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Penetrating Whiteness: How White Supremacy Built America (Navigating the Landscape of Racism, Sexism, and America's Cultural Divide)

Penetrating Whiteness: How White Supremacy Built America (Navigating the Landscape of Racism, Sexism, and America's Cultural Divide) - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Ralph RemingtonPublish date:2/3/2026Pages:230
Language:EnglishPublisher:Books That Save LivesISBN-13:9781963667349ISBN-10:1963667344UPC:9781963667349Book Category:Social Science, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Race & Ethnic Relations, African American & Black Families, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SC815M4A9D
At a time when America faces escalating racial tensions, the re-emergence of white nationalist movements, and growing threats to democracy, Ralph Remington's Penetrating Whitenessis an urgently needed clarion call.

This powerful and timely collection of essays offers piercing insights into the realities of racism, sexism, homophobia, and the damaging legacy of Donald Trump's divisive presidency. With Trump mounting another run for the White House in 2024 amid the fallout of the January 6th insurrection, the national atmosphere is tinged with volatility and civil war rhetoric. Into this powder keg moment steps Remington, one of America's leading Black multi-sector voices on identity, social justice, and the path toward racial healing. His essays boldly confront the uncomfortable truths about the persisting toxicity of white supremacy and systemic discrimination.

Language:EnglishPublisher:Books That Save LivesISBN-13:9781963667349ISBN-10:1963667344UPC:9781963667349Book Category:Social Science, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Race & Ethnic Relations, African American & Black Families, Cultural & Ethnic StudiesBook Topic:AmericanSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.52 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SC815M4A9D

Ralph Remington is currently the Director of Cultural Affairs for the San Francisco Arts Commission. He has extensive professional experience in arts administration and government, and has experience as a director, actor, essayist, playwright and screenwriter. He is the founding producing artistic director of Pillsbury House Theatre in Minneapolis where he is also a former City Councilmember.

Prior to joining the City and County of San Francisco, he served as the Deputy Director for Arts and Culture for the City of Tempe, Arizona. In that role, he was responsible for Tempe Center for the Arts' comprehensive performance and visual art programming, as well as overseeing public art, the Tempe History Museum, arts engagement and municipal arts granting. He previously served as the former Western Regional Director and Assistant Executive Director for Actors Equity Association in Los Angeles. Prior to that, he was Director of Theater and Musical Theater at the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) under President Obama in Washington, D.C, where he was the first Black man ever appointed. In 2010, he received the NEA Chairman's Distinguished Service Award. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Howard University. Ralph Remington currently resides in San Francisco, California.


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Ralph Remington

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