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Race
how Blacks and whites think and feel about the American obsession
1st ed.
by Studs Terkel
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A provocative look at contemporary race relations. First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. In a rare and revealing look how at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel brings out the full complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, uncovering a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen, interracial couples, the nephew of the founder of apartheid, and Emmett Till's mother are among those whose voices appear in Race. In all, nearly one hundred Americans talk openly about attitudes that few are willing to admit in public: feelings about affirmative action, gentrification, secret prejudices, and dashed hopes.
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Race relations, Oral history, Racism, Rassismus, Rassenbeziehung, Interviews, Mondelinge geschiedenis (wetenschap), Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer, Ethnische Beziehungen, Rassenverhoudingen, Relations raciales, Entretien, Relations interethniques, Opinion publique, Race, Race awareness, United states, race relations, Histoire oralePlaces
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Race: how Blacks and whites think and feel about the American obsession
1993, Anchor Books
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Race: How Blacks and Whites Think and Feel About the American Obsession
April 1992, New Pr
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in English
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Race: how Blacks and whites think and feel about the American obsession
1992, New Press, Distributed by W.W. Norton
in English
- 1st ed.
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First published in 1992 at the height of the furor over the Rodney King incident, Studs Terkel's Race was an immediate bestseller. In a rare and revealing look at how people in America truly feel about race, Terkel brings out the full complexity of the thoughts and emotions of both blacks and whites, uncovering a fascinating narrative of changing opinions. Preachers and street punks, college students and Klansmen, interracial couples, the nephew of the founder of apartheid, and Emmett Till's mother are among those whose voices appear in Race. In all, nearly one hundred Americans talk openly about attitudes that few are willing to admit in public: Feelings about affirmative action, gentrification, secret prejudices, and dashed hopes.
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