The Trouble with Friendship: Why Americans Can`t Think Straight About Race
DeMott examines a stunning range of cultural evidence--from the oratory of politicians to popular cinema and television to scapegoated welfare mothers to some of today's most respected thinkers--to lay bare the assumptions of "friendship orthodoxy, " which maintains that racial problems can be...
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DeMott examines a stunning range of cultural evidence--from the oratory of politicians to popular cinema and television to scapegoated welfare mothers to some of today's most respected thinkers--to lay bare the assumptions of "friendship orthodoxy, " which maintains that racial problems can be solved simply by blacks and whites working together, one on one, to reconcile differences.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780300073942 (0300073941)
Publish date: March 30th 1998
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English
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