Race & Culture
Race & Culture
HOW TO BE LESS STUPID ABOUT RACE: ON RACISM, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND THE RACIAL DIVIDE (PB)
A unique and irreverent take on everything that's wrong with our "national conversation about race"--and what to do about it How to Be Less Stupid About Race is your essential guide to breaking through the half-truths and ridiculous misconceptions that have...
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INVISIBLE MAN, GOT THE WHOLE WORLD WATCHING: A YOUNG BLACK MAN'S EDUCATION
AUTOGRAPHED New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice How do you learn to be a black man in America? For young black men today, it means coming of age during the presidency of Barack Obama. It means witnessing the deaths of...
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ENCOUNTERS WITH POLICE: A BLACK MAN'S GUIDE TO SURVIVAL
This book provides advice to African American boys and men on how to survive encounters with police as well as providing ideas on how to think about interaction with police to lower the chances of escalation. Encounters with Police also provides...
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VEXY THING: ON GENDER AND LIBERATION
Even as feminism has become increasingly central to our ideas about institutions, relationships, and everyday life, the term used to diagnose the problem--"patriarchy"--is used so loosely that it has lost its meaning. In Vexy Thing Imani Perry resurrects patriarchy as a target...
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CAPITALISM AND SLAVERY
Slavery helped finance the Industrial Revolution in England. Plantation owners, shipbuilders, and merchants connected with the slave trade accumulated vast fortunes that established banks and heavy industry in Europe and expanded the reach of capitalism worldwide. Eric Williams advanced these...
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THE MAN-NOT: RACE, CLASS, GENRE, AND THE DILEMMAS OF BLACK MANHOOD
From the Publishers: Tommy J. Curry's provocative book The Man-Not is a justification for Black Male Studies. He posits that we should conceptualize the Black male as a victim, oppressed by his sex. The Man-Not, therefore, is a corrective of sorts, offering a concept of...
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BLACK GENIUS: AFRICAN AMERICAN SOLUTIONS TO AFRICAN AMERICAN PROBLEMS
Thirteen of black America's most eloquent voices--including Walter Mosley, Spike Lee, bell hooks, Joycelyn Elders, M.D., Angela Davis, and Stanley Crouch--share their visions for a self-sufficient, self-determined future. Product details Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company; 1st edition (February 17,...
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PLEASE STOP HELPING US: HOW LIBERALS MAKE IT HARDER FOR BLACKS TO SUCCEED
Why is it that so many efforts by liberals to lift the black underclass not only fail, but often harm the intended beneficiaries? In "Please Stop Helping Us," Jason L. Riley examines how well-intentioned welfare programs are in fact holding...
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THE HIDDEN COST OF BEING AFRICAN AMERICAN: HOW WEALTH PERPETUATES INEQUALITY
Over the past three decades, racial prejudice in America has declined significantly and many African American families have seen a steady rise in employment and annual income. But alongside these encouraging signs, Thomas Shapiro argues in The Hidden Cost of...
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THE EDUCATION OF THE NEGRO
"The question about teaching slaves to read and write remained a dilemma throughout the entire slave period. The slave master knew that to teach the slave to read and write he might ultimately emerge as a thinker. These thinkers would...
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AGE AIN'T NOTHING BUT A NUMBER: BLACK WOMEN EXPLORE MIDLIFE
Product details
Publisher : Beacon Press; 1st edition (May 15, 2003)
Language : English
Paperback : 248 pages
ISBN-10 : 0807028231
ISBN-13 : 978-0807028230
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THE CRUNK FEMINIST COLLECTION
For the Crunk Feminist Collective, their academic day jobs were lacking in conversations they actually wanted--relevant, real conversations about how race and gender politics intersect with pop culture and current events. To address this void, they started a blog. Now...
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THE MAKING OF BLACK LIVES MATTER: A BRIEF HISTORY OF AN IDEA
Started in the wake of George Zimmerman's 2013 acquittal in the death of Trayvon Martin, the #BlackLivesMatter movement has become a powerful and uncompromising campaign demanding redress for the brutal and unjustified treatment of black bodies by law enforcement in...
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BOOK OF THE LITTLE AXE
In 1796 Trinidad, young Rosa Rendón quietly but purposefully rebels against the life others expect her to lead. Bright, competitive, and opinionated, Rosa sees no reason she should learn to cook and keep house, for it is obvious her talents...
