PositiveThe Washington PostIn White Space, Black Hood: Opportunity Hoarding and Segregation in the Age of Inequality, Sheryll Cashin demonstrates how durable and pervasive anti-Black rhetoric has been in American thought from the days of Thomas Jefferson to the era of Donald Trump ... Cashin believes that the solution lies in “abolition and repair,” to rid America of its caste system .... The argument for redress, for replacing contempt with compassion, brutality with kindness, is a common one, and Cashin makes it well.
Jesse McCarthy
RaveThe Washington PostMcCarthy’s book is a fascinating addition to the literature that shows an involved, first-rate mind at work. But if you are looking for a policy wonk’s introduction to the crafting of reparations, or a treatise on whether Blacks ought to be paid cash money—and if so, when, how and by whom—you will not find an answer in McCarthy’s book ... McCarthy is interested in addressing deeper and broader questions ... Indeed, he seems less interested in the details of public policy than in the challenge of wrestling with complex ideas. In doing so, his arrestingly original mind draws connections and conclusions that are not necessarily apparent ... There are ideas enough in this book of essays for 10 books; but there are no pat answers. Instead, there are endless interesting questions raised by a gifted, restless mind.
