I was prepared to be angry, but I decided to read the book first. And, despite the difficult nature of the subject, I am glad I did.
Now that David Brooks’s review of Simon Schama’s The American Future is up, I am re-posting here my review of the same book, which ran several months ago in the Winter 2008 issue of The City.
Bad subtitles aside, this book isn’t really about presidential politics as much as it is race relations in America. As a result, it sheds a great deal more light on race and culture than on the current president. And these insights and ideas are worthy of discussion and debate.