Bibliograph

Memoir of a race traitor, fighting racism in the American south, Mab Segrest

Type

Label

Memoir of a race traitor, fighting racism in the American south, Mab Segrest

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Memoir of a race traitor

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Mab Segrest

Sub title

fighting racism in the American south

Summary

In 1994, Mab Segrest first explained how she "had become a woman haunted by the dead." Against a backdrop of nine generations of her family's history, Segrest explored her experiences in the 1980s as a white lesbian organizing against a virulent far-right movement in North Carolina. Memoir of a Race Traitor became a classic text of white antiracist practice. Juxtaposing childhood memories with contemporary events, Segrest described her journey into the heart of her culture, finally veering from its trajectory of violence toward hope and renewal. Now, amid our current national crisis driven by an increasingly apocalyptic white supremacist movement, Segrest returns with an updated edition of her classic book. With a new introduction and afterword that explore what has transpired with the far right since its publication, the book brings us into the age of Trump-and to what can and must be done. With brand-new power and relevance in 2019, this is a book that far transcends its genre

Target audience

adult

Classification