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Author Stein, Harry, 1948-

Title Why we won't talk honestly about race / Harry Stein
Published New York : Encounter Books, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (249 pages)
Contents Preface; IntroductIon; racIsm today, racIsm tomorroW, racIsm forever; medIa enablersand other racemonGers; let's pretend no. 1aFFiRmaTive acTioN isReasoNaBLe, NoT RacisT; booker t. WashInGtonTHe NeGLecTed PRoPHeT; It's not braIns, sTUPid, It's culture; let's pretend no. 2FaTHeRs doN'T maTTeR; let's pretend no. 3cRime Has NoTHiNG Todo wiTH Race; let's pretend no. 4mULTicULTURaLism maKesFoR BeTTeR edUcaTioN; let's pretend no. 5"acTiNG wHiTe" is aPRoBLem(NoT THe soLUTioN); blackconservatIvesTHe HeRoes-aNd HoPe-oF oUR Time; afterWord; acknoWledGements
Summary In the Age of Obama, the ugly charge of racism is more prevalent than ever. Why? Because telling the truth about racial profiling, crime, the social fallout of single parent homes, and the ways racial preferences distort the very meaning of equity and justice would mean facing up to the soul-destroying pathologies of urban black culture. Instead, black leaders and their guilty white allies focus tirelessly on historic oppression and the supposed need for more government aid, and demonize those who challenge their shopworn views as?what else??racist. In Why We Won't Talk Honestly About Race (for
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Subject Americans -- Attitudes
Social psychology -- United States
Americans -- Attitudes
Race relations
Social psychology
SUBJECT United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
Subject United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781594037078
1594037078
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9781306436298
9781594037061
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