Brown (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Richard Rodriguez
- First Published: 2002
- Type of Work: Current affairs, history, and sociology
- Setting: The United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, Current affairs, History, Sociology
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Biracial people, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Interracial relationships, Twenty-first century, California, Ethnic groups, Ethnic relations, Immigration or emigration, Minorities, Mexico or Mexicans, Colors
- Locales: United States
Forecasting a revolution of consciousness that would sweep through the United States, Charles Reich’s The Greening of America (1970) soared to best-seller status. Consciousness III, as Reich called it, promised a rediscovery of selfhood in which the preciousness of all human life would be affirmed. Within a few months, despite its claim that this “greening” was inevitable, Reich’s book had come and gone.
Thirty years later, Richard Rodriguez announced the “browning” of America. Although Brown’s immediate impact did not match The Greening of...
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