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You mean it or you don't, James Baldwin's radical challenge, Jamie McGhee and Adam Hollowell

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You mean it or you don't, James Baldwin's radical challenge, Jamie McGhee and Adam Hollowell

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (177-196)

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

You mean it or you don't

Nature of contents

bibliographyhandbooks

Oclc number

1260818985

Responsibility statement

Jamie McGhee and Adam Hollowell

Sub title

James Baldwin's radical challenge

Summary

"After a speech at UMass Amherst on February 28, 1984, James Baldwin was asked by a student: "You said that the liberal façade and being a liberal is not enough. Well, what is? What is necessary?" Baldwin responded, "Commitment. That is what is necessary. You mean it or you don't." Taking up that challenge and drawing from Baldwin's fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and interviews, You Mean It or You Don't will spur today's progressives from conviction to action. It is not enough, authors Hollowell and McGhee urge us, to hold progressive views on racial justice, LGBTQ+ identity, and economic inequality. True and lasting change demands a response to Baldwin's radical challenge for moral commitment." --, Supplied by publisher

Table Of Contents

Tell me, where do you live? -- Christmas in jail -- Discovered by what he found -- Serious as a heart attack -- We are a part of each other -- Listening to Lorraine -- Opening the unusual door -- The cost of being found -- Go the way your blood beats

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