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White fear is not new. It enabled the rise of Donald Trump. It's
behind the recent flood of restrictive voting laws
disproportionately impacting people of colour. It's why reactions
to movements like Black Lives Matter and a football player taking a
knee have been so negative and so strong. For two centuries, the
deep-seated fear that many white people feel - of losing power, of
losing economic standing, of losing a particular "way of life" -
has been the driving force behind American politics and culture.
And as we approach a future where white people will become a racial
the minority in the US, something estimated to occur as early as
2043, that fear is only intensifying, festering, and becoming more
visible. Are we destined for a violent clash? What can we do to
step into our country's inevitable future, without tearing
ourselves apart in the process? Nationally renowned journalist and
award-winning author Roland Martin has been sounding this alarm for
more than a decade. In White Fear, he provides a primer on how
white fear has shaped, and continues to shape, our democracy and
our culture. He connects the separate puzzle pieces, from the Tea
Party Movement and QAnon to the decline of white American optimism
to the diminishing blue-collar workforce, to illuminate the larger
picture of what will unfold in America over the next decade-plus,
and offers a better way forward. If we want to create the kind of
country that we're all welcome in and proud to live in, we can no
longer ignore white fear. To neutralise it - in our country and,
for white readers, ourselves - we must first understand it. Only
then can we recognise and dismantle it. And as the last few years
have shown, we don't have any time to lose.
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