White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide

Overview

Anderson posits that "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 - Linking these and other historical flashpoints when social progress for African Americans was countered by deliberate and cleverly crafted opposition, Anderson [believes that] actions made in the name of protecting democracy, fiscal responsibility, or protection against fraud [rendered] visible the long lineage of white rage"