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A Rap on Race. Hardcover – Import, 1971

by Margaret, and James Baldwin Mead (Author)

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Hardcover: 254 pages
Publisher: J.B. Lippincott (1971); First Edition edition (1971)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0718109295
ISBN-13: 978-0718109295
Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,123,911 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #3078 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Specific Demographics > Ethnic Studies
- #5626 in Books > Politics & Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Specific Demographics > African-American Studies

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

SOMEWHAT "DATED," BUT STILL AN INTERESTING DIALOGUE

By Steven H Propp TOP 100 REVIEWER on January 19, 2011

Format: Hardcover

Margaret Mead (1901-1978) was an American cultural anthropologist (e.g., Coming of Age in Samoa; a Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation: Includes free bonus books., Sex and Temperament: In Three Primitive Societies, Male and Female), and James Arthur Baldwin (1924-1987) was an American novelist (e.g., Go Tell It on the Mountain), writer, playwright, poet, essayist (e.g., James Baldwin : Collected Essays : Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays (Library of America)) and civil rights activist.

This book is a transcript of 7-1/2 hours of discussion between these two figures over two days in August 1970. Here are some quotations from the book:

JB: "I no longer care, to tell you the truth, whether white people can hear me or not. It doesn't make any difference at all. If they can hear me, so much the better; if they can't, so much the worse. For them." (Pg. 22)
JB: "I was raised in the church and I left it when I was seventeen and never joined anything else again, not even a riding academy. Nothing. But I never understood white Christians. I still don't." (Pg.Read more ›

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful

Great!

By "kamcam" on June 21, 2000

Format: Mass Market Paperback

I have always loved the way Mr. Baldwin expresses himself; in a calm yet intense manner. I think that this transcript captures that. He has so many great thought-provoking statments. (I will not quote one for I feel I will not do it justice. Nor could I capture his depth).

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3 of 7 people found the following review helpful

conversation on race

By Haseeb on May 11, 2003

Format: Mass Market Paperback

In August 1970 Margaret Mead (anthropologist) and James Baldwin (writer) sat down and had a long and serious discussion about race. This book is a transcript of that conversation. In the beginning of the book it's seemed as if both were agreeing just for the sake of not wanting to hurt the other's feelings. Margaret in particular seemed to sound like a black person in that she was so quick to agree with James on the fact that blacks really have it hard in this country and it represents a serious barrier. I figured that after the first few pages that the conversation would be very boring. About half way into the book however, the pace of the conversation changed and got more interesting as they started touching on sexual issues. Toward the end, the conversation begain to get quite heated. James became very adamant and Margaret begain to interrupt him and assumed what he's was going to say before he said it. The conversation doesn't get heated until the subject of Jews is brought up. After finishing the book, I can't say that I've added too much of anything to my knowledge other than the indigenous people of New Guinea speak over 200 different dialects.
I think the conversation lacked depth and has dated quite a bit. It would have been nice if they would have been able to expound more on the issues of religion and sexual selection but either one or both of them lacked knowledge in these areas or they simply shied away from talking about them. I also wish they would have talked about lynching to obtain some insight into the white southern mindset. James did talk about how he experienced a different mindset from white southerners as opposed to northerners, but he only scratched the surface of the subject. Black radicalism was also given scant attention.
I wouldn't recommend this book strongly, but it is a nice book to read just for the sake of seeing how little things have changed since the sixties and seventies.

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