Disintegration : : the Splintering of Black America
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"Black America" doesn't live here anymore -- When we were one -- Parting of the ways -- The mainstream : a double life -- The abandoned : no way out -- The transcendent : where none have gone before -- The emergent (part 1) : coming to America -- The emergent (part 2) : how Black is Black? -- Urgency, focus and sacrifice -- We know who we are, but who will we be?
Explains how years of desegregation and affirmative action have led to the revelation of four distinct African American groups who reflect unique political views and circumstances, in a report that also illuminates crucial modern debates on race and class.
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PUBLISHED
New York : Doubleday, c2010.
Year Published: 2010
Description: 254 p. ; 22 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9780385526548
0385526547
SUBJECTS
African Americans -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
African Americans -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
African Americans -- Race identity.
Group identity.
Social classes.
Social mobility.
United States -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
United States -- Race relations.