White Rage

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
Author Carol Anderson
Country United States
Language English
Subject Identity politics
Published 2016
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing[1]
Media type Print, e-book
Pages 246 pp[1]
ISBN 978-1-63286-412-3 (Hardcover)

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide is a 2016 non-fiction book written by Emory University professor Carol Anderson.[1] It looks into how whiteness functions in American life and how the legacy of structural racism has brought about white anger and resentment. Anderson was contracted to write the book following reaction to an op-ed she wrote for The Washington Post in 2014.[2]

Reception

White Rage became a New York Times Best Seller,[3] and was listed as a notable book of 2016 by The New York Times,[4] The Washington Post,[5] The Boston Globe,[6] and the Chicago Review of Books.[7] White Rage was also listed by The New York Times as an Editors' Choice,[8] and won the 2016 National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.[9]

At the January 2017 confirmation hearing for Republican Senator Jeff Sessions, candidate for U.S. Attorney General, Democratic Senator Dick Durbin offered Sessions a copy of White Rage, saying "I'm hoping he'll take a look at it".[10]

References

  1. 1 2 3 McCarthy, Jesse (June 24, 2016). "Why Are Whites So Angry?". The New York Times.
  2. ↑ Elaine Justice (May 31, 2016). "Anderson explores country's racial past, present in 'White Rage'". Emory University. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Race and Civil Rights". The New York Times. August 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ "100 Notable Books of 2016". The New York Times. November 23, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Notable nonfiction books in 2016". The Washington Post. November 17, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Best books of 2016". Boston Globe. December 7, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  7. ↑ Adam Morgan (December 14, 2016). "The Best Nonfiction Books of 2016". Chicago Review of Books. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Editors' Choice". The New York Times. July 1, 2016. Retrieved February 1, 2017.
  9. ↑ "National Book Critics Circle Announces 2016 Award Winners". National Book Critics Circle. March 16, 2017. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  10. ↑ Lauren Gambino; David Smith (January 5, 2017). "Democrats target 'troublesome' Trump cabinet nominees". The Guardian. Retrieved February 1, 2017.


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