Impressing the whites: The new international slavery [Hardcover]

Richard Crasta (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1, 2000

An attempt to highlight the dominant role of race in the present world bringing out the perceptions of non-whites by whites.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A humanity divided against itself cannot stand. Richard Crasta's amplification and modernization of Abraham Lincoln's chief message aptly captures the essence of his new book . . . suggests viable solutions. --Asian Age, New Delhi

"Boldly goes where no man has gone before" --The Asian Age, Bangalore

"A brilliant and sparkling writer" --The Hindu, Madras

A humanity divided against itself cannot stand. Richard Crasta's amplification and modernization of Abraham Lincoln's chief message aptly captures the essence of his new book, "Controversial . . . eloquent . . . Boldly goes where no man has gone before" --The Asian Age, Bangalore --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Richard Crasta is the author of "The Revised Kama Sutra: A Novel of Colonialism and Desire" published in 12 countries worldwide and in 7 languages. He is also the author of "What We All Need" and "Beauty Queens, Children and the Death of Sex," also available with amazon, and at www.richardcrasta.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 174 pages
• Publisher: Invisible Man Books; 1st edition (March 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 818718504X
• ISBN-13: 978-8187185048
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,459,713 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Richard Crasta was born in Bangalore, India, the son of a former World War II Prisoner of War who miraculously survived near-starvation and constant bombing thanks to a combination of quick reflexes and a diet of stealthily obtained coconuts.

Growing up Catholic in conservative Mangalore, Richard was attracted by the freedom and vitality of writers such as Saul Bellow and later, Henry Miller, and decided to become a writer. After a few years in the Indian Administrative Service, he moved to America, studied at Columbia University, and has published 9 books in 10 countries, and a few other titles only as e-books.

Richard's novel "The Revised Kama Sutra" was a sensation in India, and was published in 10 countries in 7 languages. Though technically a resident of New York, he spends most of his time in Asia. He is the father of 3 boys and of one kicking and screaming Inner Child.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How now sacred brown cow, August 31, 2007

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Frank G. Feldman (Fair Lawn, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Impressing the Whites: The New International Slavery (Paperback)

Mr. Lakshminarayan's review is not a review at all; it's a smug and self-satisfied misreading of Nietzsche and Foucault, a transparent piece of projection/reaction formation. Ignore it. This book is not intended to change the world, but rather to reflect it in such a way that the reader laughs, squirms, recognizes his/her own hypocrisy and the blatant absurdity of most unquestioned social conventions. In this, Crasta succeeds in ways not unlike Sasha Baron Cohen's Borat character or Chris Rock race routines succeed, i.e., brilliantly. As social criticism the book is potent enough, but the sheer zany exuberance of it all make it far more than that-a delicious and mischievious pleasure. Highly recommended.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book, November 8, 2006

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Mallika Patlolla (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Impressing the whites: The new international slavery (Hardcover)

A thoughtful and very interesting book. A must for everyone who wants to have a better understanding of "The Other" in this case Indians. This is a book for those looking for an authentic Indian voice, unlike the usual brown sahibs paraded by the Western publishing Industry.

Mallika

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Book about East-West relations, about games between the races, July 4, 2006

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Richard Crasta "author" (New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Impressing the whites: The new international slavery (Hardcover)

"Goes where no man has gone before," said the Asian Age. It took me a lot of courage to write this book . . . which has such chapters as "The Occidental Cow" and "Daddy, Am I a Black". At times serious, at times funny. Modesty prevents me from rating it with more than three stars, though I was tempted to try three and a half.