Deep Denial
The Persistence of White Supremacy in United States History and Life
Published on 7. October 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
296 pages
978-1-934390-04-7 (ISBN)
Description
Deep Denial explains why race is still with us, and what the Civil Rights Movement can tell us about today.
Part I takes a broad historical view, from seventeenth century Virginia through World War II., examining the origins of white supremacy as a structural feature of US society and describing its evolution over time.
Part II features the Civil Rights Movement, how it emerged in the post-WWII era, how the struggle was waged in the 1950s and ‘60s, and how it subsequently devolved from a vibrant community-led, issue-based movement to a bureaucratic, government-sponsored, needs-based nonprofit industry that remains with us today.
Each chapter begins with an intimate and unsparingly personal account from the author’s own life. After drawing the reader into his topic, he lays out the historical facts, while still retaining the master storyteller’s sense of engagement with the reader.
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Language
English
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
432 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-934390-04-7 (9781934390047)
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Like most of us, David Billings has spent a life time watching society fluctuate between actualist and nominalist perspectives with both curiosity and dismay. David's quest began on a camping trip in Northern Ontario when he was eight years old and caught a fish with his bare hands about an hour before an eclipse of the sun. The long drive home, with its progressive re-entry into society, gave him a sense of mission: to find out why we go to such lengths to escape a society which we go to such lengths to create and sustain. The wordless wonder of an eight-year-old was carried through university degrees in commerce, social organization, and human relations as well as economics from Western University plus biological engineering from the University of Guelph. He briefly taught in the business department of Sheridan College. Without accepting any major corporate responsibilities, he has been given a long-lasting critical perspective by working as an independent handyman.