Description: Williams, a regular columnist for "The Nation", frequent guest on "The NewsHour", and contributor to "The New York Times" "op-ed" page, here discusses the racism of liberals, of well-intentioned people. In the current social and political climate, in which race is emerging as an important topic for Americans, her take on the subject is unique.
Brief description: Patricia J. Williams is a columnist ("Diary of a Mad Lawyer," The Nation), and a professor of law at Columbia University. Her books include Open House, The Rooster's Egg and The Alchemy of Race and Rights. She also contributes regularly to Ms. and The Village Voice.
Review Quotes:
"This powerful text examines the everyday realities of race in such a powerful and poignant way that we can never fall back on the myth of color blindness even as we transcend race in our quest for humane ends and aims." --Cornel West
"Seeing a Color-Blind Future is a slender book that challenges us to dream the biggest dream--a deep democracy in which we see ourselves in each other. Patricia Williams instills it with her gifts of intelligent rage, compassion, and hope." --Gloria Steinem "Some forty years ago, James Baldwin informed White America: 'We know more about you than you know about us.' Today, Patricia Williams sets out to repair this failing, this retardedness, that, unless recognized, may become the wound that will not heal. With acerbic wit, easy grace, and telling anecdote, she offers a remedy: our native intelligence." --Studs Terkel