A Day Late and a Dollar Short (eBook)

High Hopes and Deferred Dreams in Obama's ""Post-Racial"" America

Jon Jeter, Robert Pierre (Autoren)

eBook Download: EPUB

2009
288 Seiten
Turner Publishing Company (Verlag)
978-0-470-57049-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Could this be the final victory for civil rights, or the first of many to come? 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.

Autor

Robert E. Pierre, a reporter and editor at the Washington Post, has covered politics and social issues at the Post for nearly two decades. He is a former Chicago bureau chief and a key figure in the Post's 2006 award-winning series, "Being a Black Man."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.

Inhalt

Acknowledgments.Introduction.1 Daisy Mae on the Bayou: The Past Is Still with Us.2. Made in America: Union Organizing in Chicago.3. He Doesn't See What We See: Diop's Protest in St. Petersburg.4. Where the Grass is Greener: Linda in the Promised Land.5. Casualty of War: Tee Green in Baghdad.6. White Is Not an Abstract Concept: Angela's Daughters in Appalachia.7. Little Men: Jewel and Launnie in New Orleans.8. Dandelions: Eddie's Freedom in D.C.9. Watermelon Man: Cecil, Jon, and Ryan In Indianapolis.10. The Front Man: Lee Moves from South Africa to Brooklyn.Notes.Index.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 19.11.2009
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
• Schlagworte: 20th century history • American History • biden • Civil Rights • Democracy • Obama • preseident obama • Presidential History • Race relations • racial bias • Racism • Socialism • us history • woke
• ISBN-10: 0-470-57049-0 / 0470570490
• ISBN-13: 978-0-470-57049-4 / 9780470570494