A Day Late and a Dollar Short (ePub)
When Henry Louis Gates spoke out about his ridiculous arrest, he stated a truth few Americans?including President Obama?are eager to discuss: there is no such thing as...
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When Henry Louis Gates spoke out about his ridiculous arrest, he stated a truth few Americans?including President Obama?are eager to discuss: there is no such thing as a post-racial America. When it comes to race, the United States has come a long way, but not far enough and not fast enough. Every day, we cope with casual racism, myriad indignities, institutional obstacles, post-racial nonsense, and peers bent on self-destruction. The powers that be, meanwhile, always seem to arrive with their apologies and redress a day late and a dollar short.
This book takes a close look at the lives of African-Americans from diverse backgrounds as Obama?s victory comes to play a personal role in each of their lives. Every tale delves into the complex issues we will have to deal with going forward:
- The many challenges young black men face, such as subtle persistent racism
- The stagnation of blacks vis ? vis whites
- Widespread black participation in the military despite widespread anti-war sentiments
- The decline of unions even as organized labor becomes the primary vehicle for black progress
- The challenges of interracial families
- The lack of good schools or healthcare for the poor
- The inability of well-off blacks to lift up others
Barack Obama will deliver his first official State of the Union address in January 2010, and A Day Late and a Dollar Short will deliver an altogether different picture of the way things really under the first black president.
Jon Jeter has served as a producer for This American Life on NPR and as a Bureau Chief for the Washington Post. He is the author of Flat Broke in the Free Market.
- Autoren: Jon Jeter , Robert Pierre
- 2009, 1. Auflage, 288 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Turner Publishing Company
- ISBN-10: 0470570490
- ISBN-13: 9780470570494
- Erscheinungsdatum: 19.11.2009
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