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The Color Line In Books About America

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This is a few days old, but the Atlantic asked eleven people to recommend three books each “to help make sense of the state of U.S. democracy.” Aside from one child’s book that I discarded, they ended up with 33 books. The recommenders included five people of color and six white people. Since I’m a chart guy, I have summarized the recommendations in the chart on the right.

I don’t have a big ol’ essay in me about this, but it’s pretty remarkable. If you want to understand America, people of color apparently think you need to read about race and people of color, but nothing much else. White people think you need to understand class, poverty, religion, and so forth, but nothing much about race or people of color. And these are all pretty high-IQ folks who are well read and presumably understand perfectly well the complexity of American history, culture, and politics.

I wonder what books I’d choose if I were limited to three?

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Pondering Dot Earth’s Path After Seven Years and 2,500 Posts

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Dot Earth Blog: Can a Pope Help Sustain Humanity and Ecology?

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Warhammer: Wood Elves – Games Workshop

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Cat Mastery – Tony Buffington

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Same Place, More Space – Karl Champley

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How to Raise the Perfect Dog – Cesar Millan & Melissa Jo Peltier

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Backyard Vegetable Gardening Guide – Larry Stebbins

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Inside of a Dog – Alexandra Horowitz

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White Dwarf Issue 14: 3 May 2014 – White Dwarf

The Wild Riders charge forth! The Wood Elves get reinforcements this issue, and we put them to the test in the Battle of Fell Glade, a battle report against the vile Beastmen. We’re also proud to present a brand-new minigame for the new Treeman miniature called ‘The Defence of Athel Loren’. About this Series: White Dwarf is Games Workshop

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How to Paint Citadel Miniatures: Wood Elves – Games Workshop

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