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BLACK AGAINST EMPIRE: THE HISTORY AND POLITICS OF THE BLACK PANTHER PARTY.
"In Oakland, California, in 1966, community college students Bobby Seale and Huey Newton armed themselves, began patrolling the police, and promised to prevent police brutality. Unlike the Civil Rights Movement that called for full citizenship rights for blacks within the...
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THE WORDS OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
Created as a "living memorial" to the philosophies and ideas of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., this essential volume includes more than 120 quotations from the greatest civil rights leader's speeches, sermons and writings.
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ANTI-RACISM (WORDS OF CHANGE SERIES): POWERFUL VOICES, INSPIRING IDEAS
This colorful gift book introduces readers to the anti-racist movement through the stirring words of leaders, including the new generation of heroes building social justice and racial equity in the 21st century. A great way for teens, young people, and those new to anti-racism...
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GOOD KIDS, BAD CITY: A STORY OF RACE AND WRONGFUL CONVICTION IN AMERICA
From award-winning investigative journalist Kyle Swenson, Good Kids, Bad City is the true story of the longest wrongful imprisonment in the United States to end in exoneration, and a critical social and political history of Cleveland, the city that convicted them. In...
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FIRST CLASS: THE LEGACY OF DUNBAR, AMERICA'S FIRST BLACK PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL
"An analysis of the first US high school for African Americans, the publication of which will coincide with the opening of the school's new facility"-- Dunbar High School in Washington, DC, defied the odds and, in the process, changed America....
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IT WAS ALL A DREAM: A NEW GENERATION CONFRONTS THE BROKEN PROMISE TO BLACK AMERICA
Young Black Americans have been trying to realize the promise of the American Dream for centuries and coping with the reality of its limitations for just as long. Now, a new generation is pursuing success, happiness, and freedom -- on...
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Black Man of The Nile (paperback)
Black Man of the Nile and His Family, first published in 1972, is Dr. Ben's best known work. It captures much of the substance of his early research on ancient Africa. In a masterful and unique manner, Dr. Ben uses...
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FIVE DAYS: THE FIERY RECKONING OF AN AMERICAN CITY
"When Freddie Gray was arrested for possessing an 'illegal knife' in April 2015, he was, by eyewitness accounts that video evidence later confirmed, treated 'roughly' as police loaded him into a vehicle. By the end of his trip in the...
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INTRODUCTION TO AFRICAN CIVILIZATIONS
With brilliantly objective scholarship, respected historian and author John G. Jackson reexamines the outdated, racist, and Westernized history of Africa that is still taught in schools, and presents one infinitely more rich, colorful, varied—and truthful. Challenging the standard dehumanizing and...
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GHANA ( BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE GHANA )
Bradt's Ghana is the only dedicated guidebook on the market and the most comprehensive source of travel information on the country, written by Philip Briggs, the leading writer of guidebooks to Africa. Catering for all types of visitors, from bar-hoppers...
$27.99
GABON (BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE)
Gabon is the ideal destination for naturalists, boasting easily accessible rainforests and reserves where an astonishing range of wildlife can be found. This guide offers introductions to the history, geography and culture of the region and covers all the practical...
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AFRICANS AND AFRICAN AMERICANS: COMPLEX RELATIONS - PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES
Synopsis: The nature of complex relations between Africans and African Americans is the focus of this study. The author looks at the factors which are responsible for this complex nature and which collectively constitute a major obstacle to the improvement...
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CAMEROON (BRADT TRAVEL GUIDE CAMEROON)
With ancient chiefdoms tucked between terraced fields and volcanic mountains, Mount Cameroon Africa's highest peak, the impressive Waza National Park with its herds of elephants, and the coast's sleepy palm-fringed beaches, Cameroon has no shortage of attractions, yet it somehow...
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LONELY PLANET WEST AFRICA ( TRAVEL GUIDE )
Lonely Planet West Africa is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the Senegalese music scene in Dakar, sun yourself in the coastal paradise of Freetown, or hike...
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THE GHANA READER: HISTORY, CULTURE, POLITICS (WORLD READERS)
Covering 500 years of Ghana's history, The Ghana Reader provides a multitude of historical, political, and cultural perspectives on this iconic African nation. Whether discussing the Asante kingdom and the Gold Coast's importance to European commerce and transatlantic slaving, Ghana's brief period...
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