ISBN:
9781138324374
,
9781138324367
Language:
English
Pages:
ix, 198 Seiten
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Routledge research in race and ethnicity 29
Series Statement:
Routledge research in race and ethnicity
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Birenbaum, Arnold, author Nation apart
DDC:
305.800973
Keywords:
Race discrimination History
;
African Americans Civil rights
;
White nationalism History
;
Social justice History
;
United States Race relations
;
History
;
USA
;
Schwarze
;
Diskriminierung
;
Weiße
;
Vorherrschaft
;
Geschichte
Abstract:
The continued colonization of African Americans -- Contemporary African-American insecurity -- The building of incapacity : race, poverty, subordination and gaps in health services -- The impact of slavery and jim crow on today's African-American communities -- The emerging and continued importance of racial stigma -- Gaps in government services and regulations : maintaining incapacity and insecurity -- Insecurity on the streets and the illegitimacy of the criminal justice system -- The systematic undoing of civil rights and federal supports for African Americans -- The promise of reconstruction -- Jim crow law and customs : a return to white hegemony -- States' rights as a form of resistance, black deaths, and freedom fighters in the South -- Twentieth century civil rights legislation : expanding civil rights and protecting voting rights -- The incubation of white populism -- The triumph of the white nationalists -- The making of the American working class : a brief historical discussion -- The emergence of white nationalism in the twentieth century -- Advancing democratic americanism -- Ideas for diminishing white nationalism -- Targeted interventions -- Ending insecurity brought on by unacceptable living conditions -- Reforming criminal justice in the twenty-first century -- Considering the case for reparations -- White nationalism trumped by democratic americanism.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-192) and index
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