The bibliography informing this book is absolutely amazing. She rejects the simple distinction between structural racism and individual acts of discrimination and shows how practices play out in law, policy and our daily living reproduce racial injustice. Perry offers a clear-eyed view of racial inequality as a cultural practice. More Beautiful and More Terrible: The Embrace and Transcendence of Racial Inequality in the United States by Imani Perry. As Glaude bears witness to the difficult truth of racisms continued grip on the national soul, Begin Again is a searing exploration of the tangled web of race.
I do believe Baldwin’s last book, _The Evidence of Things Not Seen_, should have been included in this collection, but I am bias. RELEASE DATE: N/A A penetrating study of how the words of James Baldwin (1924-1987) continue to have (often painful) relevance today. The book speaks directly to our current moment, I think. BEGIN AGAIN JAMES BALDWIN'S AMERICA AND ITS URGENT LESSONS FOR OUR OWN by Eddie S.
I would urge people to read closely _No Name in the Street_. One can see the continuity of theme and subject as well as the shift in tone and audience as the material conditions of Black life changed over the course of his life. In Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own, Glaude traces Baldwin’s complicated journey to understand racism in the U.S. This is a wonderful collection and offers a glimpse into the depth of Baldwin’s nonfiction. Professor Eddie Glaude’s top five books: James Baldwin: Collected Essays (edited by Toni Morrison)
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