--- product_id: 47637244 title: "White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide" price: "$29.63" currency: USD in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.us/products/47637244-white-rage-the-unspoken-truth-of-our-racial-divide store_origin: US region: United States of America --- # White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide **Price:** $29.63 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide - **How much does it cost?** $29.63 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.us](https://www.desertcart.us/products/47637244-white-rage-the-unspoken-truth-of-our-racial-divide) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description National Book Critics Circle Award Winner New York Times Bestseller USA Today Bestseller A New York Times Notable Book of the Year A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book of the Year A Boston Globe Best Book of 2016 A Chicago Review of Books Best Nonfiction Book of 2016 From the Civil War to our combustible present, White Rage r eframes our continuing conversation about race, chronicling the powerful forces opposed to black progress in America--now in paperback with a new afterword by the author, acclaimed historian Carol Anderson. As Ferguson, Missouri, erupted in August 2014, and media commentators across the ideological spectrum referred to the angry response of African Americans as “black rage,” historian Carol Anderson wrote a remarkable op-ed in The Washington Post suggesting that this was, instead, "white rage at work. With so much attention on the flames," she argued, "everyone had ignored the kindling." 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. The end of the Civil War and Reconstruction was greeted with the Black Codes and Jim Crow; the Supreme Court's landmark 1954 Brown v. Board of Education decision was met with the shutting down of public schools throughout the South while taxpayer dollars financed segregated white private schools; the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and Voting Rights Act of 1965 triggered a coded but powerful response, the so-called Southern Strategy and the War on Drugs that disenfranchised millions of African Americans while propelling presidents Nixon and Reagan into the White House, and then the election of America's first black President, led to the expression of white rage that has been as relentless as it has been brutal. Carefully linking these and other historical flashpoints when social progress for African Americans was countered by deliberate and cleverly crafted opposition, Anderson pulls back the veil that has long covered actions made in the name of protecting democracy, fiscal responsibility, or protection against fraud, rendering visible the long lineage of white rage. Compelling and dramatic in the unimpeachable history it relates, White Rage will add an important new dimension to the national conversation about race in America. Review: A thoroughly researched history of racism that needs to be taught and fought - This book gives the reader a thoroughly researched history of racism toward African Americans, with brutal honesty and conviction. When I say “thoroughly researched,” I mean that the references and notes at the back of the book take up at least one third of the entire book’s pages. Carol Anderson has used facts, statistics, direct quotes and stories to uncover the startlingly deplorable truth of this nation’s past. This is information that should be taught in schools to combat racism and systems of oppression in American society. Chapter one address how the Emancipation Declaration did little to actually free slaves. President Lincoln wanted to send the black population to live in Panama to avoid civil war. Nonetheless war ensued and African Americans were supposed to be given citizenship and black men the right to vote, but this was fought tooth and nail, particularly in Confederate states. Chapter two is about the great migration from below the mason Dixon line to the northern states. Even though African Americans were paid higher wages in the north, they were pushed into segregated areas, in overcrowded houses, some without indoor plumbing or heating. When they tried to move into white neighborhoods, they were often violently pushed out. Carol Anderson addresses the education system throughout this book. During segregation white schools were favored for government funding while black schools had very limited funding and there were often as many as 85 students to a teacher. “African Americans had to contend with “overcrowded classrooms, decrepit school buildings, inadequate numbers of textbooks, schools lacking libraries, cafeterias, gymnasiums.” ” Nonetheless black people longed for education after being forced to remain illiterate during slavery. “In the antebellum South, the enslaved were actively forbidden from learning to read and write.” Education grants them access to better jobs and healthcare etc. All Americans should have the right and access to a decent education in the United States. Chapter Three is about voting rights and education. The right to vote, doesn’t mean that any adult can vote. Systems have been put into place to prohibit the illiterate, under-educated and people without government issued identification from voting—a system that blatantly discriminates against African Americans who could barely access more than a 5th grade education in the 1940s! Chapter four is about the Civil Rights movement and how the government, media and schools have downplayed past racism and current conditions as well. White people are taught to believe that the treatment of black slaves wasn’t as harsh as it really and truly was. White people are taught to bitch about affirmative action as though it is reverse racism (discrimination against white people), to criticize poorer people’s access to Medicaid