Full Dissidence: Notes from an Uneven Playing Field Hardcover – January 21, 2020

I would definitely recommend this book. It was something that was unexpected in my opinion because I know of Howard Bryant from some of my favorite sports shows.This book is offers a great perspective on how racism is so ingrained into all fascists of the American experience. With a focused view on how our love of sports is so intertwined with politics, corporate greed, and America’s favorite pastime - racism.I particularly loved the chapters, Renters & What Colin Kaepernick Taught Us

Short and to the point; and also Eye opening and informative. He articulates with great skill his views about the real state of race relations in the sports world and the rest of the United States. Highly recommend.

This is powerfully written and extremely relevant to the current climate. I'd recommend Mr. Bryant's book strongly to all. It is not only eye opening but also a book that will generate lots of conversation. I'm really glad I read this book. After reading this, one will re-examine how they view athletes debating playing games. Very much a book of its time.

Howard Bryant released this book close to half a year before the COVID-19 outbreak ravaged the world then racism, police brutality & corruption ravaged America. The playing field is completely uneven & this book outlines how we got here & warns us to fix things before the inevitable occurs if we’re too far gone. A must read.

History and sports culture politics book we need in are world today this school library journal need read this book

Well done Mr. Bryant. Using sports as the backdrop, Howard Bryant assails the myth of America and exposes the ways and means by which the myth continues unabated and often unchallenged. These essays are provocative, intended to shake one from their doldrums, demanding action. And that action doesn't have to be large, indeed a shift in consciousness might suffice.But it is increasingly clear that a new understanding about the "playing field" is wholly necessary if one wishes to be truly enlightened."What was being said in these relationships, in effect, was that white people wanted the benefit of loving someone black without confronting the conditions that make life difficult for black people. When white people would say to me, “I don’t care if you’re black,” they were not being generous. They were not being progressive. They literally meant what they said. They did not care, and even if they did not mean it cruelly, they meant to say the historical, overwhelming conspiracy on the part of their country—by government, the judiciary, the financial and educational institutions, and by law enforcement— to ensure a black underclass was not enough (or was too much) for them. They might be sympathetic. They might not, but it was life, and however terrible they may have felt individually, they would do nothing more about it." With passages like these, Full Dissidence is a welcome addition to the literary world and is deserving of a place on your bookshelf. He does an excellent job of dissecting the intersection of sports , patriotism and race, through these timely essays. There is also a brief and humorly interesting history on the board game monopoly, one this reader was unfamiliar with. It's a short book, clocking in at 200 pages, but none are wasted and every page feels essential. Howard Bryant is an excellent writer and a disturbingly provocative thinker. America is so in need of these types of books that hold up the mirror unflinchingly, while saying we can and must do better. "It was a defense mechanism against the blunt force of the truth: their whiteness led to a pipeline of connections that led to handshakes that led to a résumé that would find its way to just the right desk. No one may have handed them anything but neither was a system of legal and extralegal racial barriers actively working against them." Thanks to Edelweiss for an advanced DRC. Book will be out January 21, 2020

I have been sleeping on Howard Bryant's writing apparently because this book was 192 pages of pure flames.I especially found the essays on what we learned from Colin Kaepernick and the hero game especially insightful.I cannot recommend this book enough for people wanting to understand more about the intersection of race, sports, and politics.

Excellent book! An honest and open account of the role of race in America along with its impacts. It shines a light on the how we cover our eyes to the facts of who and what America is, which continue to limit what we could be. I highly recommend this book!

Howard Bryant provides a brilliant, incisive view and critique of American culture from the unique perspective of Black America and Black athletes.