Book Meme

I have been tagged by Kurk for the book meme.  Twice.  (Lovely guy.)  ;-)

The rules of this game:

• Pick up the nearest book of 123 pages or more.
• (No cheating!) Find Page 123.
• Find the first 5 sentences.
• Post the next 3 sentences.
• Tag 5 people.

First book:  Hating in the First Person Plural:  Psychoanalytic Essays on Racism, Homophobia, Misogyny, and Terror  -- (edited by Donald Moss) .. yea, some light reading

"The brother had just entered a prestigious and very competitive high school when Josh entered first grade.  He bore a striking resemblance to the father.  They shared many common interests, and like the father, the older brother was involved in numerous after-school activities that kept him away from home" (123).   [in a chapter on homophobia]

Second book:  The Cheating Culture:  Why More Americans are Doing Wrong to get Ahead -- (by David Callahan)

"It was not until the early twentieth century that pragmatist thinkers fully debunked social Darwinism as a legitimate way to talk about economic life.  But social Darwinism continued to find adherents.  It was used by Jim Crow racists to justify white hegemony in the South and found new supporters in the eugenics movement" (123).  [in a chapter on the question of character]

OK, if you'd like to play along, Derek, Chris, Collin, Joanna, Kim . . . let's see what you've got.

Comments

[J. K. Gayle]

twice (by accident, Billie, sorry!) is better than thrice (by anyway). There must be some value in playing these silly memes. Yes, appreciate the friendship!

[J. K. Gayle]

comment two: don't we all want to know what two books Billie keeps close?

[Ampersand]

Will you hate me if I don't do the meme?