The new politics of race : from Du Bois to the 21st century

The new politics of race : from Du Bois to the 21st century / edited by Marlese Durr.

The problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line. Du Bois's prophetic statement, made at the beginning of the century, is as true today at the dawn of the 21st century. Presenting fresh, contemporary perspectives on a centuries-old problem, the contributors to this volume,...

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Other Authors: Durr, Marlese, 1953-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.
Subjects:
1900-1999
Race discrimination > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
African Americans > Civil rights.
Minorities > Civil rights > United States.
Cultural pluralism > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
African Americans > Civil rights
Cultural pluralism
Minorities > Civil rights
Race discrimination > Political aspects
Race relations > Forecasting
Race relations > Political aspects
United States > Race relations > Political aspects > History > 20th century.
United States > Race relations > Forecasting.
United States
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • The Du Bois-Washington debate in the 21st century : multiculturalism and the African American community / Donald Cunnigen
  • The white backlash against affirmative action : the case of the California Civil Rights Initiative (Proposition 209) / James E. Jacob and Miriam Ma'at-Ka-Re Monges
  • Organizational response to affirmative action : substance or symbolism? / Sharon M. Collins
  • Social networks and occupational mobility : African Americans' promotion in the public sector / Marlese Durr
  • Does race matter less for the truly advantaged? Residential patterns in the New York metropolis / John R. Logan and Richard D. Alba
  • Inner-city entrepreneurship : is self-employment a cure for poverty? / Cedric Herring, Hayward D. Horton, and Melvin E. Thomas
  • The tattered web of kinship : Black-white differences in social support in a Puerto Rican community / Anne R. Roschelle
  • The American population in the year 2000 / Nancy A. Denton
  • Old wine in new bottles : the reality of modern racism / Joe R. Feagin and Hernan M. Vera
  • The difficulty of doing good : civil rights activism as metaphor / Derrick A. Bell
  • Moving from observation to action : addressing the new politics of race / Thomas S. Lyons and Gregg A. Lichtenstein.

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