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Race Matters (Vintage) |
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Psybre (USA: IA) (2008/10/21):
I am writing this review fifteen years after "Race Matters" was reprinted following the L.A. riots, and the introduction to this new edition read as truth to me; I was a resident in L.A. County at the time of the riots.
The essays primarily propose solutions by disputing common ideological liberal and conservative views and solutions. Generally, the thought-provoking, analytical observation of race matters was excellent. The optimism, if cautious, was not well supported. Some solutions are explicitly proposed but are not greatly examined. West has produced more thorough work with greater examination. As a short primer to matters of race this is an important and interesting book. He does provide at the beginning of each chapter terrific quotes from other writers that do more thoroughly examine the issues. The description is quite fair in saying that West "never hesitates to confront the prejudices of all his readers or wavers in his insistence that they share a common destiny" and this is the book's greatest strength and most visible teaching.
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