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Chargement... Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalismpar Terry McAuliffe
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"When Governor Terry McAuliffe hung up the phone on the afternoon of the violent Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, he was sure Donald Trump would do the right thing as president: condemn the white supremacists who'd descended on the college town and who'd caused McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency that morning. He didn't. Instead Trump declared there was 'hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides.' Trump was condemned from many sides himself, even by many Republicans, but the damage was done. He'd excused and thus egged on the terrorists at the moment when he could have stopped them in their tracks. In [this book], McAuliffe looks at the forces and events that led to the tragedy in Charlottesville, including the vicious murder of Heather Heyer and the death of two state troopers in a helicopter accident. He doesn't whitewash Virginia history and discusses a KKK protest over the removal of a statue of Robert E. Lee. He takes a hard real-time, behind-the-scenes look at the actions of everyone on that fateful day, August 12, 2017, including his own, to see what could have been done differently. He lays out the steps taken afterward to prevent future Charlottesvilles -- and what still needs to be done as America in general and Virginia in particular continue to grapple with their history of racism."--Dust jacket. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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 Google Books — Chargement...GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)305.8009755Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Ethnic and national groups ; racism, multiculturalism General Biography And History North America Southeastern U.S.Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne: (1.5)
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It becomes clear very quickly that McAuliffe can do no wrong in his own eyes. He spends the first part of the book talking himself up at every opportunity and touting his accomplishments. He namedrops frequently, and it became quite repetitive and annoying.
The second part of the book deals with what happened in Charlottesville during the "Unite the Right" weekend. McAuliffe praises himself and the state police without reservation (although the police's actions in the rallies were suspect - why were nonviolent protesters being teargassed while later that night people who were flaunting the law allowed to continue in these activities without the police making a peep?). He is quick to lay blame on anyone and everyone else - the counterprotesters for not staying home, the ACLU (he really hates the ACLU, it seems), the judiciary for not siding with him, and the Charlottesville local government.
The last couple of chapters deal do offer some ideas of what can be done to combat white nationalism, but it feels like too little, too late. Even most of these "ideas" are actually just a regurgitation of what he has done in office.
The entire book feels like an attempt from McAliffe to set himself for running for a higher office. I mean, seriously, this guy compares himself to Nelson Mandela, Robert F. Kennedy, and John Lewis. I almost gagged a little. Self-serving much?
My verdict: meh. This isn't the book I was expecting, and I got sick of McAliffe's pontificating pretty quickly. (