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Why Does Everything Have to Be about Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away

Why Does Everything Have to Be about Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away

By Keith Boykin

"The Civil War was about states' rights, not slavery. " "If you don't like it here, you should go back to Africa. " "What about Black-on-Black crime. " "You're just playing the race card. " There's a whole arsenal of popular "gotchas" that crop up again and again in discussions about race in America. According to the people who use them, Critical Race Theory is a dangerous threat that promotes racial hatred, and affirmative action is reverse discrimination.

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Book Information

Publisher: Bold Type Books
Publish Date: 01/23/2024
Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9781541703315
ISBN-10: 1541703316
Language: English

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Fight back against misinformation and ignorance as New York Times bestselling author Keith Boykin debunks 25 of the most common claims used to refute America's racist past and present. The most toxic racial arguments share one of five traits. They try to erase Black history, prioritize white victimhood, deny Black oppression, promote myths of Black inferiority, or rebrand racism as something else entirely. They're all designed to distract society from racial justice, but now we have the tools to debunk them. With a mixture of personal experience, reportage, and extensive research, Keith Boykin takes a wrecking ball to twenty-five of the most widespread deceptions about race, such as:
  • The Civil War was about states' rights, not slavery
  • Affirmative action is reverse discrimination
  • Critical Race Theory is indoctrinating children to hate one another

and shows us how to refute lies, myths, and misinformation with history, knowledge, and truth.

About the Author

Keith Boykin is a CNN political commentator, New York Times best-selling author, and a former White House aide to President Bill Clinton. Boykin teaches at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York and previously taught at American University in Washington, D.

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