Reader's Advisory | Tolerance | Bibliotherapy
by Sara Ullery August 31, 2017It’s time to go back to school, and I’m terrified. Now to be clear, this is nothing new– I’m always nervous at the beginning of the school year. The night before my first day of kindergarten I couldn’t sleep, so I woke up my mom and she made me fold clothes to help get my mind off my nerves. I remember folding bras, but not knowing how to fold a bra, because you totally don’t fold bras, FYI. The next day when I had to actually go to school (I was afternoon kindergarten) I cried, so my mom had to stay and I sat on her lap during circle time. It got a little better as the years went on, but I’m a naturally nervous person who cared a lot about school, so I always had a tight stomach and twitchy hands on the first day.....
White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide by Carol Anderson
I
added this one after Charlottesville, and it seems very prescient now.
Where is this white nationalism coming from? This book came from an
article that Carol Anderson had written for the Washington Post
after Ferguson, when so many people were so focused on “black rage.” Her
answer was: no, every time the African American community made
progress, the white majority swooped in and found a way to take it away.
Why isn’t anybody talking about white rage?
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