{"product_id":"why-does-everything-have-to-be-about-race-25-arguments-that-wont-go-away-9781541703315","title":"Why Does Everything Have to Be about Race?: 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away","description":"\u003cb\u003eSome arguments about race refuse to go away. It's time, once and for all, to shatter them.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The most toxic racial arguments share one of five traits. They try to erase Black history, prioritize white victimhood, deny Black oppression, promote myths of Black inferiority, or rebrand racism as something else entirely. They're all designed to distract society from racial justice, but now we have the tools to debunk them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With a mixture of personal experience, reportage, and extensive research, Keith Boykin takes a wrecking ball to twenty-five of the most widespread deceptions about race, such as: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Civil War was about states' rights, not slavery \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Affirmative action is reverse discrimination \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Critical Race Theory is indoctrinating children to hate one another \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cbr\u003e and shows us how to refute lies, myths, and misinformation with history, knowledge, and truth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bold Type Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541703315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2023 pg. 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2023\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Keith Boykin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43361497055413,"sku":"9781541703315","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_d7e8852d-157e-4d47-9357-ceafcd13a58d.jpg?v=1701190999","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/why-does-everything-have-to-be-about-race-25-arguments-that-wont-go-away-9781541703315","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}