The Cost of Privilege takes readers from the creation of the white race over three centuries ago to the present-day myth of a colorblind society; from the intersections of class, gender, and race to the concrete benefits and harsh underside of the privileges white people experience every day; from the victories when people allied across the color line to the failures of some of those alliances to hold; from personal transformations to international struggles.
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As a teacher, I see this book as a dream text for a high school or university course on racism; as an activist myself, I see it as an organizing manual. But the general reader can be assured that this is a well-written and reliable book on a subject that everyday is becoming more urgent. --Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
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This is a great book!!!,
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This review is from: The Cost of Privilege: Taking On the System of White Supremacy and Racism (Paperback)
This is a well-written, very comprehensive look at racism and white supremacy and their effects on individuals and organizations. I really recommended it! Chapters from this book can be read all by themselves (like the 1st chapter about the origins of the white race), and they can also be used as training materials for activists or educators. There's a great section on patriarchy and really useful sections about personal transformation and building unity for white activists. This has been a very valuable book and great resource for me!
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Great Analysis/Lessons for the Present,
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Chip Smith offers a wealth of historical and political insight to the subject of race in America. As an urban public school teacher and union activist this book offers an analysis of the past to help us define a path for taking on systemic racism in the 21st century.
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Anyone interested in the struggle for justice must read this book. A comprehensive and compelling telling and analysis of people's struggle and the key issue of race. Did I mention it is readable? It kept my attention! Humor and fascinating factoids throughout. Unfortunately, the struggles of people with disabilities are not included. But otherwise, this is one of the most enlightening books around!
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organizational measures, strong black man, oppressed nationality peoples, oppressed nationality movements, oppressed nationality workers, white bonding, multinational working class, white working class people, struggle against white supremacy, white working people, white consciousness, psychological wage, oppressed nationalities, national oppression, white privilege Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, African American, World War, Civil War, Third World, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Democratic Party, New Mexico, Jim Crow, Communist Party, New Orleans, Anne Braden, South Carolina, Second Wave, The Sunbelt Strategy, Black Nation, The Historical Record, North America, Los Angeles, Latin America, Operation Dixie, New York, Republican Party Browse Sample Pages:
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In order for there to be white supremacy, there has to be a white race. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
organizational measures, strong black man, oppressed nationality peoples, oppressed nationality movements, oppressed nationality workers, white bonding, multinational working class, white working class people, struggle against white supremacy, white working people, white consciousness, psychological wage, oppressed nationalities, national oppression, white privilege Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, African American, World War, Civil War, Third World, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Democratic Party, New Mexico, Jim Crow, Communist Party, New Orleans, Anne Braden, South Carolina, Second Wave, The Sunbelt Strategy, Black Nation, The Historical Record, North America, Los Angeles, Latin America, Operation Dixie, New York, Republican Party Browse Sample Pages:
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