Winning the Race: Beyond the Crisis in Black America by John McWhorter (English)

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John McWhorter returns to the explosive dialogue begun in his "New York Times" bestseller "Losing the Race" and raises the stakes in a provocative new book where he argues that a renewed commitment to achievement and integration is the only cure for the crisis in the African-American community.

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In his first major book on the state of black America since the New York Times bestseller Losing the Race, John McWhorter argues that a renewed commitment to achievement and integration is the only cure for the crisis in the African-American community. Winning the Race examines the roots of the serious problems facing black Americans today—poverty, drugs, and high incarceration rates—and contends that none of the commonly accepted reasons can explain the decline of black communities since the end of segregation in the 1960s. Instead, McWhorter posits that a sense of victimhood and alienation that came to the fore during the civil rights era has persisted to the present day in black culture, even though most blacks today have never experienced the racism of the segregation era. McWhorter traces the effects of this disempowering conception of black identity, from the validation of living permanently on welfare to gansta rap's glorification of irresponsibility and violence as a means of "protest." He discusses particularly specious claims of racism, attacks the destructive posturing of black leaders and the "hip-hop academics," and laments that a successful black person must be faced with charges of "acting white." While acknowledging that racism still exists in America today, McWhorter argues that both blacks and whites must move past blaming racism for every challenge blacks face, and outlines the steps necessary for improving the future of black America.

Author Biography

John McWhorter is the author of the bestseller Losing the Race: Self-Sabotage in Black America, The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language, and four other books. He is associate professor of linguistics at the University of California at Berkeley, a senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute, and a contributing editor to The City Journal and The New Republic. He has been profiled in the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia Inquirer, and has appeared on Dateline NBC, Politically Incorrect, and The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.

Table of Contents

Winning The RaceIntroductionTRACING ITChapter OneThe Birth of the Inner City: The Conventional WisdomChapter TwoThe Birth of the Inner City, Part One: IndianapolisChapter ThreeThe Birth of the Inner City, Part Two: The SagaChapter FourWhy Are You Talking About Blacks on Welfare?FACING ITChapter fiveThe Meme of Therapeutic Alienation: Defined by DefianceChapter SixWhat About Black Middle-Class Rage?Chapter SevenWhat About the View from the Ivory Tower?ERASING ITChapter EightTherapeutic Alienation Meets Hitting the Books: "Acting White" and Affirmative Action RevisitedChapter NineThe "Hip-Hop Revolution": Therapeutic Alienation on a Rhythm TrackChapter TenTherapeutic Alienation as a Plan of Action? New Black Leadership for New NegroesChapter ElevenConclusionAppendixNotesAcknowledgmentsIndex

Review

Splendid. . . . McWhorter's answers are anything but orthodox. . . . [He] has a keen eye for the foibles of social scientists. (The Wall Street Journal)Provocative . . . both grounded in history and forward-looking. (Publishers Weekly)A provocative challenge to conventional wisdom. (USA Today)

Long Description

In his first major book on the state of black America since the "New York Times" bestseller "Losing the Race," John McWhorter argues that a renewed commitment to achievement and integration is the only cure for the crisis in the African-American community. "Winning the Race" examines the roots of the serious problems facing black Americans todaypoverty, drugs, and high incarceration ratesand contends that none of the commonly accepted reasons can explain the decline of black communities since the end of segregation in the 1960s. Instead, McWhorter posits that a sense of victimhood and alienation that came to the fore during the civil rights era has persisted to the present day in black culture, even though most blacks today have never experienced the racism of the segregation era. McWhorter traces the effects of this disempowering conception of black identity, from the validation of living permanently on welfare to gansta raps glorification of irresponsibility and violence as a means of protest. He discusses particularly specious claims of racism, attacks the destructive posturing of black leaders and the hip-hop academics, and laments that a successful black person must be faced with charges of acting white. While acknowledging that racism still exists in America today, McWhorter argues that both blacks and whites must move past blaming racism for every challenge blacks face, and outlines the steps necessary for improving the future of black America.

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Splendid. . . . McWhorter

Details ISBN1592402704 Author John McWhorter Year 2006 ISBN-10 1592402704 ISBN-13 9781592402700 Format Paperback Publication Date 2006-12-28 Short Title WINNING THE RACE Language English Media Book Residence CA, US Subtitle Beyond the Crisis in Black America DOI 10.1604/9781592402700 Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2007-01-01 NZ Release Date 2007-01-01 US Release Date 2007-01-01 UK Release Date 2007-01-01 Pages 448 DEWEY 305.896073 Audience General Publisher Avery Publishing Group Imprint Avery Publishing Group We've got this

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