Kirkpatrick macmillan biography of barack

Nonfiction Naked comes from the mouth of Rob Kirkpatrick,  a senior editor with Thomas Dunne Books at St. Martin's Press!

Hi again!  As my
friend Talia has reminded me now and then, it’s been a while since my last
post, so I’m pleased to be writing to you again—and hope to do so with more
frequency from now on!

In this second installment of “NN,” I’d like to tell you
about a new Thomas Dunne title called Acting
White: The Curious History of a Racial Slur by political strategist,
commentator, and former White House advisor Ron Christie.  Christie provides a probing history on the
slur that, ever since the days of slavery and Reconstruction, has been directed
at African-Americans who dare strive for eloquent speech, academic achievement
and/or social success.  Originally used by
fearful whites who wanted to keep “uppity” blacks down, the label of “acting
white” became so entrenched in the African-American experience that it exists
to this day as

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