A Brief History of the Subordination of African Americans in the U.S.: Of Handcuffs and Bootstraps (Routledge Advances in American History #15)

Synopsis

This "brief history" presents the essential story of the subordination of African Americans in the U.S., captured in a 1968 cartoon by Pulitzer-prize-winning cartoonist John Fischetti. The drawing is of a black man handcuffed to a wall with cuffs labeled "White Racism." The caption reads, "Why don’t they lift themselves up by their own bootstraps like we did?" Bootstraps shows just how little lift-up there has been, and how the handcuffs of white racism have been and continue to be the cause. Unique in its combination of comprehensiveness and brevity, Bootstraps is written in language for the general reader; yet its extensive endnotes will make it useful to both scholars and students. Its succinct overview of the subordination history includes an in-depth treatment of residential segregation – a legacy of slavery and a central problem of our time – and a response to the view that today’s racial inequality is due largely to African Americans’ own moral and cultural failures. By addressing a serious omission in the way we have educated our children, the book’s narration of our white racism history may make a contribution to a much-needed confrontation with our racist past.

Copyright:

2020

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Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

114 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000035001

Related ISBNs:

9781032174808, 9780367823511, 9780367423223

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

09/12/23

Copyrighted By:

Taylor & Francis, The right of Alexander Polikoff and Elizabeth Lassar to be identified as authors of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

History, Nonfiction

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Bookshare Staff

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