“Direct and honest, Yancy’s delineations of white violence, white indifference, and white naïveté are both thoughtful and discomforting.” (Publishers Weekly)
“George Yancy’s courageous appeal to White America ‘to confront the problem of whiteness; to cultivate a critical awareness of the specter of whiteness and white privilege that each one of you inherits’ elicited a remarkable range of responses, some hideous beyond words, some welcoming what he rightly called a ‘gift.’ This eloquent meditation on the events and their meaning calls on us, with piercing honesty, to think hard, and work hard, to excise the malignancy of white supremacy from our culture and our lives.” (Noam Chomsky)
Do white Americans benefit from racism?
When George Yancy wrote his controversial New York Times op-ed entitled “Dear White America” he asked white Americans to confront the ways that they benefit from racism. He was unprepared for the anger it would cause.
In Backlash, Yancy expands upon the original article, documents the controversy it created, and seeks to understand what it was about the op-ed that created so much rage among so many white readers. He challenges white Americans to rise above the hatred and to develop a new empathy for the African American experience.
George Yancy is Professor of Philosophy at Emory University. He is the author, editor and co-editor of over 18 books. He is known for his influential essays and interviews in the New York Times' philosophy column, The Stone. He resides in Atlanta, Georgia.
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