A unique and
irreverent take on everything that’s wrong with our “national
conversation about race”—and what to do about it
How to Be Less
Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the
half-truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have thoroughly
corrupted the way race is represented in the classroom, pop culture,
media, and politics. Centuries after our nation was founded on
genocide, settler colonialism, and slavery, many Americans are
kinda-sorta-maybe waking up to the reality that our racial politics
are (still) garbage. But in the midst of this reckoning, widespread
denial and misunderstandings about race persist, even as white
supremacy and racial injustice are more visible than ever before.
Combining
no-holds-barred social critique, humorous personal anecdotes, and
analysis of the latest interdisciplinary scholarship on systemic
racism, sociologist Crystal M. Fleming provides a fresh, accessible,
and irreverent take on everything that’s wrong with our “national
conversation about race.” Drawing upon critical race theory, as
well as her own experiences as a queer black millennial college
professor and researcher, Fleming unveils how systemic racism exposes
us all to racial ignorance—and provides a road map for transforming
our knowledge into concrete social change.
