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1 online resource (vii, 274 pages) |
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text file rda |
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A thick fog of unreality -- The Great Black Depression -- The \value gap -- Racial habits -- White fear -- Restless sleep after King's dream -- Between two worlds -- President Obama and black liberals -- A revolution of value -- Resurrection -- Democracy in black. |
| Summary |
"A polemic on the state of black America that argues that we don't yet live in a post-racial society"-- Provided by publisher. |
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A professor at Princeton University makes the case that multiple forces have conspired to deepen the impoverishment of black communities, crystallizing the untenable position of Black America and offering thoughts on a better way forward. |
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"A powerful polemic on the state of black America that savages the idea of a post-racial society America's great promise of equality has always rung hollow in the ears of African Americans, but today the situation has grown even more dire. From the murders of black youth by the police, to the dismantling of the Voting Rights Act, to the disaster visited upon poor and middle-class black families by the Great Recession, it is clear that black America faces an emergency--at the very moment the election of the first black president has prompted many to believe we've solved America's race problem. Democracy in Black is Eddie S. Glaude Jr.'s impassioned response. Part manifesto, part history, part memoir, it argues that we live in a country founded on a "value gap"--with white lives valued more than others--that still distorts our politics today. Whether discussing why all Americans have racial habits that reinforce inequality, why black politics based on the civil-rights era have reached a dead end, or why only remaking democracy from the ground up can bring real change, Glaude crystallizes the untenable position of black America--and offers thoughts on a better way forward. Forceful in ideas and unsettling in its candor, Democracy In Black is a landmark book on race in America, one that promises to spark wide discussion as we move toward the end of our first black presidency"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-262) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
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African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
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Racism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Race discrimination -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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African Americans -- Economic conditions. |
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African Americans -- Social conditions. |
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Race discrimination. |
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Race relations. |
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Racism. |
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Race relations -- History.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century.
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United States -- Race relations -- 21st century.
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United States. |
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Electronic books. |
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Glaude, Eddie S., Jr., 1968- Democracy in black New York : Crown Publishers, [2016] 9780804137416 (DLC) 2015028508 (OCoLC)879915518 |
| ISBN |
9780804137423 : $48.00 |
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0804137420 : $48.00 |
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