and other forms of social welfare support that might benefit the black community in particular, and to relegate racism to the Ku Klux Klan, despite the fact that America’s wealth in the 19th century was due predominantly to slavery. “In 1860 80% of the nation’s gross national product was tied to slavery. Yet in return for 250 years of toil, African Americans had received nothing but rape, whippings, murder, the dismemberment of families, and forced subjugation, illiteracy, and abject poverty.” Carol also discusses the war on drugs and how the media used words like “urban” to refer to African American communities and blame drug addiction and distribution on black people. Chapter five is about Barack Obama’s presidency. He was singled out for condemnation by the Republican party after the election and one of the responses was to make it more difficult for black people to vote, which, of course, results in the office of Donald Trump immediately after the first black president. Night and day different! Obama received the most death threats of all presidents—400 times more than President George W. Bush. He was badmouthed as irrational, and blamed for a Congress shutdown that cost the country $24 billion because they claimed that the government couldn’t function under his presidency. “Somehow many have convinced themselves that the man who pulled the United States back into some semblance of financial health, reduced unemployment to its lowest level in decades, secured health insurance for millions of citizens, ended one of our recent all-too-intractable wars in the Middle East, reduced the staggering deficit he inherited from George W. Bush, and masterminded the takedown of Osama Bin Laden actually hates America.” The Afterword of this book is like an additional chapter about the presidency of Donald Trump and his affiliation with Putin. North Carolina—where I happen to live—is one of the most gerrymandered states in America and Trump had the gall to thank the African American community for not voting in the 2016 election. Brilliant book. Every white person needs to read this book. Every American needs to read this book. Thank you, Carol Anderson, for educating me so that I can be part of the change and not part of the problem that is racism. Review: Excellent and thorough analysis - This book should be mandatory reading in all households especially Black families. The deep dive provided explains how Gen X, the first born truly free, and generations going forward have had their prosperity sabotaged by the courts and statehouses. After reading this book you will see how many of the new social policies proposed today are just repackaged tactics that were successfully implemented against Black Americans. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #41,775 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #90 in Political Commentary & Opinion #92 in Discrimination & Racism #108 in History & Theory of Politics | | Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 5,980 Reviews | ## Images ![White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81pKRwmnIFL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A thoroughly researched history of racism that needs to be taught and fought *by E***J on February 18, 2023* This book gives the reader a thoroughly researched history of racism toward African Americans, with brutal honesty and conviction. When I say “thoroughly researched,” I mean that the references and notes at the back of the book take up at least one third of the entire book’s pages. Carol Anderson has used facts, statistics, direct quotes and stories to uncover the startlingly deplorable truth of this nation’s past. This is information that should be taught in schools to combat racism and systems of oppression in American society. Chapter one address how the Emancipation Declaration did little to actually free slaves. President Lincoln wanted to send the black population to live in Panama to avoid civil war. Nonetheless war ensued and African Americans were supposed to be given citizenship and black men the right to vote, but this was fought tooth and nail, particularly in Confederate states. Chapter two is about the great migration from below the mason Dixon line to the northern states. Even though African Americans were paid higher wages in the north, they were pushed into segregated areas, in overcrowded houses, some without indoor plumbing or heating. When they tried to move into white neighborhoods, they were often violently pushed out. Carol Anderson addresses the education system throughout this book. During segregation white schools were favored for government funding while black schools had very limited funding and there were often as many as 85 students to a teacher. “African Americans had to contend with “overcrowded classrooms, decrepit school buildings, inadequate numbers of textbooks, schools lacking libraries, cafeterias, gymnasiums.” ” Nonetheless black people longed for education after being forced to remain illiterate during slavery. “In the antebellum South, the enslaved were actively forbidden from learning to read and write.” Education grants them access to better jobs and healthcare etc. All Americans should have the right and access to a decent education in the United States. Chapter Three is about voting rights and education. The right to vote, doesn’t mean that any adult can vote. Systems have been put into place to prohibit the illiterate, under-educated and people without government issued identification from voting—a system that blatantly discriminates against African Americans who could barely access more than a 5th grade education in the 1940s! Chapter four is about the Civil Rights movement and how the government, media and schools have downplayed past racism and current conditions as well. White people are taught to believe that the treatment of black slaves