Author Gerard Matthews is preparing to release a book that examines how language, history, and systemic bias have shaped American racial identity. Titled 'AMERICA... SPELLS... I AM RACE,' the work blends poetic cadence with social analysis to challenge conventional narratives about race in the United States.
The book's central premise explores how the word 'AMERICA' encodes 'I AM RACE,' offering a new symbolic lens through which to view national identity. Matthews investigates how religious doctrine, legal constructs, and cultural inheritance perpetuate unconscious racial norms across generations. Written in a spoken-word poetic style, the book combines scholarly insight with what the author describes as street-level authenticity.
'This book will disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed,' Matthews says of his work. 'We're not just talking about race. We're confronting what America spells out in its soul.' The author approaches race not as a fixed category but as a constructed force that has been manipulated and internalized throughout American history.
Franklin Publishers is handling the national rollout with advance reader copies for media and influencers, virtual author interviews, community readings, and distribution through major retailers and independent bookstores. More information about the publisher is available at https://www.franklinpublishers.com.
The book's importance lies in its timing amid ongoing national conversations about race, power, and identity. By reframing America's racial narrative through poetic language and cultural analysis, Matthews challenges readers to reexamine their beliefs, institutions, and roles in the struggle for racial equity. The work targets readers seeking truth rather than comfort on topics of race, identity, trauma, and liberation.
As a literary contribution to contemporary discourse, 'AMERICA... SPELLS... I AM RACE' represents both a meditation on American myth and memory and a call to consciousness regarding systemic racial constructs. Matthews invites readers to listen more deeply to inherited stories and those that have been marginalized or forgotten in mainstream narratives.
