The Moment: Thoughts on the Race Reckoning That Wasnt and How We All Can Move F [Paperback]

“Toni Morrison once said, ‘The function, the very serious function of racism is distraction.’ InThe Moment, Bakari Sellers brilliantly and precisely cuts through the noise of the calculated, well-financed, and relentless campaign by conservative media, think tanks, and politicians to end the post-George Floyd ‘racial reckoning’ and reverse the civil rights victories of the past fifty years. This is a must-read!”—Joy-Ann Reid,New York Timesbestselling author and host of MSNBC'sThe Reid Out 

TheNew York Timesbestselling author ofMy Vanishing Countryexamines the modern political landscape and policies that are impacting Black families and communities, and in this work of urgent political commentary, offers solutions for a better tomorrow.

In late May in 2020, while discussing the murder of George Floyd on CNN, Bakari Sellers spoke from the heart sharing devastating insight that touched millions around the world: “It’s just so much pain. You get so tired. We have black children. I have a 15-year-old daughter. I mean, what do I tell her? I’m raising a son. I have no idea what to tell him. It’s just—it’s hard being black in this country when your life is not valued and people are worried about the protesters and the looters. And it’s just people who are frustrated for far too long and not have their voices heard.”

In this powerful and persuasive book, Sellers expands on the issues he addressed in hisNew York TimesbestsellerMy Vanishing Country, examining the systemic racism in national politics and policies that deeply impact not only Black people in his home state of South Carolina but the lives of millions of African Americans in communities across the nation. Four years later, Sellers has an answer to the question he raised on CNN, offering much-needed prescriptions for racial justice to help all Black Amerló”