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Workin' on the chain gang

shaking off the dead hand of history

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An edition of Working on the Chain Gang (2000)

Workin' on the chain gang

shaking off the dead hand of history

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"Slavery was outlawed in this country more than a century ago, but Americans still wear chains. Each one of us, black and white alike, is shackled by a system that values money over humanity, power over truth, conformity over creativity. Race has undeniably made the problem worse, but race is not the root of the problem.".

"But each one of us can work toward breaking off these chains. First by recognizing the truth of our history - a history that is crucially informed by the black experience. Second by beginning to free ourselves from the noise, the often shallow, diverting entertainments, and an all-consuming economic system. The nation and its potentials are ours to command, but only if we work, individually and collectively, to cast off the chains of yesterday's politics and seize the freedoms that the future holds.".

"Workin' on the Chain Gang is a powerful examination of the American economic and political machine."--BOOK JACKET.

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Ballantine Pub. Group, Ballantine Publishing
Language
English
Pages
118

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Subjects

African Americans, Forecasting, Race relations, Social conditions, Economic conditions, United states, race relations, United states, social conditions, 1980-, African americans, social conditions

Places

United States

Times

1975-, 1980-

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Workin' on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History (Class : Culture)
December 27, 2006, University of Michigan Press
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Workin' on the chain gang: shaking off the dead hand of history
2000, Ballantine Pub. Group, Ballantine Publishing
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Working on the Chain Gang: Shaking Off the Dead Hand of History (Library of Contemporary Thought (Los Angeles, Calif.).)
January 2000, Audio Literature
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The library of contemporary thought

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305.8/00973
Library of Congress
E185.615 .M645 2000, E185.615.M645 2000, E 185.615 M645 2000

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118 p. ;
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118

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OL33443M
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41476713
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77090
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636577

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