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050 00 $aE185.86$b.R618 2010
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100 1 $aRobinson, Eugene,$d1954-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99021201
245 10 $aDisintegration :$bthe splintering of Black America /$cEugene Robinson.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$c[2010], ©2010.
300 $axi, 254 pages ;$c22 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 239-245) and index.
505 00 $g1.$t"Black America" Doesn't Live Here Anymore -- $g2.$tWhen We Were One -- $g3.$tParting Of The Ways -- $g4.$tThe Mainstream: A Double Life -- $g5.$tThe Abandoned: No Way Out -- $g6.$tThe Transcendent: Where None Have Gone Before -- $g7.$tThe Emergent (Part 1): Coming To America -- $g8.$tThe Emergent (Part 2): How Black Is Black? -- $g9.$tUrgency, Focus, And Sacrifice -- $g10.$tWe Know Who We Are. But Who Will We Be?
520 1 $a"Instead of one black America, today there are four." "There was a time when there were agreed-upon "black leaders," when there was a clear "black agenda," when we could talk confidently about "the state of black America"b︣ut not anymore.F︣rom Disintegration" "The African American population in the United States has always been seen as a single entity: a "black America" with unified interests and needs. In his groundbreaking book, Disintegration, Pulitzer Prize£winning columnist Eugene Robinson argues that over decades of desegregation, affirmative action, and immigration, the concept of black America has shattered. Instead of one black America, now there are four:" "a Mainstream middle-class majority with a full ownership stake in American society;" "a large Abandoned minority with less hope of escaping poverty and dysfunction than at any time since Reconstruction's crushing end;" "a small Transcendent elite with such enormous wealth, power, and influence that even white folks have to genuflect;" "and two newly Emergent groups-individuals of mixed-race heritage and communities of recent black immigrants ︣that make us wonder what "black" is even supposed to mean." "Robinson shows that the four black Americas are increasingly distinct, separated by demography, geography, and psychology. They have different profiles, different mindsets, different hopes, fears, and dreams. What's more, these groups have become so distinct that they view each other with mistrust and apprehension. And yet all are reluctant to acknowledge division." "Disintegration offers a new paradigm for understanding race in America, with implications both hopeful and dispiriting. It shines necessary light on debates about affirmative action, racial identity, and the ultimate question of whether the black community will endure."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xSocial conditions$y21st century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xEconomic conditions$y21st century.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xRace identity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001973
650 0 $aGroup identity$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008105432
650 0 $aSocial classes$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111577
650 0 $aSocial mobility$zUnited States.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008111812
651 0 $aUnited States$xSocial conditions$y21st century.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2009100039
651 0 $aUnited States$xRace relations.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
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