wasn’t as harsh as it really and truly was. White people are taught to bitch about affirmative action as though it is reverse racism (discrimination against white people), to criticize poorer people’s access to Medicaid and other forms of social welfare support that might benefit the black community in particular, and to relegate racism to the Ku Klux Klan, despite the fact that America’s wealth in the 19th century was due predominantly to slavery. “In 1860 80% of the nation’s gross national product was tied to slavery. Yet in return for 250 years of toil, African Americans had received nothing but rape, whippings, murder, the dismemberment of families, and forced subjugation, illiteracy, and abject poverty.” Carol also discusses the war on drugs and how the media used words like “urban” to refer to African American communities and blame drug addiction and distribution on black people. Chapter five is about Barack Obama’s presidency. He was singled out for condemnation by the Republican party after the election and one of the responses was to make it more difficult for black people to vote, which, of course, results in the office of Donald Trump immediately after the first black president. Night and day different! Obama received the most death threats of all presidents—400 times more than President George W. Bush. He was badmouthed as irrational, and blamed for a Congress shutdown that cost the country $24 billion because they claimed that the government couldn’t function under his presidency. “Somehow many have convinced themselves that the man who pulled the United States back into some semblance of financial health, reduced unemployment to its lowest level in decades, secured health insurance for millions of citizens, ended one of our recent all-too-intractable wars in the Middle East, reduced the staggering deficit he inherited from George W. Bush, and masterminded the takedown of Osama Bin Laden actually hates America.” The Afterword of this book is like an additional chapter about the presidency of Donald Trump and his affiliation with Putin. North Carolina—where I happen to live—is one of the most gerrymandered states in America and Trump had the gall to thank the African American community for not voting in the 2016 election. Brilliant book. Every white person needs to read this book. Every American needs to read this book. Thank you, Carol Anderson, for educating me so that I can be part of the change and not part of the problem that is racism. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent and thorough analysis *by A***Y on April 10, 2026* This book should be mandatory reading in all households especially Black families. The deep dive provided explains how Gen X, the first born truly free, and generations going forward have had their prosperity sabotaged by the courts and statehouses. After reading this book you will see how many of the new social policies proposed today are just repackaged tactics that were successfully implemented against Black Americans. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Spot-On Book with a Spot-On Title, Necessary Reading for Academics and Others Alike *by B***5 on October 6, 2016* A necessary book for both academics and non-academics alike, White Rage is well-organized, thoroughly researched, and accessible to a large range of readers. Rather than simply accepting the tired phrase "black rage," which reflects a nation's color-blind disregard for the etiology of our current racial divide, Dr. Anderson reveals the true motivation for much of the legal, cultural, and even physical (such as murder) behaviors which have been exhibited. Refusing to accept the scapegoating which underpins much of these decisions, she labels it exactly what it was and is: far-reaching, aggressive, and often virulent attempts to subordinate one group of people such that the other can maintain dominance. As she points out, this rage is in response to African American attempts to be equal, successful, and simply to have the same opportunities; sadly, the many egregious attempts to prevent this reflect continued attempts to simply maintain the status quo. Dr. Anderson's section on Neshoba and Ronald Reagan's speech--packed to the brim with dog whistle references--which even in its choice of venue reflects that administration's agenda, as well as the section on the war on drugs which follows are excellent: clearly written and successful in their exposition of the roots of this rage. Her sections on the multitude of efforts--especially at higher levels in the legal world/Supreme Court--to turn back hard-won Civil Rights and educational opportunities are both cogent and readily accessible to both academics and lay people. By showing the many ways in which attempts have been made to hold back African Americans, Dr. Anderson also underlines the importance of awareness, thereby dispelling the notion that a color-blind approach to racism--a "just get over it (slavery)" attitude--is acceptable. I also applaud her willingness to broach the topic of others who are disenfranchised, which include Native Americans, Latinos/Latinas, Asians, Iraqis, and Afghanis, as it opens the arena to discussion about other people of color in the US. As she imagines in the brief concluding chapter, what if all of this anger, rage, and ultimately many resources were devoted to something more positive than maintaining one group's dominance? Spot-on book, necessary reading for all. It's hard to imagine someone of any "race" or ethnicity who would not benefit from reading this one. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.us/products/47637244-white-rage-the-unspoken-truth-of-our-racial-divide](https://www.desertcart.us/products/47637244-white-rage-the-unspoken-truth-of-our-racial-divide) --- *Product available on Desertcart United States of America* *Store origin: US* *Last updated: 2026-05-20*