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WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE ABOUT RACE?

Keith Boykin

25 Arguments That Won't go Away

Some arguments about race refuse to go away. It's time, once and for all, to shatter them.
The most toxic racial arguments share one of five traits. They try to erase Black history, prioritize white victimhood, deny Black oppression, promote myths of Black inferiority, or rebrand racism as something else entirely. They're all designed to distract society from racial justice, but now we have the tools to debunk them.

With a mixture of personal experience, reportage, and extensive research, Keith Boykin takes a wrecking ball to twenty-five of the most widespread deceptions about race, such as:
- The Civil War was about states' rights, not slavery
- Affirmative action is reverse discrimination
- Critical Race Theory is indoctrinating children to hate one another

and shows us how to refute lies, myths, and misinformation with history, knowledge, and truth.

Keith Boykin is a New York Timesbestselling author, TV and film producer, and former CNN political commentator. A graduate of Dartmouth College and Harvard Law School, Keith served in the White House, cofounded the National Black Justice Coalition, cohosted the BET talk show My Two Cents, and taught at the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University in New York. He's a Lambda Literary Awardwinning author and editor of seven books. He lives in Los Angeles.
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Published 2024-01-23 by Bold Type Books

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Published 2024-01-23 by Bold Type Books

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POLITICO mentioned WHY DOES EVERYTHING HAVE TO BE ABOUT RACE? in an article in which the author was quoted regarding the resignation of Harvard's president. Read more...

A clarifying set of arguments about Black lives past and present. Read more...

Boykin's approach underscores the pervasive role race plays in America and how and why anti-Blackness and systemic racism persist... Readers seeking books in Black Studies, civil rights, and issues of discrimination will find this one thought-provoking and crucial to understanding and dismantling the anti-Black consciousness that endures in American society.

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Danielle Moodie talks to Keith Boykin, the political commentator, film producer and Bill Clinton's former White House aide, about his new book Why Does Everything Have to Be About Race? 25 Arguments That Won't Go Away. Read more...

Excerpt of the chapter "Affirmative Action Is Not 'Reverse Discrimination'" Read more...