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Sto caricando le informazioni... When the Stars Begin to Fall: Overcoming Racism and Renewing the Promise of Americadi Theodore R. Johnson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Johnson used both historical and personal incidents to illustrate the prevalence of systemic racism in the U.S. The book is an elegant plea for unity at a time when the country seems torn apart. Johnson makes an appeal for a return to civility and a patriotism that allows and even welcomes dissent. His ideas for creating national unity are solid although the book dragged on a little too long before he got to them. This volume is full of good ideas and hope at a time when Johnson's idealism seems an impossible dream. I think the volume could have used a little editing and cut the length some and still made the same points. ( ) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
""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"-- Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Google Books — Sto caricando le informazioni... GeneriSistema Decimale Melvil (DDC)305.800973Social sciences Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology Groups of people Ethnic and national groups ; racism, multiculturalism General Biography And History North America United StatesClassificazione LCVotoMedia:
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