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Title: A Rap on Race by Margaret Mead, James A. Baldwin ISBN: 044021176X Publisher: Laureleaf Pub. Date: 1992 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99

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Average Customer Rating: 4

Rating: 3
Summary: conversation on race
Comment: In August 1970 Margaret Mead (anthropologist) and James Baldwin (writer) sat down and had a long and serious discussion about race. This book is a transcript of that conversation. In the beginning of the book it's seemed as if both were agreeing just for the sake of not wanting to hurt the other's feelings. Margaret in particular seemed to sound like a black person in that she was so quick to agree with James on the fact that blacks really have it hard in this country and it represents a serious barrier. I figured that after the first few pages that the conversation would be very boring. About half way into the book however, the pace of the conversation changed and got more interesting as they started touching on sexual issues. Toward the end, the conversation begain to get quite heated. James became very adamant and Margaret begain to interrupt him and assumed what he's was going to say before he said it. The conversation doesn't get heated until the subject of Jews is brought up. After finishing the book, I can't say that I've added too much of anything to my knowledge other than the indigenous people of New Guinea speak over 200 different dialects.

I think the conversation lacked depth and has dated quite a bit. It would have been nice if they would have been able to expound more on the issues of religion and sexual selection but either one or both of them lacked knowledge in these areas or they simply shied away from talking about them. I also wish they would have talked about lynching to obtain some insight into the white southern mindset. James did talk about how he experienced a different mindset from white southerners as opposed to northerners, but he only scratched the surface of the subject. Black radicalism was also given scant attention.

I wouldn't recommend this book strongly, but it is a nice book to read just for the sake of seeing how little things have changed since the sixties and seventies.

Rating: 5
Summary: Great!
Comment: I have always loved the way Mr. Baldwin expresses himself; in a calm yet intense manner. I think that this transcript captures that. He has so many great thought-provoking statments. (I will not quote one for I feel I will not do it justice. Nor could I capture his depth).