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In 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. Memoir of a Race Traitor became a classic text of white antiracist practice.
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. With brand-new power and relevance in 2019, this is a book that far transcends its genre.
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. With brand-new power and relevance in 2019, this is a book that far transcends its genre.
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Reviews
"In the shadow of increasing worldwide white nationalism and hyperpredatory capitalism, Segrest's reflections are exceptionally chilling, fresh, and urgent. A passionate, lucid, and necessary memoir, then and now."
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Courageous and daring, this work testifies/documents the reality that political solidarity, forged in struggle, can exist across differences."
bell hooks
"None of this book is predictable. It's woven tightly on the loom of history, especially that of activists-African Americans, feminists, Jews, gay men and lesbians-who emerged in the 1970s and now find themselves building alliances against the new movements toward fascism. Mab Segrest's personal and political journeys are her starting-point, but she calls up a wider screen. Her book gives human fa
Adrienne Rich