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

Publication Info. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 214 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Summary 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, including top scholars in sociology and political science, show that race-politics remains a part of the new millennium despite past efforts to erase discriminatory practices. From an initial reconsideration of the DuBois-Washington debate to Derrick Bell's essay on the pitfalls of "doing good," the book illustrates that the debate about race remains a firm part of our social fabric, begging for a solution to change old and new feelings about race in the United States.
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Subject Race discrimination -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Race discrimination -- Political aspects.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Race discrimination.
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
African Americans -- Civil rights.
Minorities -- Civil rights -- United States.
Minorities -- Civil rights.
Cultural pluralism -- United States.
Cultural pluralism.
United States -- Race relations -- Political aspects -- History -- 20th century.
Race relations.
United States -- Race relations -- Forecasting.
Forecasting.
Chronological Term 1900 - 1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Durr, Marlese, 1953-
Other Form: Print version: New politics of race. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002 0275969681 (DLC) 2001036310 (OCoLC)47243843
ISBN 0313011990 (electronic book)
9780313011993 (electronic book)
0275969681 (alkaline paper)
9780275969684 (alkaline paper)
1280315245
9781280315244