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The writing is a bit prosaic, but Vance has his finger on the pulse of Appalachian "hillbilly" culture and draws on his own challenging up-bring in that culture to offer a brutally honest critique of it.

My passionate colleague trains his sharp eye and intellect on our slow, plodding climb toward America's mountaintop promise of equality and justice for all. Through careful, critical analysis he blows apart the myth of a post-racial America and clearly exposes the continuing trek to which we must remain committed, all the while keeping hope alive with his call to our better collective angels.