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Against civility : the hidden racism in our obsession with civility / Alex Zamalin.

Author/creator Zamalin, Alex, 1986- author.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2021]
Description175 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)
Racism--United States --History.
Courtesy--Political aspects --United States --History.
Political culture--United States --History.
Equality--United States --History.
Protest movements--United States --History.
United States--Race relations --History.
Contents Civility has never been neutral in its uses and impacts -- Civility distracts from inequality -- Civic radicals make do with what they have -- Civic radicals believe racism is structural rather than only personal -- Civic radicals speak truth to power -- Civility is deployed when democratic movements are on the rise and reactionaries are on the ropes.
Abstract "A sweeping political and intellectual history of the way that civility has been used to maintain racial inequality"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Issued in other formOnline version: Zamalin, Alex, 1986- Against civility. Boston : Beacon Press, [2021] 9780807026564
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2020022047
ISBN9780807026540
ISBN0807026549 hardcover
ISBNelectronic book

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