American whitelash : the resurgence of racial violence in our time
Lowery, Wesley, 1990-2023
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Barack Obama's election in 2008 was a moment of true, unabashed hope. But after two terms shadowed by a growing white supremacist movement, Obama was replaced by an openly nativist administration. In this book, Wesley Lowery places a decade of American carnage in historical context, uncovering the horror that racial violence has wrought in our era. As he looks to America's past to understand the rise of Donald Trump and the 'whitelash' following the election of Barack Obama, a frightening pattern emerges. Every period of perceived black advancement has triggered a violent reaction by white Americans, the old system's beneficiaries. But while America's historical racists were conservatives, fighting to maintain their dominance in the status quo, those Lowery meets today are revolutionaries, self-styled soldiers in a holy war to bring the white race back from the brink of extinction.
Main title:
American whitelash : the resurgence of racial violence in our time / Wesley Lowery.
Author:
Lowery, Wesley, 1990-, author
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2023.
Collation:
240 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780241517123 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
305.800973
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2356793
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