| Description |
xvii, 412 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Imani Perry -- Movin' on up? Segregation, integration, and assimilation / Mara Tapp, Gary Orfield, Aruturo Vargas -- Greatest American ever: the radical, and human, Martin Luther King, Jr. / Tavis Smiley, Taylor Branch -- Too little thought, too little action? Black leaders and intellectuals / Jesse Jackson -- Myths, distortion, and history: affirmative action / Ward Connerly -- Rainbow collision? Black, white, and brown / Mara Tapp, Angelo Falcon -- Membership has its privileges: coloring white identities / Ray Suarez, David Roediger, Peggy McIntosh, Anna Meigs -- Mexicans are coming: immigration and the borders of fear / Maria Hinojosa, [et al.} -- I say yo, you say Oy: blacks, jews, and love / Elliot A. Ratzman -- Can we all get along? Racial friction and the beloved community / Marianne Williamson -- Homelands, homegirls, and homefronts: the politics of black love / Cornel West -- Where is the love? Condoleezza Rice and black folk / Meredith Vieira, Star Jones, Joy Behar, Kathy Lee Gifford -- General principles: Colin Powell's compassionate conservatism / Juan Williams -- Dying for attention: gun obsession and American violence / Bill Press, Mary Matalin, Michael Medved -- Stakes are high: violence, hip-hop, and the United States Senate / John McCain, John Kerry. |
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Million heirs: marching toward manhood / Liane Hansen, Joe Klein -- In his own hands: black male intensity and Latrell Sprewell's American dream / Roy Suarez, Len Elmore -- Is Dave Chappelle crazy? The price of fame and the paranoid style / Keith Murphy -- Empire keeps track: 9/11, race, and religion / Jeremy Earp -- Who's to blame? Victims, survivors, and agents in Hurricane Katrina / Lynn Neary, Juan Williams -- Humor in the hurt: politically incorrect reflections on Hurricane Katrina / Stephen colbert -- Sorry seems to be the hardest word: apologies and reparations for slavery / Bobbie Battista, David Horowitz -- Still some juice left: O.J. ten years later / Ofra Bikel -- Weapons of mass seduction: the War in Iraq and inside US / Bill Maher, Ann Coulter, Dennis Miller -- Bill Paid: philanthropy or social justice? / Debra Dickerson -- ResponsiBillity: Cosby's conservative turn / Ted Koppel, Shelby Steele -- Shock (jock) therapy? Bills of right / Bill O'Reilly -- Poor excuse: Cosby and the politics of disgust / Damian Bruce. |
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African Americans -- Social conditions.
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African Americans -- Race identity.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| Added Title |
Debating race |
| ISBN |
9780465002061 hardback |
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0465002064 hardback |
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