Overview
"Bracing, candid, and rueful." āKirkusĀ
Baynard WoodsĀ thought he had escaped the backwards ways of the South Carolina he grew up in, a world defined by country music, NASCAR, and the confederacy.
But when a white guy from his hometown of Columbia, S.C.āalso the birthplace of secessionā massacred nine Black people in Charleston in the name of Southern whiteness, Woods began to delve into his familyās historyāand the ways that history has affected his own life.
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Upon discovering that his familyāboth the Baynards and the Woodsesācollectively claimed ownership of more than 700 people in 1860 and that his great-grandfather had assassinated a Black politician in 1871, Woods realized his own name was a confederate monument. With assiduous research and brutal self-analysis, Woods uncovers the details of his familyās crimes and all of the mundane ways he inherited themā¦and their coverup. Along with his name, he had inherited privilege, wealth, and all the lies that his ancestors passed down through the generations.
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At a time where Southern states are embracing a return to authoritarian, anti-democratic principles, Woods' analysis of how we inherited our whiteness from the twisted psychology of Southern slavers is both trenchant and urgentābut always cast against the foibles and failures of his own life.
Unflinching and uninhibited, Inheritance is a no-holds-barred memoir that exposes the story from Trump country that you havenāt heard while excavating what it means to reckon with whiteness in America today and what it might mean to begin to repair the past.
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This book title, Inheritance (An Autobiography of Whiteness) - 9780306924200, ISBN: 9780306924200, by Baynard Woods, published by Grand Central Publishing (June 27, 2023) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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