By the Color of Our Skin: The Illusion of Integration and the Reality of Race - Couverture souple

Diggs-Brown, Barbara; Steinhorn, Leonard

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0452278732 ISBN 13 : 9780452278738

Editeur : Penguin Publishing Group, 2000

Synopsis

While signs of racial progress are everywhere, the reality is that America is hardly more integrated than it was before the civil rights movement. Beyond the rhetoric of politicians, the media, and the prevalent symbols of integration lies a very different reality: 70 percent of black children attend predominantly black schools; and an Hispanic or Asian American with a third grade education is more likely to live in an integrated neighborhood than is a black with a Ph.D. Fueled by these startling statistics, By the Color of Our Skin argues that integration does not exist now; that it never had a chance to exist in the past; and that it will never exist in the future.Leonard Steinhorn and Barbara Diggs-Brown would themselves like to see integration become a reality but find--through polls, statistics, interviews, and anecdotes--that the illusion of integration is more damaging than useful because it keeps society from having an honest dialogue about the problem of race. By the Color of Our Skin explodes powerful myths and outlines a new vision of race in America.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Barbara Diggs-Brown is an associate professor of public communication at the American University School of Communication. She writes and lectures on cultural diversity in the media and has served as a media and press adviser for political campaigns, public officials, and advocacy groups. She lives outside of Washington, D.C.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Publishing Group
• Date d'édition: 2000
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0452278732
• ISBN 13: 9780452278738
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 322
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible