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008			180416s2018 nyu b 001 0deng
020			_a9781250199416 (hardcover)
020			_a1250199417 (hardcover)
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050	1	4	_a002 E 185.61 _bD998w 2018
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100	1		_aDyson, Michael Eric, _d1958-
245	1	0	_aWhat truth sounds like : _bRobert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and our unfinished conversation about race in America / _cMichael Eric Dyson.
246	3	0	_aRobert F. Kennedy, James Baldwin, and our unfinished conversation about race in America
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bSt. Martin's Press, _c[2018]
300			_a294 pages ; _c20 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 283-294) and index.
520			_a"In 1963 Attorney General Robert Kennedy sought out James Baldwin to explain the rage that threatened to engulf black America. Baldwin brought along some friends, including playwright Lorraine Hansberry, psychologist Kenneth Clark, and a valiant activist, Jerome Smith. It was Smith's relentless, unfiltered fury that set Kennedy on his heels, reducing him to sullen silence. Kennedy walked away from the nearly three-hour meeting angry - that the black folk assembled didn't understand politics, and that they weren't as easy to talk to as Martin Luther King. But especially that they were more interested in witness than policy. But Kennedy's anger quickly gave way to empathy, especially for Smith. "I guess if I were in his shoes...I might feel differently about this country." Kennedy set about changing policy - the meeting having transformed his thinking in fundamental ways. There was more: every big argument about race that persists to this day got a hearing in that room. Smith declaring that he'd never fight for his country given its racist tendencies, and Kennedy being appalled at such lack of patriotism, tracks the disdain for black dissent in our own time. His belief that black folk were ungrateful for the Kennedys' efforts to make things better shows up in our day as the charge that black folk wallow in the politics of ingratitude and victimhood. The contributions of black queer folk to racial progress still cause a stir. BLM has been accused of harboring a covert queer agenda. The immigrant experience, like that of Kennedy - versus the racial experience of Baldwin - is a cudgel to excoriate black folk for lacking hustle and ingenuity. The questioning of whether folk who are interracially partnered can authentically communicate black interests persists."
600	1	0	_aKennedy, Robert F., _d1925-1968 _xFriends and associates.
600	1	4	_aKennedy, Robert F. _q(Robert Francis), _d1925-1968. _xAmigos y asociados
600	1	0	_aBaldwin, James, _d1924-1987 _vInfluence.
600	1	4	_aBaldwin, James Arthur, _d1924-1987 _vInfluencia
600	1	0	_aSmith, Jerome, _c(Freedom Rider), _d1949- _vInfluence.
600	1	4	_aSmith, Jerome, _d1939- _vInfluencia
650		0	_aAfrican Americans _xIntellectual life.
650		4	_aAfroamericanos _xVida intelectual _93305
650		0	_aCocktail parties _zNew York (State) _zNew York City.
650		0	_aAfrican American civil rights workers _xHistory _y20th century.
650		4	_aAfroamericanos _xDerechos civiles _ySiglo XX _92190
650		0	_aCivil rights movements _zUnited States.
650		4	_aMovimientos de derechos civiles _92192 _xHistoria
650		0	_aIntercultural communication _zUnited States _vCase studies.
650		4	_aComunicación intercultural _zEstados Unidos. _95396
651		0	_aUnited States _xRace relations.
651		4	_aEstados Unidos _xRelaciones raciales _9705
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