“A rare book at once of great importance and wonderful to read.... Gould presents a fascinating historical study of scientific racism, tracing it through monogeny and polygeny, phrenology , recapitulation, and hereditarian IQ theory. He stops at each point to illustrate both the logical inconsistencies of the theories and the prejudicially motivated, albeit unintentional, misuse of data in each case.... A major addition to the scientific literature.” BookLiteratureCasesStudyWonderfulTheoryMajorsRacismImportanceHistoricalDataFascinatingLogicalMotivatedMisuseInconsistencyTracingPhrenologyRecapitulation Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“Ironically, white America will catapult books about race to the top of the best-seller list, even as racism remains a national open wound. Obsession ain't solution, however, because reading even at its most intense and verisimilitudinous is vicarious, and once you close the book you're off the hook.” BookAmericaReadingWhiteRaceRacismSolutionsRemainsListsWoundsIntenseObsessionHookSellersBest SellersVicariousCatapults Book:Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race Source: Skin Deep: Black Women & White Women Write About Race
“I've written 18 books, mostly dealing with issues of social justice, ending racism, feminism, and cultural criticism.” BookSocialJusticeIssuesWrittenFeminismRacismCriticismSocial JusticeEnding Racism Author:Bell Hooks
“It was just a wonderful experience, one for the memory book for sure. The sad thing about it was that the picture came under this absurd cloud of controversy. Here was a movie based on the central theme that racism is something that is taught, and it's illustrated by this story of a dog and the efforts of humans to re-train it after it had been trained to go after black people. And it created this ridiculous controversy and wound up being the last Hollywood movie that Sam [Fuller] made.” PeopleHumansMadeBookStoriesLastsBlackMemoriesEffortWonderfulDogTaughtRacismHollywoodTrainCloudsWoundsRidiculousAbsurdThemeBlack PeopleControversySad ThingsHollywood MoviesWonderful Experience Author:Curtis Hanson
“There are, however, those who have called the book [The Kite Runner] divisive and objected to some of the issues raised in the book, namely racism, discrimination, ethnic inequality etc.” BookIssuesRacismRaisedDiscriminationInequalityEtcRunnersKites Author:Khaled Hosseini
“We have laws on the books. If somebody's discriminating against you, I strongly advocate suing them. That's the most effective thing you can do in terms of fighting racism. People understand that they're vulnerable to lawsuit.” PeopleIfsBookLawFightingTermCan DoRacismVulnerableLawsuitSuing Author:Shelby Steele
“There are places and spaces for black writers to write about race as a central thing. It's important. We're still dealing with the remnants of slavery. We're still dealing with racism on a daily basis. For me, I choose to write books about black people where we are normal. I was raised to believe that I deserve to be in a room just like anybody else. I try to write books like that.” PeopleWritingTryingBelieveImportantBookBlackRacismDeserveSlaveryBlack People Author:Kwame Alexander
“It's not a matter of whether the reviews of your books are good or bad, it's about being taken seriously, both as a woman writer and as a writer of color. Also, it worries me when people point to a couple of women writers or writers of color who get some attention - and I am sometimes pulled into that category - to prove that others are getting a fair shot. It's like those people who keep saying that racism no longer exists in this country because Barack Obama was a President of the United States.” PeopleBookCountrySometimesPresidentAttentionWorryTakenCoupleProveRacismBarack Author:Edwidge Danticat
“Motherfuckers will read a book that’s one third Elvish, but put two sentences in Spanish and they [white people] think we’re taking over.” PeopleThinkingTwoBookWhiteRacismThirdsSentencesRace In America Author:Junot Diaz
“The problem is there are people in this country - maybe 10%, I don't know what the number, maybe 20% on a bad day - who want this President to have an asterisk next to his name in the history books, that he really wasn't President....They can't stand the idea that he is President, and a piece of it is racism. Not that somebody in one racial group doesn't like somebody in another racial group. So what? It is the sense that the white race must rule. That's what racism is. And they can't stand the idea that a man who is not white is President.” PeopleKnowsMenWantBookIdeasCountryProblemNextNamesPresidentWhiteNumbersRacePiecesGroupsRacismBad DayHistory BooksWhite Race Author:Chris Matthews
“Media are focused on comments Michael Jordan made about race which appear in my book. He made those comments years ago, talking of his youth” YearsMadeBookRaceTalkingMediaYouthRacismYears AgoFocusedCommentJordan Author:Roland Lazenby