We Gon' Be Alright - Jeff Chang
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We Gon' Be Alright

Updated: 7 Sep 2020
"THE SMARTEST BOOK OF THE YEAR" (THE WASHINGTON POST)In these provocative, powerful essays acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang (Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, Who We Be) takes an incisive and wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies and widespread protests that have shaken the country. Through deep reporting with key activists and thinkers, passionately personal writing, and distinguished cultural criticism, We Gon’ Be Alright links #BlackLivesMatter to #OscarsSoWhite, Ferguson to Washington D.C., the Great Migration to resurgent nativism. Chang explores the rise and fall of the idea of “diversity,” the roots of student protest, changing ideas about Asian Americanness, and the impact of a century of racial separation in housing. He argues that resegregation is the unexamined condition of our time, the undoing of which is key to moving the nation forward to racial justice and cultural equity.
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I just read a brilliant book that my friend recommended to me called 'We Gon' Be Alright' like the Kendrick Lamar song. And it's brilliant, it's about re-segregation in the states and stuff and I found that really interesting.
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