Winning the Race; Beyond the Crisis in Black America Softcover - 2007
by McWhorter, John
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In his first major book on the state of black America since the New York Times bestseller Losing the Race, John McWhorter argues that a renewed commitment to achievement and integration is the only cure for the crisis in the African-American community.
Winning the Race examines the roots of the serious problems facing black Americans today poverty, drugs, and high incarceration rates and contends that none of the commonly accepted reasons can explain the decline of black communities since the end of segregation in the 1960s. Instead, McWhorter posits that a sense of victimhood and alienation that came to the fore during the civil rights era has persisted to the present day in black culture, even though most blacks today have never experienced the racism of the segregation era.
McWhorter traces the effects of this disempowering conception of black identity, from the validation of living permanently on welfare to gansta rap's glorification of irresponsibility and violence as a means of 'protest.' He discusses particularly specious claims of racism, attacks the destructive posturing of black leaders and the 'hip-hop academics,' and laments that a successful black person must be faced with charges of 'acting white.' While acknowledging that racism still exists in America today, McWhorter argues that both blacks and whites must move past blaming racism for every challenge blacks face, and outlines the steps necessary for improving the future of black America.
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- Title Winning the Race; Beyond the Crisis in Black America
- Author McWhorter, John
- Binding Softcover
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Very Good Condition
- Pages 448
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Gotham Books, New York
- Date 2007
- Bookseller's Inventory # 0127662
- ISBN 9781592402700 / 1592402704
- Weight 0.84 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 8 x 5.29 x 1.2 in (20.32 x 13.44 x 3.05 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Dewey Decimal Code 305.896
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Summary
Winning the Race examines the roots of the serious problems facing black Americans today—poverty, drugs, and high incarceration rates—and contends that none of the commonly accepted reasons can explain the decline of black communities since the end of segregation in the 1960s. Instead, McWhorter posits that a sense of victimhood and alienation that came to the fore during the civil rights era has persisted to the present day in black culture, even though most blacks today have never experienced the racism of the segregation era.
McWhorter traces the effects of this disempowering conception of black identity, from the validation of living permanently on welfare to gansta rap’s glorification of irresponsibility and violence as a means of “protest.” He discusses particularly specious claims of racism, attacks the destructive posturing of black leaders and the “hip-hop academics,” and laments that a successful black person must be faced with charges of “acting white.” While acknowledging that racism still exists in America today, McWhorter argues that both blacks and whites must move past blaming racism for every challenge blacks face, and outlines the steps necessary for improving the future of black America.
