Civility has never been neutral in its uses and impacts -- Civility distracts from inequality -- Civic radicals make do with what they have -- Civic radicals believe racism is structural rather than only personal -- Civic radicals speak truth to power -- Civility is deployed when democratic movements are on the rise and reactionaries are on the ropes.
Summary:
"A sweeping political and intellectual history of the way that civility has been used to maintain racial inequality"-- Provided by publisher.
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