When the Stars Begin to Fall : : Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of America
Book - 2021 305.8 Jo, Black Studies 305.8 Jo, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Social Science / Race & Ethnicity / Johnson, Theodore R. 3 On Shelf No requests on this item
Sign in to request
Locations
Call Number: 305.8 Jo, Black Studies 305.8 Jo, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Social Science / Race & Ethnicity / Johnson, Theodore R.
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch
Location & Checkout Length | Call Number | Checkout Length | Item Status |
---|---|---|---|
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout |
305.8 Jo | 4-week checkout | On Shelf |
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout |
Black Studies 305.8 Jo | 4-week checkout | On Shelf |
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout |
Adult Book / Nonfiction / Social Science / Race & Ethnicity / Johnson, Theodore R. | 4-week checkout | On Shelf |
Part I: The challenge for America. The primary threat to America ; The veiled threats exposed -- Part II: American, but black: lessons for national solidarity. Superlative citizenship ; Inclusion trickles down ; Black solidarity -- A framework for national solidarity. Finding civil religion ; Racism is a crime of the state ; Solidarity is not colorblind -- Part IV: A path toward national solidarity. National solidarity as the right response to racism.
""Racism is an existential threat to America," Theodore R. Johnson declares at the start of his profound and exhilarating book, a refutation of the American Promise enshrined in our Constitution-that all men and women are inherently equal. And yet racism continues to corrode our society. If we cannot overcome it, Johnson argues, while the United States will remain a geopolitical entity, the promise that made America unique on earth will have died. When the Stars Begin to Fall makes a compelling, ambitious case for a pathway to the national solidarity necessary to overcome racism. Weaving memories of his own family's experiences and strands of history into his elegant narrative, Johnson posits that a blueprint for national solidarity can be found in the exceptional citizenship long practiced in Black America, augmented by a more enduring version of the solidarity among members of the military or in communities recovering from a natural disaster. Understanding that racism is a structural crime of the state, he argues that overcoming it requires us to recognize that a color-conscious society-not a color-blind one-is the true fulfillment of the American Promise. Alive to the power of writers from James Baldwin to Isabel Wilkerson to Jon Meacham, When the Stars Begin to Fall is an urgent call to undertake the process of overcoming what has long seemed intractable"-- Provided by publisher.
REVIEWS & SUMMARIES
Publishers Weekly ReviewSummary / Annotation
Table of Contents
Author Notes
COMMUNITY REVIEWS
No community reviews. Write one below!
PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2021.
Year Published: 2021
Description: vi, 314 pages : 24 cm
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780802157850
0802157858
SUBJECTS
Johnson, Theodore R., -- III -- Family.
Racism -- United States.
African Americans -- History -- 1964-
African Americans -- United States -- Social conditions.
National characteristics, American.
United States -- Race relations.
United States -- Politics and government -- 21st century.