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Racial Healing: Confronting the Fear Between Blacks & Whites Paperback – October 1, 1996

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Going against conventional wisdom, Dalton asserts that blacks and whites need not live estranged, and offers concrete proposals for what individual blacks and whites must do to bring about racial healing. When discussing race, Dalton suggests that blacks and whites “should simply put everything on the table. Own up to the tension. Acknowledge the risks. When someone inevitably screws up, rather than beat a hasty retreat, we should seize the opportunity to deepen the dialogue.” The unflinching honesty of Dalton's views will spark debate and controversy. His vision of a truly just, multicultural America provides a thought-provoking, hopeful view to add to the diversity of debate over race.

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Yale Law professor Dalton argues for a more open and tolerant dialogue on race.
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Anchor; 1st edition (October 1, 1996)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 256 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0385475179
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0385475174
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 7.7 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.3 x 0.56 x 8 inches

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Luvtoread

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The book was recommended to me and since I am intrigued by the subject matter I bought it. I was deeply disappointed. I found the author's essay did not follow the chapter or section names. The author seemed to ramble. Some of the major points of existing racial bias still extant in this country today which must have existed 20 years ago when this book was written were not addressed. There were some good moments, but overall I feel this book needed an editor's hand to reorganize and revise many areas. This book in my opinion does not address the racial issues of today and certainly does not live up to the title.

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bought this book for a class that I didn't end up taking so i don't know much about it's content.

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Chris Fung

easily one of the best

Reviewed in the United States on April 18, 2006

This is a very well-thought-out and very well-written book. After teaching a course on race and politics for 5 years now, I had despaired of finding a single book that introduces students to the core issues.

I'm amazed to find that Prof. Dalton's book does just that: privilege, supremacy, class, gender, fear-mongering, alliance building. It's all here. Noting that this book is also ten years old, I have to say: "Dang, why didn't anyone tell me about this book before!"

This is a book that is valuable for its analysis, but it's also valuable for the way in which he starts to address many of the problems that confront communities of color and white folks interested in social justice. Not only that, Dalton provides a couple of really exciting concrete examples of how common ground can be forged.

Granted, some may find some of his discussion overly-rooted in middle-class experiences and in Christianity (one of the core examples for instance in this book is his discussion of the interracial gospel group "Salt and Pepper"). However, I don't think this is a negative: Dalton is leading from his strengths and if as Fannie Lou Hamer said, we have to pick up the bucket from where it lies, then middle-class alliance building is part of where it's at. For sure there are other books which discuss working-class coalitions (Steve Gregory's books are good examples of these), I don't begrudge Dalton his own choice of bucket. The brother has a fine mind, and a good way with words. He had me laughing out loud in places too.

Highly highly recommended.

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Get closer, get dirty, get free

Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 1998

Dalton's book is a wonderful plea for blacks and whites to get beyond assuming that social programs will "fix" our misunderstandings -- and get closer to each other through honest talk. And he's absolutely right when he says that such talk will ruffle feathers, cause pain, get us "dirty" and frustrated. But we each need to know more about how race affects our daily lives. For whites like me, that means getting to understand the privlege of white skin -- the taken-for-granted ability to navigate most social landscapes without anxiety, fear, or people closing doors. For blacks it means telling their story of racial oppression in ways which go beyond simple "us v. them" dynamics. For both groups it means a lot of earnest listening -- and learning. This book should be a weekly television show, featuring such dialog between blacks and whites from all walks of life. What a healthy thing that would be! Possible? Maybe. But hey, we prefer to ignore reality and be entertained instead. This book is full of sage insight, but will those who really NEED to read it do so? That's the big question I was left with at the end.

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C.L. Doublin

Racial Posturing

Reviewed in the United States on March 30, 2000

The critical praise of this book is shockingly inapplicable. Presumptuous posturing is it's M.O. Speaking not only for "skin pirivileged" whites, but speaking for other racial groupings as well. (In contrast, this is where, Steele's appropriate sense of humility comes in.) This work falls apart once the p.c. hierarchies of the most oppressed are deconstructed. I.E. class is never a very important issue, althoug he obliviously contradicts himself on this. His arguments are not supported by hard examples but by a subconscious acceptance of racial essentialism, meaning monoliths about "whiteness," "blackness" and "white skin privilige." He is not only mistreating the wounds but misdiagnosing and ignorantly caricaturing the patients. This would not be so bad if it were done in well intentioned and earnest misunderstanding. But a well-placed and, yes, priviliged, educational elite "Oughta" know better!

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