White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Published in 2016, White Rage examines how moments of Black progress in the United States have repeatedly provoked organized white opposition expressed through law, policy, and institutions. Historian Carol Anderson traces this pattern from the end of Reconstruction through the Great Migration, the Brown v. Board of Education decision, the civil rights movement, and into the era following the election of Barack Obama. She argues that the most damaging force has often been not street violence but the quiet machinery of voter suppression, restrictive legislation, and court rulings that roll back gains. Drawing on extensive historical evidence, Anderson reframes familiar events to show a recurring dynamic of advance and backlash. The book grew out of a widely read essay she wrote after the 2014 unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, and became a National Book Critics Circle Award winner.
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A historical argument that backlash against Black advancement has repeatedly shaped American law and policy.
She argues that Black advancement has repeatedly triggered white opposition expressed through law, courts, and policy.
It grew out of an essay she wrote after the 2014 unrest in Ferguson, Missouri.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide was written by Carol Anderson, published in 2016 by Bloomsbury.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide is 246 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide takes most readers 4 to 5 hours to finish.
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
