
Killers of the Dream
Lillian Smith
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Description
Published to wide controversy, it became the source (acknowledged or unacknowledged) of much of our thinking about race relations and was for many a catalyst for the civil rights movement. It remains the most courageous, insightful, and eloquent critique of the pre-1960s South.
"I began to see racism and its rituals of segregation as a symptom of a grave illness," Smith wrote. "When people think more of their skin color than of their souls, something has happened to them." Today, readers are rediscovering in Smith's writings a forceful analysis of the dynamics of racism, as well as her prophetic understanding of the connections between racial and sexual oppression.
"I began to see racism and its rituals of segregation as a symptom of a grave illness," Smith wrote. "When people think more of their skin color than of their souls, something has happened to them." Today, readers are rediscovering in Smith's writings a forceful analysis of the dynamics of racism, as well as her prophetic understanding of the connections between racial and sexual oppression.
Product Details
Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company |
Publish Date | July 17, 1994 |
Pages | 272 |
Language | English |
Type | |
EAN/UPC | 9780393311600 |
Dimensions | 8.2 X 5.6 X 0.7 inches | 0.6 pounds |
BISAC Categories: Politics, Society & Current Affairs,
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