WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH WHITE PEOPLE

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH WHITE PEOPLE

Author Talk and Book Signing

October 24      7 p.m.     Harriet Beecher Stowe Center
Presented with the Mark Twain House and Museum

In her new book, What's the Matter with White People: Why We Long for a Golden Age That Never Was, Joan Walsh argues that America’s fundamental divide is not about parties or ideology or even race, but about how each side believes we got here. In the book, Walsh looks back over the last several decades of American politics and culture, showing how the white working class—the class into which she herself was born and raised—has seen opportunities stagnate and decline, and the stability of the middle class disintegrate. She also puts forth ideas about what really needs to happen next in America to ensure that we all have equal opportunities, no matter what one’s skin color—including white.  The book is essential reading as the country struggles through political polarization and racial change to invent the next America in the years to come.

Walsh is editor-at-large of Salon.com and an MSNBC political analyst. 

Join us for what promises to be a thought-provoking evening moderated by Tom Condon, deputy editorial page editor and columnist at The Hartford Courant.

The book is for sale in the Visitor Center at the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center.