NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLERAnNPRBestBookoftheYear-KirkusReviewsBestBookoftheYearLonglistedforthe2024AndrewCarnegieMedalforExcellence“AmericanWhitelashisindispensable.Really.Itis.“-IbramX.Kendi,authorofHowtoBeanAntiracistPulitzerPrize-winningjournalistWesleyLoweryconfrontsthesicknessattheheartofAmericansociety:thecyclicalpatternofviolencethathasmarredeverymomentofracialprogressinthiscountry,andwhosebloodshedbegananewfollowingObama’s2008election.In2008,BarackObama’shistoricvictorywasheraldedasaturningpointforthecountry.Andsoitwouldbe--justnotinthewaythatmostAmericanshoped.Theelectionofthenation’sfirstBlackpresidentfannedlong-burningembersofwhitesupremacy,ignitinganewandfrighteningphaseinahistoricalAmericancycleofracialprogressandwhitebacklash.InAmericanWhitelash,PulitzerPrize-winningjournalistandbest-sellingauthorWesleyLowerychartsthereturnofthisblood-stainedtrend,showinghowtheforcesofwhitepowerretaliatedagainstObama’svictory--andbothprofitedfrom,andhelpedtopropel,theriseofDonaldTrump.Interweavingdeephistoricalanalysiswithgrippingfirsthandreportingonbothvictimsandperpetratorsofviolence,Loweryuncovershowthisviciouscycleiscarryingusintoevermoreperilousterritory,howthefederalgovernmenthasfailedtointervene,andhowwestillmightfindarouteofescape.
