On her Back in the Stacks blog, Cataloging Specialist Jan Hardy reviews Writing Beyond Race by bell hooks (Routledge, 2013)
At first glance, this title reminded me of some people’s claims that since Obama’s presidency, we’re living in a “post-racial” society where racism has ceased to exist. That’s certainly not bell hooks’ intent – rather, she explores in these eighteen essays the enormity of racism yet offers her hopes for the future, with some surprising insights along the way.
Read the rest of the review on the Back in the Stacks blog.