02466cam a2200301 i 4500 358477209 TxAuBib 20181009120000.0 180522s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2018009257 9780807050774 23.95 0807050776 23.95 eng rda TxAuBib rda Fleming, Crystal Marie, 1981- How to be less stupid about race [BOOK] : on racism, white supremacy and the racial divide / Crystal M. Fleming. Boston, MA : Beacon Press, 2018. 230 pages ; 23 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references. The origins of racial stupidity -- The idiot's guide to critical race theory -- Listen to Black women -- On racial stupidity in the Obama era -- Trump country -- Fake racial news -- Interracial love 101 -- Becoming racially literate. 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. Provided by publisher. 20181009. Race awareness United States. Racism United States. United States Race relations.