Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene by Adolph Reed, Jr.My review
I'm doing a lot of pondering of racism and classism. Also learning about successful social change movements by boning up on the civil rights movement.This book is challenging because Reed tries not to simplify the complexities of a topic that no one wants to acknowledge. And it is complex. Invisible assumptions on all sides that it would be more politic to have laid away already. And as long as nobody of color, language or culture difference appears to challenge the assumptions, it's pleasant to believe we have laid them aside.
But the people of color, language and different cultures are our neighbors. Pretending they're not really here gets harder all the time. Doing the prickly work of learning to relate respectfully to each other is a skill we gotta learn if plan to survive. The difficult issues presented in this book don't shy away from that.
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