combating the Klan, the White Patriot Party, and other racist forces in the South. Alongside this is her own family’s story. She describes their history, their contradictions, and their adoption of the racist beliefs of their Southern community. And she details her own reaction to the dramatic events of the Civil Rights struggle, her turning away from her family’s beliefs, and her sense of herself as both insider and outsider. When she came out as a lesbian, the outsider status became more defined, and she started working to bring all the different parts of herself together – as Southerner, as privileged white person, as invisible lesbian. It was then she began to join with others, and to take an active role in the struggle against hate crimes. Segrest follows these personal and political histories with an essay, “A History of Racism in the US”, which describes the way racism has enabled a small elite to hang on to power throughout different economic models. It’s interesting to read how being “white” became an identity. Basically, it was a way of dividing up the underclass so they wouldn’t get together and fight the owning class. It was a privilege conferred, and it was shored up with lots of “us vs. them” propaganda. Definitely a clever diversion, and it hasn’t stopped working – at least not yet. My favorite part of the book is the last essay, “A Bridge, Not a Wedge”, in which Segrest tells a gay and lesbian audience why we need to pay attention to racism – both in our community and outside it. It’s passionate, exciting, and beautifully written, and I think I will be referring to it for many years. (  ) astrologerjenny | Apr 24, 2013 | ) Carolee888 | Nov 3, 2019 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
In 1994, Mab Segrest first explained how she "had become a woman haunted by the dead." Against a backdrop of nine generations of her family's history, Segrest explored her experiences in the 1980s as a white lesbian organizing against a virulent far-right movement in North Carolina. Memoir of a Race Traitor became a classic text of white antiracist practice. bell hooks called it a "courageous and daring {example of} the reality that political solidarity, forged in struggle, can exist across differences." Adrienne Rich wrote that it was "a unique document and thoroughly fascinating." Juxtaposing childhood memories with contemporary events, Segrest described her journey into the heart of her culture, finally veering from its trajectory of violence toward hope and renewal. Now, amid our current national crisis, driven by an increasingly apocalyptic white supremacist movement, Segrest returns with an updated edition of her classic book. With a new introduction and afterword that explores what has transpired with the far right since its publication, the book brings us into the age of Trump-and to what can and must be done. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)305.800973Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Ethnic and national groups ; racism, multiculturalism General Biography And History North America United StatesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (4.55)
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