Giving A Damn - Racism, Romance and Gone with the Wind

'I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins. Ideas honed in slavery - of the otherness, the boorishness, the inferiority of thy neighbour - have continued to travel through American society.'

About the author

Patricia Williams

Summary

‘I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins. Ideas honed in slavery – of the otherness, the boorishness, the inferiority of thy neighbour – have continued to travel through American society.’

Product details

• Authors: Patricia Williams, Williams Patricia
• Publisher: Harper Collins Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2021
• EAN: 9780008404505
• ISBN: 978-0-00-840450-5
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 204 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; Sociology, History of Ideas, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Slavery, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, Social & political philosophy, Social issues & processes, Legal History, Violence in society, History of the Americas, Slavery & abolition of slavery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination, Slavery and abolition of slavery, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people