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Activist, poet, essayist, and professor June Jordan collects some of her most provocative essays from the 1990s in Affirmative Acts, a book that, like Civil Wars and Technical Difficulties, showcases her ability to appeal to a wide range of readers, covering topics like politics, race relations, the intersections between activism and passion, women's health care, and affirmative-action debates.
Activist, poet, essayist, and professor June Jordan collects some of her most provocative essays from the 1990s in Affirmative Acts, a book that, like Civil Wars and Technical Difficulties, showcases her ability to appeal to a wide range of readers, covering topics like politics, race relations, the intersections between activism and passion, women's health care, and affirmative-action debates.
Jordan articulates complex and uncompromising points of view without alienating her readers in a swirl of jargon and tired political rhetoric. In the title essay, she writes: "I'm saying that calculated racialization of poverty, inequality, immigration, and education colors these realities so that too many of us perceive these issues as strictly equivalent to this or that race/this or that language/this or that ethnic heritage when, actually, the issue is how we ... devise a democratic, and peaceable, means to go on, or not!" Before she explains her proposed solutions, Jordan follows this sentiment with a simple observation: "It would seem we'd better get busy."
With essays like "We Are All Refugees," "My Mess and Ours," and "Notes on a Model of Resistance," Affirmative Acts places a human voice behind the cold facts of injustice, combining prose and poetry in an irreverent, conversational tone. Jordan espouses an earnest perspective informed by the spirit of collectivism, activism, social consciousness, respect, and hope. --Amy Wan
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Piercingly intuitive, eloquent, and caustic, Affirmative Acts is an address to the social, economic, racial, and political conflicts that mar the otherwise beautiful human experience.
In this new collection of political essays, Jordan explores the confusion of an America in the grip of pseudo-multiculturalism and political intolerance. Continuing in the tradition of her classic collections Civil Wars and Technical Difficulties, Jordan acquaints readers with moments of American life threatened by social negligence and economic despair. With her characteristic insight, Jordan unveils how these too-frequent bouts of civil unrest bring out the weakest parts of the American spirit and challenges readers to remain inspired as society approaches the millennium.
June Jordan's wisdom shines through in this brilliant collection of inspirational essays, which will be eagerly awaited by Jordan loyalists and enjoyed by her new readers.
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Inside This Book Citations: This book cites 20 books | 18 books that cite this book Explore: Citations | Concordance | Text Stats Key Phrases - SIPs: powerful white men, powerful hatred, affirmative acts Key Phrases - CAPs: United States, Rodney King, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bill Clinton (more) Browse Sample Pages: Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me! |
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THE WORLD WATCHES for the face of this man. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
powerful white men, powerful hatred, affirmative acts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Rodney King, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bill Clinton, New York Times, South Africa, White House, University of California, Pluribus Unum, Clarence Thomas, Beloved Community, George Bush, Martin Luther King, Pete Wilson, Aryan Nation, Bay Area, Native American, President Clinton, Colin Powell, Johnson Cheu, Lil Hardin, South Central, Tede Matthews, Valentine's Day New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
THE WORLD WATCHES for the face of this man. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
powerful white men, powerful hatred, affirmative acts Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Rodney King, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Bill Clinton, New York Times, South Africa, White House, University of California, Pluribus Unum, Clarence Thomas, Beloved Community, George Bush, Martin Luther King, Pete Wilson, Aryan Nation, Bay Area, Native American, President Clinton, Colin Powell, Johnson Cheu, Lil Hardin, South Central, Tede Matthews, Valentine's Day New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Back Cover | Surprise Me!