The case for rage : why anger is essential to anti-racist struggle /
Cherry, Myisha V.,
The case for rage : why anger is essential to anti-racist struggle / Myisha Cherry. - xv, 203 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages -183-193) and index.
Painting in broad strokes -- Fitting fury, rightful rage -- Rage in work clothes -- Breaking racial rules through rage -- Rage renegades : a special message to "allies" -- Anger management : an alternative view -- The end of rage.
"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"--
0197557341 9780197557341
GBC1C4268 bnb
020279380 Uk
Racial justice.
Anti-racism.
Anger--Philosophy.
The case for rage : why anger is essential to anti-racist struggle / Myisha Cherry. - xv, 203 pages ; 22 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages -183-193) and index.
Painting in broad strokes -- Fitting fury, rightful rage -- Rage in work clothes -- Breaking racial rules through rage -- Rage renegades : a special message to "allies" -- Anger management : an alternative view -- The end of rage.
"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"--
0197557341 9780197557341
GBC1C4268 bnb
020279380 Uk
Racial justice.
Anti-racism.
Anger--Philosophy.