{"product_id":"memoir-of-a-race-traitor-fighting-racism-in-the-american-south-9781620972991","title":"Memoir of a Race Traitor: Fighting Racism in the American South","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBack in print after more than a decade, the singular chronicle of life at the forefront of antiracist activism, with a new introduction and afterword by the author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Mab Segrest's book is extraordinary. It is a 'political memoir' but its language is poetic and its tone passionate. I started it with caution and finished it with awe and pleasure.\" --Howard Zinn\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn 1994, Mab Segrest first explained how she \"had become a woman haunted by the dead.\" Against a backdrop of nine generations of her family's history, Segrest explored her experiences in the 1980s as a white lesbian organizing against a virulent far-right movement in North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMemoir of a Race Traitor\u003c\/em\u003e became a classic text of white antiracist practice. bell hooks called it a \"courageous and daring [example of] the reality that political solidarity, forged in struggle, can exist across differences.\" Adrienne Rich wrote that it was \"a unique document and thoroughly fascinating.\" Juxtaposing childhood memories with contemporary events, Segrest described her journey into the heart of her culture, finally veering from its trajectory of violence toward hope and renewal. Now, amid our current national crisis driven by an increasingly apocalyptic white supremacist movement, Segrest returns with an updated edition of her classic book. With a new introduction and afterword that explore what has transpired with the far right since its publication, the book brings us into the age of Trump--and to what can and must be done.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalled \"a true delight\" and a \"must-read\" (\u003cem\u003eMinnesota Review\u003c\/em\u003e), \u003cem\u003eMemoir of a Race Traitor\u003c\/em\u003e is an inspiring and politically potent book. With brand-new power and relevance in 2019, this is a book that far transcends its genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMab Segrest\u003c\/strong\u003e is professor emeritus of gender and women's studies at Connecticut College and the author of \u003cem\u003eAdministrations of Lunacy\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eMemoir of a Race Traitor\u003c\/em\u003e (both from The New Press). A longtime activist in social justice movements and a past fellow at the National Humanities Center, she lives in Durham, North Carolina.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50544928456978,"sku":"9781620972991","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7892060f-13d7-4576-a158-e26ce8323684.jpg?v=1731538569","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/memoir-of-a-race-traitor-fighting-racism-in-the-american-south-9781620972991","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}