A Rap on Race
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| Author | James Baldwin, Margaret Mead |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | J. B. Lippincott |
Publication date | 1971 |
A Rap on Race is a non-fiction book co-authored by writer and social critic James Baldwin and anthropologist Margaret Mead. It consists of transcriptions of conversations between the two.
Summary introduction
The transcript mentions 'New Guinea, South Africa, Women's Lib, the South, slavery, Christianity, their early childhood upbringings, Israel, the Arabs, the bomb, Paris, Istanbul, the English language, Huey Newton, John Wayne, the black bourgeoisie, Baldwin's 2-year-old grand nephew and Professor Mead's daughter.'[1]
Literary significance and criticism
The book has been dismissed as "baloney", under the assumption that it was solely published because the authors were famous.[1]
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