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By the Color of Our Skin; The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race Hardcover - 2000
by Steinhorn, Leonard, and Diggs-Brown, Barbara
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- Title By the Color of Our Skin; The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race
- Author Steinhorn, Leonard, and Diggs-Brown, Barbara
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Printing [Stated]
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dutton, New York
- Date 2000
- Bookseller's Inventory # 42184
- ISBN 9780452278738 / 0452278732
- Weight 0.6 lbs (0.27 kg)
- Dimensions 7.97 x 5.35 x 0.75 in (20.24 x 13.59 x 1.91 cm)
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Themes
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.800
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Summary
While signs of racial progress are everywhere, the reality is that America is hardly more integrated than it was before the civil rights movement. Beyond the rhetoric of politicians, the media, and the prevalent symbols of integration lies a very different reality: 70 percent of black children attend predominantly black schools; and an Hispanic or Asian American with a third grade education is more likely to live in an integrated neighborhood than is a black with a Ph.D. Fueled by these startling statistics, By the Color of Our Skin argues that integration does not exist now; that it never had a chance to exist in the past; and that it will never exist in the future. Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown would themselves like to see integration become a reality but find--through polls, statistics, interviews, and anecdotes--that the illusion of integration is more damaging than useful because it keeps society from having an honest dialogue about the problem of race. By the Color of Our Skin explodes powerful myths and outlines a new vision of race in America.
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