We Were Eight Years in Power : : an American Tragedy

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Call Number: 973.932 Co, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Politics / Coates, Ta-Nehisi
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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"This is how we lost to the white man" -- American girl -- Why do so few blacks study the Civil War? -- The legacy of Malcolm X -- Fear of a black president -- The case for reparations -- The black family in the age of mass incarceration -- My president was black.
Contents: This is how we lost to the white man. -- American girl. -- Why do so few blacks study the Civil War? -- Legacy of Malcolm X. -- Fear of a black president. -- Case for the reparations. -- Black family in the age of mass incarceration. -- My president was black.

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Insightful Essays Spanning the Obama Years submitted by sdunav on July 6, 2018, 9:38am This was much better than the blurbs made me think it would be - it's a series of eight lengthy essays written over the Obama years, with introductions from after November 2016. Coates' main argument is that Trump's presidency is a result of racist backlash, but the essays are much more than that - they include some perceptive looks at history (including fascinating stuff about redlining in Chicago and Reconstruction), current events, and Black culture. I thought this was going to be totally depressing and it wasn't, it was just realistic.