{"product_id":"white-lies-dismantling-ten-cultural-myths-about-race","title":"White Lies: Dismantling Ten Cultural Myths about Race","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eA timely analysis of the myths that underpin white supremacy--and how to counteract them\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor centuries, white men in the West have cultivated and perpetuated a set of false narratives about Black people in order to subjugate and maintain power over them. Some of these myths originated abroad but flourished in America, while others were cultivated solely on American soil. All of them, however, continue to find expression in the present as white supremacy strains to maintain its privilege.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese myths have been expressed in almost every form of discourse, from court rulings and sermons to literature and film to material culture and textbooks. They vary from the biological--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Africans and their descendants are mentally inferior to white\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003es--to the anthropological--\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Africans are incapable of governing themselves and require the supervision of whites\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e--and all have helped to perpetuate Black Americans' enslavement, imprisonment, and exclusion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhite Lies\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eanalyzes ten of the most dangerous and pervasive of these myths and observes how they still emerge in political discourse, legislation, pop culture, and religion. This racist rhetoric is present in the words of Abraham Lincoln, George Wallace, and Donald Trump, and the power of white Christian nationalism often evokes these myths, sometimes so subtly listeners may not be conscious of how they are being manipulated. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhite Lies\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003econnects the dots between past narratives, images, and ideas, and present speech about violence, urban life, the suburbs, voter and welfare fraud, and white saviors. It explores myths that individuals and communities may employ to avoid confronting racism, including the notion that America is either post-racial or that white people are the group most liable to suffer discrimination. While these myths continue to spread,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eWhite Lies\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003ealso notes some of the powerful competing narratives which seek to correct them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greg Garrett","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45500256780464,"sku":null,"price":44.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/6193jhOM8aL._SL1500.jpg?v=1785813609","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/white-lies-dismantling-ten-cultural-myths-about-race","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}