Book
The case for rage : why anger is essential to anti-racist struggle
Publication Information
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Physical Description
xv, 203 pages ; 22 cm
Summary
"Anger has a bad reputation. Many people think that it is counterproductive, distracting, and destructive. It is a negative emotion, many believe, because it can lead so quickly to violence or an overwhelming fury. And coming from people of color, it takes on connotations that are even more sinister, stirring up stereotypes, making white people fear what an angry other might be capable of doing, when angry, and leading them to turn to hatred or violence in turn, to squelch an anger that might upset the racial status quo"--