Tag Archives: race

It’s the Little Things

Posted on January 6, 2014 by smellincoffee

  It’s the Little Things: Everyday Interactions that Get Under the Skin of Blacks and Whites© 2002 Lena Williams304 pages It’s the Little Things is an account of Lena Williams and her family’s grievances with white people, which are legion. … Continue reading →

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Black Rednecks and White Liberals

Posted on December 22, 2013 by smellincoffee

Blacks Rednecks and White Liberals© 2005 Thomas Sowell360 pages Thomas Sowell’s provocatively-titled Black Rednecks and White Liberals casts a critical eye toward  conventional understandings of race, class, and history, collecting a half-dozen extensive essays in one volume. Although each essay … Continue reading →

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The Sky is Not the Limit

Posted on September 21, 2013 by smellincoffee

The Sky is not the Limit: Adventures of an Urban Astrophysicist © 2004 Neil deGrasse Tyson203 pages           How does a young black kid from the Bronx become a world-famous astrophysicist, Director of the Hayden Planetarium and the … Continue reading →

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The New Jim Crow

Posted on April 27, 2013 by smellincoffee

The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness © 2010 Michelle Alexander 290 pages             In The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander argues that the United States’ drug laws, coupled with its law … Continue reading →

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