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Publisher
Bombardier Books, an imprint of Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"The election of President Donald Trump has been portrayed in the mainstream media as a doomsday event--especially for America's racial minorities. And yet, reality has proven quite the contrary. Not only are African Americans employed at a greater rate than any other time since the late 1950s, black business formation is at an all-time high. In this groundbreaking book, longtime academic and political commentator Horace Cooper explains how Trump's...
Author
Publisher
Milkweed Editions
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Whenever the people are well informed," Thomas Jefferson famously wrote, "they can be trusted with their own government." But what happens when they are not? The United States provide a good illustration: Politicians pass resolutions denying global warming's existence, that astrology can control the weather, and, in some states, even forbid using the words "Climate Change." In every aspect of our society -- from transport to technology, health care...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A discussion of racial politics in America proposes an inclusive democracy that encompasses such positions as the re-enfranchisement of felons, state support for faith-based institutions, and a reconfiguration of racial identity.
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"With racial justice struggles on the rise, a probing collection considers the past and future of Black radicalism. Black rebellion has returned, with dramatic protests in scores of cities and campuses, bringing with it a renewed engagement with the history of Black radical movements and thought. Here, key scholarly voices from a wide array of disciplines recalls the powerful tradition of Black radicalism as it developed in the nineteenth and twentieth...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books, a member of the Perseus Books Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"Sowell...argues that political and ideological struggles have led to dangerous confusion about income inequality in America. Pundits and politically motivated economists trumpet ambiguous statistics and sensational theories while ignoring the true determinant of income inequality: the production of wealth. We cannot properly understand inequality if we focus exclusively on the distribution of wealth and ignore wealth production factors such as geography,...
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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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Description
"Governments today often apologize for past injustices and scholars increasingly debate the issue, with many calling for apologies and reparations. Others suggest that what matters are victims of injustice today, not injustices in the past. Spinner-Halev argues that the problem facing some peoples is not just the injustice of the past, but that they still suffer from injustice today. They experience what he calls enduring injustices, and it is likely...
57) Constructing identities in Mexican-American political organizations: choosing issues, taking sides
Author
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English