Morrison, Toni

• Race-ing Justice, En-gendering Power

  • This book is actually a collection of essay about the interaction of race, gender and society with a specific focus on the Clarence Thomas confirmation hearings. The highlights are the essays by Morrison, Michael Thelwell and Kimberle Crenshew. Unfortunately, many of the other essays are somewhat redundant. Once a given point has been made, it is kind of boring to read yet another essay explaining the same thing with a slightly different tack. The book could also be fairly criticized for not presenting the "pro-Thomas" side of the argument very objectively. Don't get me wrong... Anita Hill told the truth without a shadow of a doubt, but it would have been interesting to hear exactly what the arguments in favor of Thomas' behavior would have been instead of just hearing them paraphrased by other authors. Anyway, the book is worth getting just for the essays I mentioned, regardless of the flaws.

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