Manifesto” is the perfect word to use to describe this compelling, provocative listen. Narrator JD Jackson's gravelly voice and deliberate delivery match the insightful content and thoughtful argument presented. Blow's argument challenges listeners to think beyond the current conversations about race, politics, and white supremacy. Instead, he presents a step-by-step plan—using examples, statistics, historical data, and personal stories—for Black Americans to create the necessary power shift that will lead to racial equality. He also urges the use of collective action and collective power within the Black community to work to dismantle white supremacy. Jackson conveys Blow's ideas with a thought-provoking, measured delivery and matches the passionate call to action being presented. K.S.M. © AudioFile 2021, Portland, Maine
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A New York Times Editor's Choice | A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
?The Inspiration for the HBO Original Documentary South to Black Power
From journalist and*New York Times*bestselling author Charles Blow comes a powerful manifesto and call to action, ""a*must-read in the effort to dismantle deep-seated poisons of systemic racism and white supremacy"" (San Francisco Chronicle).
Race, as we have come to understand it, is a fiction; but, racism, as we have come to live it, is a fact. The point here is not to impose a new racial hierarchy, but to remove an existing one. After centuries of waiting for white majorities to overturn white supremacy, it seems to me that it has fallen to Black people to do it themselves.
Acclaimed columnist and author Charles Blow never wanted to write a “race book.” But as violence against Black people-both physical and psychological-seemed only to increase in recent years, culminating in the historic pandemic and protests of the summer of 2020, he felt compelled to write a new story for Black Americans. He envisioned a succinct, counterintuitive, and impassioned corrective to the myths that have for too long governed our thinking about race and geography in America. Drawing on both political observations and personal experience as a Black son of the South, Charles set out to offer a call to action by which Black people can finally achieve equality, on their own terms.
So what will it take to make lasting change when small steps have so frequently failed? It's going to take an unprecedented shift in power.*The Devil You Know*is a groundbreaking manifesto, proposing nothing short of the most audacious power play by Black people in the history of this country. This book is a grand exhortation to generations of a people, offering a road map to true and lasting freedom.
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A New York Times Editor's Choice | A Kirkus Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
?The Inspiration for the HBO Original Documentary South to Black Power
From journalist and*New York Times*bestselling author Charles Blow comes a powerful manifesto and call to action, ""a*must-read in the effort to dismantle deep-seated poisons of systemic racism and white supremacy"" (San Francisco Chronicle).
Race, as we have come to understand it, is a fiction; but, racism, as we have come to live it, is a fact. The point here is not to impose a new racial hierarchy, but to remove an existing one. After centuries of waiting for white majorities to overturn white supremacy, it seems to me that it has fallen to Black people to do it themselves.
Acclaimed columnist and author Charles Blow never wanted to write a “race book.” But as violence against Black people-both physical and psychological-seemed only to increase in recent years, culminating in the historic pandemic and protests of the summer of 2020, he felt compelled to write a new story for Black Americans. He envisioned a succinct, counterintuitive, and impassioned corrective to the myths that have for too long governed our thinking about race and geography in America. Drawing on both political observations and personal experience as a Black son of the South, Charles set out to offer a call to action by which Black people can finally achieve equality, on their own terms.
So what will it take to make lasting change when small steps have so frequently failed? It's going to take an unprecedented shift in power.*The Devil You Know*is a groundbreaking manifesto, proposing nothing short of the most audacious power play by Black people in the history of this country. This book is a grand exhortation to generations of a people, offering a road map to true and lasting freedom.
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| BN ID: | 2940177484686 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Publication date: | 01/26/2021 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
| Sales rank: | 499,555 |
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