Seen and Unseen: Technology, Social Media, and the Fight for Racial Justice

The book "Seen and Unseen" by Marc Lamont Hill and Todd Brewster explores how visual media has shifted the narrative on race and reignited the push towards justice. It connects the current news headlines and social media feeds to the country's long struggle against racism and asks why it took the footage of George Floyd to trigger an overwhelming response.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 320 pages
Publication date: 16 March 2023
Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Nobody Marc Lamont Hill and the bestselling author and acclaimed journalist Todd Brewster. With his signature “clear and courageous” (Cornel West) voice Marc Lamont Hill and New York Times bestselling author Todd Brewster weave four recent pivotal moments in Americas racial divide into their disturbing historical context—starting with the killing of George Floyd. Seen and Unseen reveals the connections between our current news headlines and social media feeds and the countrys long struggle against racism. Drawing on the powerful role of technology as a driver of history,identity,and racial consciousness, Seen and Unseen asks why,after so much video confirmation of police violence on people of color,it took the footage of George Floyd to trigger an overwhelming response of sympathy and outrage. In the vein of The New Jim Crow and Caste , Seen and Unseen incisively explores what connects our moment to the history of race in America but also what makes today different from the civil rights movements of the past and what it will ultimately take to push social justice forward.

Weight: 298g
Dimension: 140 x 214 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781982180409