Fear of a black nation examines the compound political race that took part in Montreal, Quebec in the 1960s. This book opens the eyes and ears of the readers due to the publication of race and how it belongs in Montreal. The black community was very active in the community, which has a huge impact and influence on black history. The two notable events that mark their territory in Montreal are “the congress of Black Writers,” and the “Sir George Williams Affair.” The book represents the height of two decades of formal and informal questions. It describes the many experiences and self-organizing activates of Blacks in Montreal. In addition Austin analyzes how the Canadian state reacts to these events. Austin presents the audience with multiple
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During these times in the sixties, there were other oppressed groups like among students, and white feminists. This is an astounding examination of Black Canadian experiences, Austin’s Fear of a Black Nation challenges everything we think we know about Black Canada and the police state. Portrayal on thorough and widespread research that spans several continents, and using RCMP records, Austin’s tells the story of Black activism in Montreal, and shows or in some sense proves how this activism changed the lives and history of Black Canadians, Caribbeans, and Black people …show more content…
First I found a critique written by Jean-Philippe Warren, his views on the book are quiet opposite than mine in where he believes Austin is undermining some important details. “Certainly, the general absence of French historical sources weakens the book’s arguments. The hypothesis that blacks in the sixties re-mained ‘‘visible but not acknowledged and not recognized by either the dominant English minority or the French majority in Montreal’’ (40) is harder to maintain if you consult the relevant French sources. For example, Austin does not mention the appearance of Stokely Carmichael at the Centre social de l’Universite´ de Montre´al on 23 February 1968, a visit covered by the French student paper Le Quartier latin. On this occasion, the flamboyant president of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, who was introduced as a ‘‘well-known figure on the Montreal campus,’’ apologized for not being able to deliver his speech in French.” In saying this Jean-Philippe believes that well this may be written well, Austin may be skewing a few major roles that played out in order to make his book better. A second critique I found was written by a gentleman by the name of Ted Rutland, who views Austin’s work as influential and noteworthy. “ David Austin’s Fear of a Black Nation: race, sex, and security in sixties Montreal turns its gaze upon
During these times in the sixties, there were other oppressed groups like among students, and white feminists. This is an astounding examination of Black Canadian experiences, Austin’s Fear of a Black Nation challenges everything we think we know about Black Canada and the police state. Portrayal on thorough and widespread research that spans several continents, and using RCMP records, Austin’s tells the story of Black activism in Montreal, and shows or in some sense proves how this activism changed the lives and history of Black Canadians, Caribbeans, and Black people …show more content…
First I found a critique written by Jean-Philippe Warren, his views on the book are quiet opposite than mine in where he believes Austin is undermining some important details. “Certainly, the general absence of French historical sources weakens the book’s arguments. The hypothesis that blacks in the sixties re-mained ‘‘visible but not acknowledged and not recognized by either the dominant English minority or the French majority in Montreal’’ (40) is harder to maintain if you consult the relevant French sources. For example, Austin does not mention the appearance of Stokely Carmichael at the Centre social de l’Universite´ de Montre´al on 23 February 1968, a visit covered by the French student paper Le Quartier latin. On this occasion, the flamboyant president of the Student Non-violent Coordinating Committee, who was introduced as a ‘‘well-known figure on the Montreal campus,’’ apologized for not being able to deliver his speech in French.” In saying this Jean-Philippe believes that well this may be written well, Austin may be skewing a few major roles that played out in order to make his book better. A second critique I found was written by a gentleman by the name of Ted Rutland, who views Austin’s work as influential and noteworthy. “ David Austin’s Fear of a Black Nation: race, sex, and security in sixties Montreal turns its gaze upon