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Title: Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race (Reith Lectures, 1997)
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| Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race (Reith Lectures, 1997) by Farrar, Straus and Giroux to the point |
| i think its really important for everyone to understand what williams puts forth in this book- its difficult for white people to understand the extent of modern racism. social stigmas make discussion of this topic taboo, making william's writing even more important. she makes a valid point- ignoring the problem is not going to make it go away. nor should we just assume that racism is a thing of the past- it is still a very real problem. also, williams asserts that it is counter-productive to ignore our racial differences- going out of our way to NOT be racist only perpetuates the fact that we are focusing on our differences rather than just accepting them and moving on. in effect perpetuates racism itself. important message. |
| Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race (Reith Lectures, 1997) by Farrar, Straus and Giroux the paradox of race |
| have not read it,would like to know more about it. fighting my son's school for being racist |
| Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race (Reith Lectures, 1997) by Farrar, Straus and Giroux really good |
| This is a very good book. It is easy to read, and not confusing, and does not use hard language and words. As a white person, I hope that someday racism will become a thing of the past. Because I am a girl, I want to make sexism go away, as well as racism, and so it is important for black women to write these books. |
| Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race (Reith Lectures, 1997) by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Product Description |
In these five eloquent and passionate pieces (which she gave as the prestigious Reith Lectures for the BBC) Patricia J. Williams asks how we might achieve a world where "color doesn't matter"--where whiteness is not equated with normalcy and blackness with exoticism and danger. Drawing on her own experience, Williams delineates the great divide between "the poles of other people's imagination and the nice calm center of oneself where dignity resides," and discusses how it might be bridged as a first step toward resolving racism. Williams offers us a new starting point--"a sensible and sustained consideration"--from which we might begin to deal honestly with the legacy and current realities of our prejudices.
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| Seeing a Color-Blind Future: The Paradox of Race (Reith Lectures, 1997) by Farrar, Straus and Giroux Amazon.com |
| Seeing a Color-Blind Future comprises five essays that author Patricia J. Williams presented at the highly prestigious Reith lectures in Britain. Erroneously perceived by some conservative British papers as a "militant black feminist" Williams proves in these highly readable and intelligent essays that she is an influential and important voice in race theory. Williams and other left law professionals theorize on "quiet racism." This is a racism that doesn't make newspaper headlines but occurs all the time. It is the taunting of black children by white children in the playground, it is being singled out in a crowd because you are black, it is not being viewed as the "norm." Williams asks, "How can it be that so many well meaning white people have never thought about race when so few blacks pass a single day without being reminded of it?" So can there ever be a solution? Williams does hold hope for a color-blind future, and her answer lies in a society where we must deal honestly and openly with our prejudices, and where we must eliminate the "little blindnesses" not just the big. This is a slender little book, filled with compelling and thought provoking narratives. --Naomi Gesinger |
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