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Liked the book and still thinking about some of the ideas within it; strikes me that the author does not situate herself in such a way that makes clear her own identity so that there are some confusing statements about President Obama, and others, for instance, whom she categorizes as "African American" while arguing for the transcendence of racial inequality...basically, some of the categories utilized don't quite add up and some of the argumentation falls short.
Imani Perry's second book, More Beautiful and More Terrible, was a joy to read. She offers penetrating insights into the reality of contemporary racial inequalities and makes several suggestions throughout the book of individual, local, and national opportunities to combat such inequalities. One of the most helpful concepts in the book was the notion of "post-intentional racism" as a organizing concept for the practices of racial inequality that persist in 21st century America. She uses this con...
2011. I'm unlikely to read it, but the argument is important.Theon Hill:"Imani Perry's second book, More Beautiful and More Terrible, was a joy to read. She offers penetrating insights into the reality of contemporary racial inequalities and makes several suggestions throughout the book of individual, local, and national opportunities to combat such inequalities. One of the most helpful concepts in the book was the notion of "post-intentional racism" as a organizing concept for the practices of
305.80097 P4634 2001
Interesting read but seems geared more towards an audience that needs to be convinced that racism exists institutionally in the US today. Some excellent points about the way race functions in "post-racial" America especially in terms of how different groups aw racialized. Would have been good to have more on race and neoliberalism though, even though she touches on it once in a while.
Perry is one of the pre-eminent thinkers on race, society, and inequality. More beautiful and more terrible manages to be comprehensive, insightful, substantiated, and forward-thinking - no small task for a thinker who can't help but make connections across disciplines normally set asunder. The job is for the reader, most of us miseducated to think about binaries of systems or individuals, to grasp Perry's points about practices of inequality and take up her charge for what we need to theorize,
This was a textbook for a study group course I took on Social Justice and Social Action. Only a few chapters were assigned. The level of language it is written in can be difficult to navigate. It was useful, but the information was not as easily accessible. It took much more effort to get through it. It was my least favorite for that reason, but the content is very good.
Author Imani Perry starts with the premise (based on ample evidence) that U.S. culture is inherently unequal in the way it treat whites and people of color. The purpose of the book is to identify and describe what she calls "practices of inequality", which are ways of thinking and acting that reinforce the inequities across race in this culture. She focuses most of her attention on the ways these practices of inequality create disadvantages for Blacks, but occasionally offers examples of Latinos...
