death in a promised land (sick title btw) offers a brief overview of the tulsa riot itself and instead focuses more heavily on the before and after: tdeath in a promised land (sick title btw) offers a brief overview of the tulsa riot itself and instead focuses more heavily on the before and after: the socioeconomic situation in the city & the racist incidents from prior years that allowed it to happen, and the (also racist) reaction of the white community & the municipal powers in the aftermath. really, ellsworth is here trying to explain that the tulsa riot wasn't some isolated random act of terrible violence, but a culmination of the american racism.
plus propaganda. ellsworth is very clear that if a right-wing newspaper wrote about the incident which sparked the riot differently, the whole thing might have been avoided. (miraculously, we have zero printed copies of the newspaper from that specific day...)...more
goes into great detail, based mostly on primary sources, offers an incredible story full of names & anecdotes. and yet unfortunately that's simultaneogoes into great detail, based mostly on primary sources, offers an incredible story full of names & anecdotes. and yet unfortunately that's simultaneously its weak point: it's so focused on the small facts, it struggles with grabbing the reader's attention. also definitely written for an audience who's already familiar with the time period - doesn't spare any time to explain some of the big things.
really, this is the only problem with reading nonfiction: a lot of the time people who are amazing scholars, aren't very good writers... ...more
i still want to read the capital itself but this is a good foundation book; easy language, modern day examples, a solid amount of repetition just to mi still want to read the capital itself but this is a good foundation book; easy language, modern day examples, a solid amount of repetition just to make sure you get it ...more
manzoor-khan starts by saying she isn't interested in defining islamophobia, but rather in describing its effect on the world & the people. and so firmanzoor-khan starts by saying she isn't interested in defining islamophobia, but rather in describing its effect on the world & the people. and so first she tracks the cause of said effect in colonialism and capitalism, and brings it to its only natural conclusion: not reforming the system we live in, but uprooting it. which makes this very much an anti-capitalist, abolitionist text. we won't know freedom until we get rid of white supremacy....more
a most exquisite fairytale! oh the power of everlasting love of one sister for another, the power of grammar to shape the physical world, the power ofa most exquisite fairytale! oh the power of everlasting love of one sister for another, the power of grammar to shape the physical world, the power of poetry to change fates....more
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