White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

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Anderson posits that "since 1865 and the passage of the Thirteenth Amendment, every time African Americans have made advances towards full participation in our democracy, white reaction has fueled a deliberate and relentless rollback of their gains - Linking these and other historical flashpoints when social progress for African Americans was countered by deliberate and cleverly crafted opposition, Anderson [believes that] actions made in the name of protecting democracy, fiscal responsibility, or protection against fraud [rendered] visible the long lineage of white rage"